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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Insurance

USA Guide 2026 : Georgia


Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

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About

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The world’s leading insurers rely on Lewis Brisbois to resolve their most complex and high-stakes coverage disputes, due to the firm’s combination of trial experience, technical expertise and strategic insight. The Insurance Coverage Practice has a national reach, handling matters coast to coast, and its work often shapes the interpretation of insurance law across the U.S.

The team advises and defends insurers in litigation, arbitration and mediation across the spectrum of coverage lines, including general and professional liability, homeowners, title, inland marine and customized policies. They are regularly engaged in disputes that test new or unsettled areas of law and involve policies for employment practices, construction defects, product liability, pollution and toxic torts, intellectual property disputes, directors and officers liability, and errors and omissions. Additionally, the team addresses excess and umbrella policy interpretation, interpleader actions, fee arbitrations involving independent counsel, and policy and form drafting.

What sets the practice apart is its scale paired with deep specialization. With experienced coverage lawyers in nearly every major market, Lewis Brisbois can manage multijurisdictional disputes with consistency and agility, which gives clients an advantage few other firms can match.

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Insurance - Georgia

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP regularly assists clients with a range of insurance matters, including regulatory and compliance, bad faith litigation and directors' and officers' coverage. The firm boasts a niche in pollution legal liability and environmental impairment liability coverage.

Strengths

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  • Lewis Brisbois provides practical and thoughtful advice and is available whenever we need them.

    Insurance respondentUSA
  • They have all proven to be incredibly resourceful.

    Insurance respondentUSA
  • The lawyers at Lewis Brisbois provide excellent coverage and bad faith counsel.

    Insurance respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Seth Friedman
    Band 3Seth Friedman

    Seth Friedman

    Seth Friedman is a highly proficient practitioner in the insurance space regularly sought out by insurers to act in high stakes insurance coverage matters.

    • Seth is phenomenal at his job. He excels in analysing complicated problems and has the ability to break them down into a format that can be easily understood.

      Insurance respondentUSA
    • He has a deep understanding of the industry and the disruptive nature of the current legal landscape in Georgia. He is accessible and responsive.

      Insurance respondentUSA
    • Seth is extremely well versed in the Georgia legal issues that we deal with. He typically has that type of information at the tips of his fingers.

      Insurance respondentUSA
    • He is intelligent, quick on his feet and understands the value of collaboration.

      Insurance respondentUSA

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