About

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Accidents, natural disasters, and lawsuits may not only adversely impact your profitability—they could significantly impair your business operations. Our Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling team assists corporate policyholders in recovering assets under various business insurance policies as quickly and efficiently as possible so they can get back to business.

We are well versed in representing corporate policyholders, and have secured billions of dollars in insurance both by judgment and settlement. We also help assess potential risks, analyze new insurance products, and consider the adequacy of insurance programs. Our insurance practitioners are also skilled in drafting and implementing procedures to best position our clients for insurance recovery.

Because we have litigated coverage for clients in state, federal, and appellate courts across the country, we have built a network of local counsel who partner with us to quickly and efficiently resolve disputes. We also frequently handle international insurance arbitrations to help policyholders recover money owed by international insurers. When insurers try to avoid their obligations, our team possesses unparalleled experience in negotiation and, if necessary, litigation against delinquent insurers. We also have extensive experience counseling on broker malpractice, captive formation, and management.

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What the Team is Known For

McCarter & English is an impressive firm with notable capabilities in the insurance litigation space, with an insurance coverage group that regularly excels on behalf of policyholder clients. The team acts in disputes concerning professional liability, business interruption, cyber risk insurance and general liability claims, and is also adept at handling cases relating to long-tail liabilities.

Work Highlights

  • McCarter & English represented Johnson & Johnson and related companies, as well as J&J’s captive insurer Middlesex Assurance Company, in coverage litigation arising from thousands of underlying claims asserted by third-party plaintiffs against J&J, alleging bodily injury arising from plaintiffs’ use of talc products.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Sherilyn Pastor
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Sherilyn Pastor
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Sherilyn Pastor counsels policyholders on a broad range of sensitive coverage disputes, including those arising from business interruption, breach of contract losses, and environmental contamination.

Sherilyn Pastor is a practical litigator who gives great advice. I have been very impressed with the service she provides.

She is an excellent policyholder lawyer who has had high-profile cases and knows her stuff.

Sherilyn is one of the finest insurance lawyers on the policyholder side.

Gregory H Horowitz
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Gregory H Horowitz
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Gregory Horowitz represents brokers and policyholders in a broad array of complex insurance disputes. He frequently handles coverage cases involving personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Gregory is a great partner and a pleasure to work with.

Gregory is extremely thorough and responsive. He is dedicated to providing comprehensive advice on complex issues.

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David Kane
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David Kane is an experienced lawyer in the insurance space, assisting corporate clients with insurance recovery and frequently seen litigating insurance coverage disputes in state and federal courts across the Unites States.

David Kane is knowledgeable and responsive. He aims to provide practical advice and can deal with complex issues.

Ira Gottlieb
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Ira Gottlieb
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Ira Gottlieb incorporates insurance litigation into his wider environmental practice. He regularly represents corporate policyholders within the engineering and energy sectors in insurance coverage disputes relating to Superfund sites.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Sherilyn Pastor
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Sherilyn Pastor
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Gregory H Horowitz
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Gregory H Horowitz
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David Kane
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Ira Gottlieb
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Ira Gottlieb
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