About

Provided by Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s Insurance Policyholder attorneys pair their expansive knowledge with exceptional litigation capabilities to resolve disputed insurance claims on behalf of policyholders in all types of dispute resolution proceedings, ranging from prelitigation advocacy and mediation to litigation and arbitration.

Our group’s services include coverage ligation and ADR; counseling on policy procurement and renewals, including analyzing proposed and existing policy language and negotiating manuscript provisions; advising on insurance requirements in mergers, acquisitions, contracts and risk management programs and assisting with insurance due diligence; and consulting with litigation and arbitration teams in which insurance assets are needed to conclude or fund settlements.

Our clients operate in the banking, building products, chemicals, construction, consumer products, electric utilities, financial services, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, real estate development, retail, securities, telecommunications and transportation sectors.

Specializations

  • Complex Commercial Business and Consumer Action Torts
  • Construction Insurance
  • Directors’ & Officers’ Liability
  • Employment Practice Liability
  • Environmental & Toxic Torts
  • Intellectual Property, Computer & Internet Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Professional Liability, Errors & Omissions
  • Risk Management

For more information, please visit https://www.nge.com/client-services/litigation-disputes/insurance-policyholder/.

Chambers Review

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Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder - Illinois

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What the Team is Known For

Neil, Gerber & Eisenberg specializes in counseling policyholder clients on both noncontentious and contentious matters which include risk management, policy audits and recovery issues. Experienced in handling property/casualty, toxic tort and cyber insurance matters, they also cover general, product and professional liability disputes for a variety of industry sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg represented Tiffany and Company in connection with insurance coverage for the loss of over $21 million of precious metals.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jill B Berkeley
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Jill B Berkeley
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Senior Statespeople

Jill Berkeley is recognized for her longstanding experience representing policyholders and claimants in high value coverage disputes.

Jill has a strong reputation and is as good as they get.

Jill is one of the foremost coverage lawyers in the US.

Jill is considered one of the deans of insurance coverage law nationally.

Angela R Elbert
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Angela R Elbert
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Angela Elbert chairs the firm's insurance group and is retained by policyholders in coverage disputes arising out of a broad variety of claims.

Angela is a very creative attorney and I hold her in very high regard.

Angela has a terrific ability to understand complex issues but also to explain them in a simple manner to enable us to make the best decisions moving forward. Nothing was missed in the analysis.

Angela is exceptionally good in terms of counselling and she knows our policies inside and out. She gives sound, practical advice and she is an incredibly effective litigator.

Angela is great to deal with, I would have no qualms in referring work to her, which is the highest praise I can give.

I think she's very good. She's on my shortlist for recommendations. She knows her stuff and has great acumen, but even more than that she has great rapport with clients and figures in the industry.

Paul R Walker-Bright
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Paul R Walker-Bright
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Paul Walker-Bright enjoys a strong reputation among public and private sector policyholders in Illinois for his expertise in bankruptcy, bodily injury and biometric privacy matters.

Paul is very technically adept at writing tough briefs.

Paul is extremely knowledgeable and client-oriented. He gets excellent results for his clients. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of insurance law and is very experienced.

Paul has an amazing encyclopedic knowledge of Illinois insurance coverage law and the litigation experience needed to apply his deep knowledge to deliver wins against insurers.

Paul knows everything about Illinois coverage law and is a deeply knowledgeable resource.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Illinois

Insurance: Dispute Resolution

Jill B Berkeley
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Jill B Berkeley
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Senior Statespeople
Angela R Elbert
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Angela R Elbert
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Band 1
Paul R Walker-Bright
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Paul R Walker-Bright
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Band 3

Members

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Benjamin A. Boris

Andrew G. May

Angela R Elbert

Angela R Elbert

Head of Department

Eric Choi

Freya K. Bowen