O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Insurance: Insurer

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Provided by O'Melveny & Myers LLP

A trusted partner to insurers who depend on O’Melveny to keep down costs by fighting insureds’ liability in covered claims, we have helped clients resolve a wide range of insurance coverage cases.

Combining broad experience and strategic planning skills with efficient execution, international collaboration, and targeted budgeting, our focus is always on our clients and their objectives. We excel in complex matters with significant repercussions and precedent-setting trials and appeals.

In addition to defending huge mass tort cases involving asbestos, pharmaceuticals, and environmental damage, we have successfully tried insurance coverage cases, argued summary judgment motions, and prosecuted appeals around the country. Our team also represents insurers in bankruptcy court, where policyholders try to liquidate coverage as they restructure their mass tort liabilities. With only a few firms with our level of experience representing insurers in bankruptcy court, we have been involved in nearly every major case of this kind over the last half dozen years.

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Insurance: Insurer - California

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

The skilled insurance defense team at O'Melveney & Myers LLP maintains a strong focus on environmental issues and bodily injury claims such as long-tail asbestos liability. The team represents major insurers in high-stakes litigation, as well as guiding them through complex arbitration proceedings. The firm also has significant transactional and regulatory practice nationwide and is skilled in handling complex cyber coverage disputes and health insurance matters.

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Work Highlights

O'Melveny & Myers LLP successfully represented Vigilant Insurance before the California Supreme Court, which held unanimously that the mere presence of the COVID-19 virus doesn't result in a distinct, demonstrable physical alteration to property.