DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Phelps Dunbar LLP

Insurance

1 ranked lawyers

Band 1

Louisiana

USA 2022 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Phelps Dunbar is regularly called upon by London market insurers, brokers and underwriters for a host of insurance matters. The team frequently handles litigation and coverage claims, as well as regulatory advice.

Strengths

"Phelps Dunbar has depth of knowledge and good courtroom lawyers."

"Outstanding insurance coverage practice."

"Phelps Dunbar's lawyers bring a pragmatic approach to their work."

Notable practitioners

Virginia Dodd is an experienced litigator with significant expertise handling high-value coverage disputes and product liability claims.
"An outstanding lawyer who specializes in first-party property damage." "Virginia Dodd is very well respected and a knowledgeable lawyer."

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Overview

With more than 50 years of experience in the London market, we are an international leader in meeting the needs of underwriters, claim professionals and brokers through our commitment to excellence in counseling, coverage dispute resolution and litigation. Our lawyers have developed an understanding of the issues that affect underwriters, claims professionals and brokers with more than 100 years serving the insurance industry. Our deep knowledge allows us to evaluate issues and develop positions borne out of fundamental insurance principles and our clients’ commercial goals.

We routinely deal with insurance and reinsurance policies as commercial instruments of risk management and transfer. Our perspective allows us not only to deal with the unusual and cutting-edge strategies in place today, but approach problems with the knowledge that the matter at hand may have an impact on future issues or claims. We take pride in the insight and the analytical skills that our attorneys bring to matters our clients entrust to us.