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Provided by Ward and Smith PA

Ward and Smith, P.A.'s Insurance Counseling and Recovery Team brings years of experience working adverse to insurance carriers on policyholder coverage and recovery matters and helps policyholders assess their insurance needs and objectives, offering strategic advice and counsel concerning those needs. 


The types of insurance our team encounters in representing policyholders includes the following commonly procured by businesses and professionals:

  • Business Owners Policy
  • Commercial General Liability ("CGL") Policies and Claims
  • Commercial Property and Casualty ("P&C") Policies and Claims, and other insured real property losses
  • Commercial Umbrella
  • Crime and Fidelity Insurance
  • Crop and Livestock Insurance
  • Cyber Insurance Policies and Claims
  • Directors & Officers ("D&O") Fiduciary Policies and Claims
  • Disability Policies and Claims
  • Employment Practices Liability Insurance ("EPLI") Policies and Claims
  • Errors and Omissions ("E&O") Policies and Claims
  • Key Person Insurance Policies and Claims
  • Long Term Care ("LTC") Policies and Claims
  • Long Term Disability ("LTD") Policies and Claims
  • Product Liability Policies and Claims
  • Professional Liability Policies and Claims



Chambers Review

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Insurance - North Carolina

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What the Team is Known For

Ward and Smith PA is a highly regarded policyholder side practice with a broad base of insurance disputes expertise. The firm offers capabilities in claims involving commercial property, directors and officers and commercial general liability, among other lines.

Work Highlights

  • Ward and Smith PA represented Allied Industrial Group in a declaratory

    judgment and breach of contract action worth up to $20 million in connection with denial of coverage for an underlying lawsuit.

Strengths

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The team is responsive, communicative and commercially aware.

Insurance respondent
USA

Ward and Smith is a juggernaut firm whose expertise in insurance is cutting-edge.

Insurance respondent
USA

Ward and Smith is a great law firm with a great reputation.

Insurance respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

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Amy Wooten
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Amy Wooten
Head of Insurance
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Amy Wooten is an experienced litigator noted for her expertise representing policyholders in first and third-party coverage litigation. She co-chairs the insurance counseling and recovery practice group at Ward and Smith PA.

Amy is a really skilled lawyer. I am always very impressed by her work, she gets good results.

Amy is always exceedingly well-prepared and thinking one step ahead. She is commercially aware, keeps up to speed with market trends and really understands our business needs.

Amy is a well-regarded insurance coverage lawyer.

Amy is a really smart coverage lawyer.

I have a lot of respect for Amy's practice and knowledge of North Carolina law.

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Members

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Allen Trask, III

Head of Department

Amy Wooten

Amy Wooten

Head of Department

Brad Evans

Charles Ellis

Ellis Boyle

Emily Massey

Eric Remington

Isabelle Chammas

Michael Parrish

Olivia Lewis

Payton Collier Bullard

Ryal Tayloe

Taylor Rodney Marks