Department profile
Insurance
USA Guide 2026 : North Carolina
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About
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
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Work Highlights
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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 respondentUSAWard and Smith is a juggernaut firm whose expertise in insurance is cutting-edge.
Insurance respondentUSAWard and Smith is a great law firm with a great reputation.
Insurance respondentUSA
Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 Amy Wooten
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.
Insurance respondentUSAAmy 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.
Insurance respondentUSAAmy is a well-regarded insurance coverage lawyer.
Insurance respondentUSAAmy is a really smart coverage lawyer.
Insurance respondentUSAI have a lot of respect for Amy's practice and knowledge of North Carolina law.
Insurance respondentUSA
Ranked Individuals at Ward and Smith PA (1)
North Carolina
Amy Wooten
Head of Insurance
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Members
Provided by Ward and Smith PA
Allen Trask, III
Head of Department
Ellis Boyle
Payton Collier Bullard
Isabelle Chammas
Charles Ellis
Brad Evans
Olivia Lewis
Taylor Rodney Marks
Emily Massey
Michael Parrish
Eric Remington
Ryal Tayloe
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