Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP

As national leaders in commercial, insurance and bankruptcy-related litigation and counseling, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP helps clients navigate cutting-edge issues across the country to achieve precedent-setting results. Ruggeri houses nationally-ranked trial and appellate attorneys, some of whom have worked together for more than 30 years. Ruggeri's attorneys are widely recognized as industry leaders and worthy adversaries, providing versatile and lean representation. Established in 2022, Ruggeri routinely litigates against the country's leading and largest firms, counseling their clients in all aspects of their most sensitive and critical coverage and bankruptcy-related disputes. Above all else, the firm's deep commitment to its long-standing clients is a testament to the value its attorneys bring to each high-profile, high-risk dispute.

Ruggeri Parks Weinberg's attorneys bring decades of experience representing some of the country's largest and most sophisticated insurance and reinsurance companies, successfully navigating their highest-stakes coverage matters. The firm counsels its clients on all aspects of its insurance-related disputes, starting with preliminary liability and exposure analyses and continuing through trial and appeals. Ruggeri strategically limits the number of insurance clients it represents to avoid conflicts and give them the flexibility to pursue claims against other insurance companies, which their key competitors cannot. Loyalty is the key to the insurance practice group -- loyalty to each other and loyalty to their clients.

As a Chambers USA-ranked practice group, the team is nationally-recognized for its strong reputation for handling long-tail claims, such as asbestos and environmental liabilities, and its candor and advice in the most complex of cases. For more than three decades, the firm's insurance coverage practice group has been at the intersection of insurance, bankruptcy and mass torts. The firm represents insurance companies in coverage disputes regarding a wide range of underlying liabilities, including environmental and chemical exposure, asbestos, product liability, pharmaceuticals, construction defect, wrongful convictions and sexual abuse. Ruggeri also represents insurance companies in direct insurance coverage, contractual, extra-contractual and reinsurance disputes. At the heart of Ruggeri's insurance practice are industry-leading attorneys recognized by their peers as practical and solutions-oriented advocates. Insurance company clients routinely look to Ruggeri for its detail-oriented approach to cutting-edge legal issues and its ability to develop creative approaches to its clients' toughest challenges.

As lead bankruptcy and coverage counsel in mass tort bankruptcies across the country, Ruggeri's attorneys routinely represent clients in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, ranging from interested-party and creditor motions practice to complex adversary proceedings. The attorneys in this practice group understand that while certain matters can be resolved through negotiation, they also know when aggressive, sophisticated litigation is necessary to achieve their clients' goals.

The firm's bankruptcy practice group is well-versed in a wide array of commercial and mass tort proceedings, arising under the Chapter 7, 11 and 15 contexts. Armed with decades of institutional knowledge representing insurance companies in their insurance coverage litigation, Ruggeri understands its clients' needs, routinely being recognized for its productive approach to complex restructuring issues and post-petition debtor funding. For three decades, attorneys in Ruggeri's bankruptcy practice group have played leading roles in some of the nation's foremost insurance-related bankruptcy cases, including those involving policyholders facing an explosion of sexual abuse, environmental, asbestos and products-related liabilities. The breadth of the practice group's experience allows them to routinely navigate contested matters against debtors and other creditors, creatively addressing and resolving seldom-seen issues. Ruggeri also has significant experience representing clients' interests coast-to-coast in state receivership proceedings.

Whether litigating adversary proceedings, plan confirmations or appeals, or helping clients navigate challenging problems posted by receivership proceedings, Ruggeri's bankruptcy practice group distinguishes themselves from their competitors through the quality of their legal services and the efficiency with which they deliver results.