Charles Spevacek

Practice Areas

Chuck has over 30 years of experience litigating complex commercial cases, with particular emphasis on the trial and appeal of insurance coverage disputes, including breach of contract, declaratory judgment and bad faith actions.

Chuck has served as a national coordinating coverage counsel for several of his clients, including on matters involving environmental losses, cyber-liability, TPCA claims and, most recently, COVID-19 claims. He has shared his expertise on insurance issues in testimony before the Minnesota Legislature. Chuck has served on the Board of Directors of The Purdue Alumni Association, Center of the American Experiment, and the Ridgeview Hospital Foundation.

Chuck’s experience includes work on several major cases whose decisions have been cited as significant precedent in over 300 published opinions and scholarly papers.

Professional Memberships

Charter Member, Insurance Litigation Institute of America

Defense Research Institute

Minnesota State Bar Association

Hennepin County Bar Association

Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

Board of Directors and Past-Chair, Ridgeview Hospital Foundation

Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Member, Trial Law Institute

Member, Diversity Law Institute

Barrister, Order of Juris

Past Board of Directors and Past-Chair, Center of the American Experiment

Past Board of Directors, The Purdue Alumni Association

Awards

Clients

Representative clients include American Financial Group, AIG, Argo Group US, Benchmark Insurance Company, Bituminous Insurance Company, BNSF Railway Company, Brown & Brown, Inc., Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, Chubb Limited, CNA Insurance Companies, Curi Insurance, Everest Global Services, Inc., Federated Mutual Group, The Guilford Specialty Group, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Hudson Insurance Company, Intact Insurance Specialist Solutions, James River Group, Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies, Nationwide Insurance Group, Obsidian Specialty Company, Riverstone Claims Management Services, Inc., RLI Insurance Company, Swiss Re Reinsurance Company, The Travelers Companies, Inc., and Westfield Insurance Companies.