Charles Spevacek

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

Emeritus 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

Clients

Representative clients include Argo Group US, BNSF Railway Company, Brown & Brown, Inc., Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, Chubb Limited, Curi Insurance, Everest Global Services, Inc., Federated Mutual Group, The Great American Insurance Group, The Guilford Specialty Group, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Intact Insurance Specialist Solutions, James River Group, Sompo Holdings, Riverstone Claims Management Services, Inc., RLI Insurance Company, and The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Career

Chuck has over 40 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, class action 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 serves on the Board of Directors of the Ridgeview Hospital Foundation and has previously served on the Board of Directors of The Purdue Alumni Association and Center of the American Experiment.

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.

Practice Areas

Insurance (Bad Faith, Coverage, Reinsurance); Appellate

Education

Awards