Insurance
Wisconsin
2 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Jesse Bair
USA 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Burns Bair LLP
Practice Areas
- Coverage Litigation
- Domestic and International Insurance Arbitration
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Bankruptcy Trustee Litigation
- Insurance Class Actions
- Early Resolution of Insurance-Driven Liability Claims
Professional Memberships
- American Law Institute
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- Dane County Bar Association
Publications
- Stipulations and Insurance Assignments Offer Policyholders and Claimants Relief From Bankruptcy Delays, New York Law Journal, 2022
- Who, Me, Unreasonable? Establishing ‘Reasonableness’ of Defense Counsel Fees in Insurance Coverage Litigation in the 7th Circuit, The Circuit Rider, Vol. 23, Nov. 2017, pp. 18-22
- ‘The Silent Man’: From Lochner to Hammer v. Dagenhart, a Reevaluation of Justice William R. Day, Journal of Supreme Court History, vol. 40, no. 1, Mar. 2015, pp. 38-54
Education
Norbert College
B.A.
University of Wisconsin Law School
J.D.
Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers in America
2023
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers in America
2024
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers in America
2025
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
Lawdragon
2024
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
Lawdragon
2025
500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers
Lawdragon
2023
500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers
Lawdragon
2024
Chambers Review
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Chambers Guide to the USA
Insurance - Wisconsin
Band 1
Individual Editorial
Jesse Bair is frequently sought after to serve as insurance counsel in the context of complex mass tort claims, particularly involving bankrupt entities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
One of the things I love about Jesse is that he's able to take complex legal issues and distill them very simply and talk about them in layman's terms.
InsuranceChambers Guide to the USAJesse Bair is excellent.
InsuranceChambers Guide to the USAJesse Bair is one of the premier advocates against insurers.
InsuranceChambers Guide to the USAJesse Bair is a very good lawyer.
InsuranceChambers Guide to the USA
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