Jonathan Meer

Jonathan Meer is highly experienced in insurance coverage, including monitoring and coverage determinations. He maintains a particular concentration in coverage for directors and officers (D&O), with an emphasis on the growing area of D&Os in cannabis companies, professional errors and omissions (E&O).

Jonathan has successfully participated in the mediation and litigation of D&O and other insurance coverage disputes. He regularly represents D&O insurers as coverage and monitoring counsel in complex shareholder class actions against public companies and their directors and officers for violations of federal securities laws and in shareholder derivative suits against directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duty and mismanagement in the context of mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. Jonathan advises insurance companies and claims administrators on all coverage issues, including those involving excess insurance, extra-contractual liability, policy language, conflicts of laws, reinsurance, co-insurance, rescission, misrepresentation, and the interplay of other insurance clauses.

Jonathan is active in the insurance industry, serving as a mentor for female professionals in The Bridge Transcend program, a D&O Trend Advisor for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), and a longtime chair of the New York City Bar Association’s D&O insurance event. He has spoken at multiple in-person and online events in recent years, including programs sponsored by the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), ExecuSummit, and the Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association. In addition, Jonathan is the author of the definitive chapter on D&O liability exposure in the United States for the Globe Law and Business publication, Directors’ Liability and Indemnification: A Global Guide.