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Nancy Adams

Nancy Adams

USA 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

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USA

Practice Areas

Nancy is a noted insurance coverage litigator and Co-Chair of the firm’s Insurance Practice. She has extensive experience representing primary and excess insurers on the business and legal implications of complex coverage issues involving commercial, transactional, and personal lines of insurance. Her expertise also includes representing insurers with respect to coverage disputes arising under directors and officers, professional liability, managed health care, life, aviation, fiduciary, financial institutions, crime, automobile, homeowners, and general liability policies. Nancy serves as lead counsel in coverage litigation in state, bankruptcy, and federal courts across the country. With her vast knowledge of the insurance industry, she also advises companies on a wide range of risk management issues, frequently conducting exposure and risk analysis and assisting companies with implementing risk transfer mechanisms. Nancy frequently teaches, speaks, and writes on insurance-related topics.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American College of Coverage Counsel

Board of Trustees, PLUS Foundation

Former President of the Board of Trustees and General Counsel of the Insurance Library Association of Boston

Member, Education Committee, PLUS

Former Executive Officer, CPCU Society

Past president, CPCU Society Boston Chapter

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Insurance - Massachusetts

Star Individual
Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Insurance co-chair Nancy Adams attracts plaudits in the Massachusetts market for her adroit handling of high-profile disputes on behalf of insurance carriers. She has significant expertise in claims concerning cybersecurity, bad faith, first and third-party liability and toxic torts.

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Nancy Adams is a strong insurance coverage attorney, representing insurers on complex coverage issues relating to commercial, transactional and personal insurance.

Strengths

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  • Nancy Adams is simply the best of the best in all respects. She is utterly brilliant, knowledgeable, principled and excellent at making use of resources for the maximum benefit to the client.

    InsuranceChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is all-around fantastic.

    InsuranceChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is extraordinarily strategic and logical. She also has incredible ties and working relationships in the industry, and is always up to date on latest cases coming out which impact litigation. She is always available and very nice to work with.

    InsuranceChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is all around fantastic.

    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: InsurerChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is extraordinarily strategic and logical. She also has incredible ties and working relationships in the industry, and is always up to date on the latest cases coming out that impact litigation. She is always available and very nice to work with.

    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: InsurerChambers Guide to the USA

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California

California: San Diego

California: Southern

District of Columbia

Massachusetts

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