Ranking tables
Insurance: Insurer | USA
California
Authored by TittmannWeix, Matthew Bricker
Rankings overview for Departments
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Alston & Bird LLP 2 Years Ranked
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 17 Years Ranked
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 20 Years Ranked- Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
- Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
- Michelman & Robinson LLP
Senior Statespeople
Bruce Celebrezze Clyde & Co US LLP20 Years Ranked
Philip R Matthews Duane Morris LLP23 Years Ranked- Steven M. CraneBerkes Crane Santana & Spangler LLP
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Kara Baysinger Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP22 Years Ranked
Peter Klee Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP17 Years Ranked- Mark PlevinPlevin & Turner LLP
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Alexander E. Potente Clyde & Co US LLP8 Years Ranked
Deborah Stein Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP9 Years Ranked
Joan D'Ambrosio Atheria Law PC3 Years Ranked
Max Stern Duane Morris LLP17 Years Ranked
Mitchell C Tilner Horvitz & Levy LLP19 Years Ranked
Richard Goetz O'Melveny & Myers LLP19 Years Ranked
Richard J Doren Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP18 Years Ranked
Ronald D Kent Dentons22 Years Ranked
Stephanie Duchene Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP5 Years Ranked- Vanessa Wells Hogan Lovells US LLP11 Years Ranked
William J Casey Atheria Law PC19 Years Ranked
Band 3
Amy Churan Robins Kaplan LLP2 Years Ranked
Dan Brown Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP3 Years Ranked
Julie Choi Hawkinson Atheria Law PC2 Years Ranked
Kevin F Kieffer Troutman Pepper Locke LLP8 Years Ranked
Laura Geist Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP2 Years Ranked
Louisa Weix TittmannWeix4 Years Ranked
Raymond J. Tittmann TittmannWeix7 Years Ranked
Terrence R McInnis Troutman Pepper Locke LLP19 Years Ranked- Elizabeth TosarisMichelman & Robinson LLP
- Lisa LampkinFreeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
Band 4
David C Capell Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP17 Years Ranked
David Godwin Squire Patton Boggs5 Years Ranked
Eric Moon Atheria Law PC1 Years Ranked
James P. Koelzer Clyde & Co LLP5 Years Ranked- Jeffrey N. Labovitch Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP1 Years Ranked
Jennifer Mathis Troutman Pepper Locke LLP1 Years Ranked
Jodi Swick McDowell Hetherington LLP1 Years Ranked- Matthew Bricker TittmannWeix1 Years Ranked
Matthew Foy Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP3 Years Ranked
Ralph A. Guirgis Clyde & Co11 Years Ranked
Robert J. Romero Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP2 Years Ranked
Robert Phillips Alston & Bird LLP2 Years Ranked
Sam Park Alston & Bird LLP1 Years Ranked
Spencer Y. Kook Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP6 Years Ranked
Susan Koehler Sullivan Clyde & Co US LLP1 Years Ranked
Theona Zhordania Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP2 Years Ranked- Andrew DownsBullivant Houser Bailey PC
Up and Coming
All Departments profiles
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1 Clyde & Co US LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedThe impressive team at Clyde & Co LLP has strong expertise across a range of insurance coverage work, including professional liability and cyber liability insurance. It has noteworthy experience representing clients in both court and arbitrations and offers clients the benefit of its substantial international reach and vast experience in aviation and marine insurance.
1 DentonsInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 1 | 25 Years RankedThe broad insurance practice at Dentons has excellent credentials in handling transactional matters as well as complex litigation regarding highly sensitive issues for major insurers. It regularly manages class action defense, particularly in relation to financial transactions. Notably, the team also offers in-depth advice to tech startups and other clients on regulatory matters.
1 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP are specialists in the health insurance arena, with further expertise in product liability and employee benefit schemes. As well as representing clients in major coverage disputes and class actions, the group has valuable experience advising insurers on cases involving significant antitrust, RICO and ERISA elements. The firm's clients include leading liability and health insurers, health plans and large employers. The firm is also recognized for its considerable strength at appellate level.
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2 Atheria Law PCInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years RankedAtheria Law PC is noted for its expert handling of coverage disputes on behalf of the insurer in professional liability, media and cyber and privacy cases. Also recognized for its it expertise in technology claims. Fields advocates experienced in litigation, mediation and arbitration settings.
2 Duane Morris LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 2 | 20 Years RankedDuane Morris LLP has a well-regarded practice with a deep bench and a wide range of expertise that allows it to advise on almost all aspects of insurance law. In particular, it handles everything from company formations to high-stakes litigation and is particularly adroit at handling large environmental claims and providing insight into the workings of the London and European insurance markets. Frequently sought out by an enviable client roster, the team also offers specialist expertise in the management of run-off exposures.
2 Horvitz & Levy LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 2 | 19 Years RankedThe respected team at Horvitz & Levy LLP is frequently engaged by insurers to handle civil appellate litigation. It acts on a range of matters, including bad faith disputes, first-party coverage and excess and umbrella coverage. The team has additional expertise in representing insurance trade associations and advises insurers on trial strategy, preparation of materials and settlement negotiation.
2 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a quality California practice with core expertise in auto insurance claims, excess policies and bad faith litigation. Its strong track record in trial work sees the practice regularly engaged by major domestic insurers to defend them in substantial class actions, as well as in appellate proceedings. The team routinely represents clients in both the state and federal courts across California.
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3 Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedNicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP is active across a range of high-profile insurance disputes, including long-tail asbestos and environmental claims and prominent sports injury-related litigation. The team works with domestic and international insurers and reinsurers as well as underwriters and has experience advising London market clients.
3 O'Melveny & Myers LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 20 Years RankedThe skilled insurance defense team at O'Melveney & Myers LLP maintains a strong focus on environmental issues and bodily injury claims such as long-tail asbestos liability. The team represents major insurers in high-stakes litigation, as well as guiding them through complex arbitration proceedings. The firm also has significant transactional and regulatory practice nationwide and is skilled in handling complex cyber coverage disputes and health insurance matters.
3 Robins Kaplan LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedRobins Kaplan LLP demonstrates a strong practice defending insurers from high stakes coverage claims and bad faith matters, often in relation to environmental damage, including natural disasters. The team also has significant experience acting for clients against insured members of the hospitality and entertainment industries seeking coverage for losses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.3 TittmannWeixInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedTittmannWeix operates a respected insurer-side practice noted for its ability to handle complex coverage litigation. The firm has particular experience in representing major insurers in disputes arising from malpractice, serious injury and property damage claims. The team also has significant experience in technology claims, including generative AI, data privacy and intellectual property.
3 Troutman Pepper Locke LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 24 Years RankedThe robust insurance practice at Troutman Pepper Locke is known for handling substantial coverage disputes in the areas of professional liability, environmental contamination, product liability and D&O. The firm also has a growing focus on data breaches and cyber insurance and regularly advises major insurers on complex litigation involving excess policies, policy exclusions and multiple towers of insurance. The team acts for clients at both trial and appellate level.
3 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedWilkie Farr & Gallagher's LLP insurance group in San Francisco offers expertise in a broad range of regulatory and transactional mandates. Frequently called upon to advise insurers on complex investigations and compliance matters, it also handles insurance product development and strategy. Notably, the team also advises clients operating within the insurtech space.
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4 Alston & Bird LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedAlston & Bird LLP is noted for its handling of high stakes and complex litigation on behalf of insurers, showcasing significant experience defending clients in policyholder class action cases, including 'bet-the-company' cases. The insurance team holds particular expertise representing clients from the life insurance sector. The law firm's California presence operates out of offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.4 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years RankedGordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP offers sound advice to the insurance industry in a broad range of coverage areas. Its particular specialties include life, health and first-party property insurance, with additional knowledge of aviation, marine and product liability. Demonstrates strong capabilities in bad faith litigation and class action defense, and also maintains a significant appellate practice. A key area of expertise is the firm's insurance fraud practice, ably representing both domestic and foreign insurers.4 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 4 | 20 Years RankedHinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a highly capable firm with a reputation for representing both domestic and foreign insurers across the USA. Its California team has key expertise in regulatory insurance law and also offers a robust litigation practice, representing insurers in coverage disputes and class actions on a regular basis. The firm also offers notable strength in construction defects, professional liability and first-party property insurance matters, among other areas.4 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLPInsurance: Insurer2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedThe insurance department at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP is well known for its comprehensive insurance coverage practice, frequently handling claims involving novel underlying issues. The firm has represented insurers in matters arising from social media and cryptocurrency-related litigation and class actions, as well as False Claims Act and personal injury cases.