Insurance | USA

Jones Day is a globally prominent firm with a strong Pittsburgh-based team handling sophisticated insurance coverage matters for prestigious clients. The practice advises corporate policyholders on insurance recovery and coverage disputes, as well as on other forms of commercial litigation. It offers notable experience in matters related to natural disasters and financial instability, including those arising in foreign jurisdictions. The team's expertise includes D&O suits and long-tail environmental claims. The lawyers represent high-profile clients across a range of industries, including the technology, engineering, energy and pharmaceutical sectors.

K&L Gates' esteemed Pittsburgh-based team represents corporate policyholders in a broad range of insurance matters, including construction defects, E&O claims and liability issues. The practice has significant experience acting for clients in asbestos coverage disputes and bad-faith litigation. The team frequently represents multinational corporations from the manufacturing, energy and aerospace industries, among others.

Reed Smith is a preeminent firm housing a diverse insurance practice. The Pittsburgh-based team's areas of skill range from general liability and mortgage insurance to business interruption and crime coverage issues. The firm's standout regional reputation is reinforced by its global footprint and notable experience in international insurance disputes. The firm attracts an impressive roster of corporate policyholders from an array of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing and financial services. It also demonstrates expertise in handling insurance cases relating to workers' rights.

White and Williams has a leading practice offering expert representation to insurers and reinsurers across an impressive range of areas, including coverage, bad-faith litigation and excess liability. It has notable strength in transactional and regulatory matters, complemented by the team's adroit handling of complex alternative dispute resolution proceedings. The firm's broad trial capabilities include handling data privacy, professional liability and toxic tort coverage claims. The lawyers have further expertise in substantial claims arising from bodily injury and wrongful death suits.

Faegre Drinker has a Philadelphia-based team with particularly deep knowledge of the long-term care insurance industry, offering expert advice on life and health insurance matters to large insurance companies, agents and reinsurers. It is recognized for its versatile handling of both transactional and contentious insurance matters. The team has notable experience in representing insurers in bad faith cases, as well as in insurance fraud matters. It is further well placed to advise on structured settlement annuities.

Flaster Greenberg's insurance coverage team focuses on representing corporate and individual policyholders in various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare and construction. The firm has notable experience in business interruption and pandemic-related coverage claims as well as workplace injury and employment coverage.

Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller is a respected firm housing a broad insurance practice, encompassing coverage disputes along with bad-faith and long-tail litigation. The practice is recognized for its adroit handling of matters pertaining to asbestos and other environmental hazards, with further expertise in professional liability and construction defect and product liability. It also offers comprehensive reinsurance advice at all stages, with particular experience in representing healthcare systems. Its strong group of trial and appellate attorneys acts for major domestic and international insurers.

The insurance coverage group at Kennedys handles complex and high-profile insurance matters on behalf of insurers. The team is particularly active in high-profile construction matters but is also active in intellectual property, mass tort claims and pandemic-related business interruption.

Goldberg Segalla adeptly represents and advises insurers on a wide array of matters across the industry. The firm has particular experience handling complex insurance coverage disputes, including those arising from mass torts and environmental contamination.

Saul Ewing LLP is recognized for its notable breadth of insurance regulatory expertise as well as its litigation capabilities, with experience advising a range of insurers and reinsurers. The firm offers strengths in development and approval, as well as assisting with licensing matters alongside advising on various compliance questions.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is respected for its high-quality representation of national and international insurers in complex coverage disputes. The practice offers expertise in general liability claims and provides additional counsel in related bankruptcy proceedings. Its extensive litigation capabilities see it frequently defend against high-value class actions. The firm is experienced in excess verdict and bad-faith insurance claims, and also demonstrates notable strength at appellate level.

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young houses a respected insurance team, known for handling both contentious and non-contentious mandates. The team has experience representing insurers in bad faith and coverage disputes as well as liquidation matters. The law firm also handles regulatory work including filings and approvals, and has further expertise in complex fraud cases.