BatesCarey LLP

Managing Partners: Robert J. Bates, Jr., Ommid C. Farashahi, Adam H. Fleischer

Number of partners: 31

Number of lawyers: 67

Firm Overview:

BatesCarey LLP is an internationally recognized law firm dedicated to protecting insurers and reinsurers worldwide. With decades of experience and an unrivaled reputation for providing exceptional, creative and cost-effective legal solutions for the most challenging issues facing these pronounced industries, the firm has saved clients hundreds of millions of dollars in trials, arbitrations and settlements in both the United States and abroad. The firm boasts a broad set of diverse clients in the United States, Asia, Bermuda, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom.

Main Areas of Practice

Commercial General Liability: 

Thinking creatively, protecting the integrity of clients’ policies and doing so in a way to preserve and respect the relationships with claimants, insureds and brokers are part of the daily goals of the BatesCarey GL team. The team sits on the cutting edge of coverage issues and, as such, has formed the nation’s first Opioid Coverage Task Force, set precedence related to COVID-19 business interruption claims as well as counseled on the most volatile malicious prosecution, construction defect and molestation claim challenges. Within the last couple of years, the team has litigated these coverage issues in 47 of the 50 states.

Adam H. Fleischer, along with partners Jordon S. Steinway and R. Patrick Bedell, have earned a national reputation for addressing these matters with an aggressive or diplomatic advocacy, depending on what a case may merit.

Contact: Adam H. Fleischer Tel: 312-762-3130

Email: [email protected]

Reinsurance: 

BatesCarey’s dynamic reinsurance practice is a unique mix of ingenuity and decades of experience that produces creative solutions in age-old coverage disputes and matters of first impression. Sensitive to business interests, the firm understands cedents and reinsurers may find themselves at odds over a claim while a relationship is developing in underwriting. The firm aggressively defends its clients in disputes, while still leveraging its deep knowledge of the industry for fiscally beneficial business outcomes where appropriate.

Robert J. Bates, Jr. has been recognized for decades as a leading coverage lawyer in the United States. He has built a strong team of partners, including Mark G. Sheridan and Stanley V. Figura.

Contact: Robert J. Bates, Jr. Tel: 312-762-3131

Email: [email protected]

Professional Liability: 

From the financial frauds of the early 2000s to the more recent meltdown of the financial markets, BatesCarey attorneys have represented insurers in every major D&O event impacting the insurance markets over the last two decades. The firm regularly litigates management liability coverage disputes across the county and has broad experience in the areas of D&O, E&O, financial institutions, fidelity, EPL and other areas.

Ommid C. Farashahi is widely regarded among the elite coverage counsel in the United States while David F. Cutter is well-known for his litigation expertise in this area. They are joined by a deep team of more than twenty lawyers, including partners Jason P. Minkin and Nicholas R. Novak.

Contact: Ommid C. Farashahi Tel: 312-762-3205

Email: [email protected]

Cyber Risks & Fidelity: 

BatesCarey has extensive experience representing insurers in cyber, technology and data security matters. As notice counsel for several nationwide cyber and privacy programs, the firm’s attorneys are often the first point of contact for companies experiencing a privacy breach. The firm also boasts a thriving fidelity, surety and crime practice that investigates, analyzes and litigates claims involving fidelity bonds, financial institution bonds, mortgage bonds, title bonds, surety bonds, statutory bonds, performance bonds and commercial crime policies. The firm has a particularly well-developed practice in these areas in London markets.

Kari A. Timm and David L. Koury have been internationally recognized for their in-depth experience in these areas.

Cyber Contact: Kari A. Timm Tel: 312-762-3256

Email: [email protected]

Fidelity Contact: David L. Koury Tel: 312-762-3226

Email: [email protected]

Excess Liability & Transportation: 

Manufacturers produce reliable and safe products, but calamities still occur with resulting litigation and losses more complex than ever. Insurers worldwide turn to BatesCarey because of the firm’s depth of industry connections and experience as insurance company claims professionals. This group is particularly adept at crafting settlement resolutions in the underlying litigation and coverage fronts. The transportation team is rooted in the nationally recognized work of Matthew M. Murphy, including with Bermuda Forms, as well as the litigation savvy of David M. Alt on a wide range of rail matters.

Contact: David M. Alt Tel: 312-762-3138

Email: [email protected]

Practice Areas

• Admiralty & Maritime
• Appellate and Trial Triage
• Arbitration
• Bad Faith
• Bermuda Forms
• Climate Change
• Commercial General Liability
• Counseling and Risk Management
• Coverage Litigation
• COVID-19 Team
• Cyber Risks, Technology, and Data Security
• Fidelity, Surety, and Crime
• First-Party Property
• General Commercial Litigation
• Healthcare Insurance and Reinsurance
• Opioid Coverage Task Force
• Professional Liability
• Reinsurance
• Sexual Misconduct Coverage
• Transportation