Paul L. Fields, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Paul Fields’ practice focuses on the representation of insurers throughout the United States. Paul leads Fields Howell’s first-party property team and also does significant casualty and professional indemnity and aviation work. Paul has worked on insurance issues for over eighteen years. He has tried numerous jury trials to verdict and has handled extensive and complicated bench trials and arbitrations. Over just the past two years, Paul has been lead counsel in three successful multi-million dollar arbitrations and two successful jury trials.Paul’s recent representative matters include: •Lead counsel in arbitration against large national retailer seeking over $40 million arising out of alleged Hurricane Katrina damage. •Lead counsel for reinsurers of state insurance fund in $40 million arbitration against state parks commission for damages from Hurricane Ivan. •Obtaining summary judgment and argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which affirmed a judgment for an insurer, in a large fire loss. •Defending insurers against a nationwide grocery chain’s claim for its multi-location Hurricane Katrina losses. •Advising various insurers on a $300 million factory explosion claim, which included property and time element coverage claims. •Counseling insurers regarding the handling of a $20 million business interruption claim caused by failed efforts to repair a sulfuric acid plant. •Currently, Paul serves as counsel to a group dealing with property insurance issues in the London insurance market.

Listed skills include Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Litigation, and 18 others.