Founding Partner
CurrentRichard Shore, a founding partner of the firm, focuses on developing and implementing creative solutions to help clients overcome company-threatening or otherwise overwhelming losses and liabilities. He has represented clients in disputes ranging from millions of dollars to more than a billion dollars.Richard has played a key role in many cutting-edge initiatives, including the first major asbestos non-products coverage case, novel insurance settlement structures, and groundbreaking cases involving the intersection of bankruptcy and insurance issues. He has represented a broad range of clients in a wide range of coverage matters, including mass torts; environmental damage; first-party property damage; oil spill losses; D&O and E&O liability; advertising injury; personal injury; fidelity and crime losses; crop losses; cyber losses; residual value losses; and claims against insurance brokers. He has substantial experience in domestic and London insurance insolvency matters. He has been retained as an expert witness on coverage matters and has testified in support of numerous insurance settlements. He has advised clients facing significant liabilities on global strategies for dealing with these problems.Richard speaks around the country on insurance topics and has been quoted on insurance matters by media outlets including USA TODAY, CNNMoney.com, and Business Insurance magazine. Richard also has written articles on insurance issues and ADR for a variety of print and electronic publications. A recognized authority on negotiation and mediation, Richard has developed an engaging seminar on settling disputes that draws on Hollywood films and New Yorker cartoons, among other unlikely sources, to illustrate successful, counterintuitive negotiating strategies and techniques.
