I'm a commercial litigator with deep insurance knowledge. I've handled more than $1 billion in claims under various types of policies and helped clients place coverage and consider risk management more broadly. I also have substantial experience providing insurance counsel to bankrupt/insolvent debtors and creditors. In addition to my insurance practice, I've handled a variety of litigation, including administrative, bankruptcy, product-liability, criminal, and other commercial matters. I've worked with clients in a range of industries, including tech, life sciences, financial services, private equity, higher education, consumer products, agricultural, and automotive.Representative matters include:INSURANCE•Represented a pharmaceutical company and its captive insurer in a coverage dispute against numerous insurers and reinsurers under a global property/cyber program for a claim arising out of a malware event•Represented a global investment company in a D&O coverage dispute with excess carrier arising from a going-private transaction•Represented a securities industry trade association in submission of an amicus brief to the New York Court of Appeals concerning the insurability of SEC disgorgement payments•Successfully resolved a first-party contamination coverage claim arising from a Listeria-related recall of frozen food products•Successfully resolved a claim of a global procurement and distribution services company in a first-party property coverage dispute arising from a Nigerian warehouse fire•Acted as appellate counsel for a third-party claims administrator on a professional liability claim•Counseled SPACs on the purchase of pre- and post-merger D&O insurancePRODUCT LIABILITY•Obtained a complete pre-discovery dismissal of separate product liability and subrogation actions arising from a Salmonella-related recall of packaged chicken products•Represented an airbag/restraint systems manufacturer in product liability litigation, consumer litigation, and investigations by NHTSA and the DOJ•Represented a pharmaceutical company in anticoagulant product liability litigationADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS•Represented university in administrative action and federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education regarding student loans•Successfully resolved a telecommunication company’s ERISA preemption challenge to determinations of a workers' compensation board•Represented a vaping-products manufacturer in an Administrative Procedure Act challenge to FDA deeming regulations under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act