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WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Syed Ahmad
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Work Department
Insurance Coverage
Position
Partner and head of the firm’s insurance coverage practice
Career
Partner Syed S. Ahmad is the head of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s insurance coverage practice. Based in Washington, DC, Syed regularly advises clients in the retail, financial services, real estate, and energy industries. His practice focuses on catastrophic property claims, product recalls, errors and omissions (E&O) disputes, and rep. and warranty (R&W) insurance. He also represents clients in disputes involving long-tail claims under general liability policies and with claims under directors and officers (D&O) coverage. When needed, Syed represents clients in trials and appeals nationwide.
Syed is a proven thought leader on the subjects of insurance coverage and bad-faith and a frequent contributor to the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog.
Memberships
- Admitted to the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars
- Chair, Minority Trial Lawyer Committee’s Programming Subcommittee, American Bar Association
- Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
- Member, Section of Torts, Trial, and Insurance Practice, American Bar Association
- Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, District of Columbia Bar
Education
- JD, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, cum laude, Notes Editor, George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal, 2003
- BS, George Mason University, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Advice to policyholders
(Leading lawyers)Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents policyholders across industries in coverage disputes, adeptly handling cases involving denial of coverage, defense expense disputes, business interruption losses, liability claims, and regulatory actions. The firm acts for diverse clients, from Fortune 500 companies to national residential mortgage servicers. Leading the practice from Washington, Syed Ahmad is recognized for recovering significant amounts for clients through litigation and arbitration, specializing in emerging issues like settlement doctrines, allocation disputes, and rescission claims. In Florida, Walter Andrews leverages deep experience across a wide range of industries, including financial services and technologies; while Andrea DeField specializes in advising clients on insurance policies, with a focus on cyber risks such as ransomware and large-scale data breaches. Expanding further in Washington, the practice benefits from the expertise of Lorelie S. Masters, specializing in liability coverages like environmental, employment, directors and officers, fiduciary, and cyber liabilities, and Latosha Ellis, known for proficiency in cyber insurance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Advice to policyholders United States > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings