Mr Walter Andrews > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Energy, Energy Sector Security Team, Real Estate Investment and Finance, Unmanned Systems Group, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Insurance Coverage, Cyber Insurance, Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation, Reinsurance, Rocket Docket Practice (US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia), Litigation, Crisis Management, Cross-Border Insurance Coverage, Transactional Insurance

Position

Partner

Career

As a senior partner in the firm’s insurance coverage practice, Walter offers clients more than 30 years of experience managing insurance-related issues, including program audits, policy manuscripting, counseling, litigation, arbitration, and expert witness testimony. He works with companies in a diverse range of industries, including financial services, consumer products, food and beverages, chemicals, real estate and municipalities. Additionally, Walter litigates insurance coverage and bad faith disputes around the nation, involving cyberinsurance and e-commerce issues, business interruption, product liability, construction defect, reinsurance matters, and other emerging claims. These matters involve a variety of insurance contracts, including cyberinsurance, professional liability, first party property, general liability insurance policies, and various reinsurance agreements.

Walter has had significant court wins on duty to defend and bad faith cases and testifies regularly as an expert witness on similar cases and on the reasonableness of underlying settlements. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel and a Life Fellow in the American Bar Foundation.

Memberships

Walter is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel and is admitted to practice before courts and arbitral bodies across the United States and abroad, including the United States Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeal for DC and the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits, and US District Courts for the District of Columbia, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of North Carolina. He is a member of the Florida, Virginia and District of Columbia Bars.

Education

  • JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1982
  • BA, Swarthmore College, 1979

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Insurance > Advice to policyholders

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.