Noreen Howard

Insurance

Specialist Insurance: Professional Indemnity, Management and Corporate Liability, Coverage Advice, Cyber and Data Risk

Noreen Howard has significant experience defending a wide range of professionals, including solicitors, architects and accountants. 

Her experience also includes advising London market clients and local insurance providers on policy wording interpretation, coverage disputes, potential third party liability and subrogation claims. Noreen has also provided coverage advice in relation to a number of cyber/technology claims and in particular policy issues arising from data breaches/breach response.

Noreen's practice also focuses on medical malpractice where she advises healthcare practitioners and their indemnifiers on the defence of medical malpractice claims.

She has in excess of eighteen years' experience in defending complex, high value, professional indemnity/medical mal-practice claims. Noreen is a strong advocate of ADR and in particular mediation and has resolved numerous disputes at mediation. 

In 2010, Noreen was awarded the International Law Office Litigator Client Choice Award for Ireland. The Client Choice awards recognise partners in law firms around the world that stand apart for the excellent client care and the quality of the service they provide. 

Noreen was also appointed as one of the two solicitor members to the Commercial Court Users Committee in 2007. That Committee, chaired by Mr Justice Peter Kelly, was established to provide feedback from practitioners on the operation of the Commercial Court.

University College Cork, Bachelor of Civil Laws 1991 - 1994, LLB 1994 - 1995; University College Dublin, Diploma in Arbitration 1999