Insurance & Reinsurance
United States
23 April 2025
Mayer Brown’s nationwide litigation team has a strong track record representing both US and global clients across the country. The group excels in complex commercial litigation and its expertise extends from securities and finance litigation, to employment, product liability and cybersecurity disputes. Global head of the litigation and dispute resolution team, Richard Spehr in New York focuses his practice on commercial litigation, as well as SEC and DOJ investigations and arbitration. Bronwyn Pollock in Los Angeles is co-head of global litigation and dispute resolution and the global insurance industry group, while Chicago-based Michael Olsen co-leads the mass tort and mass liability practice. Reginald Goeke in Washington DC specialises in the financial services industry, representing a roster of national and multinational clients in both jury and bench trials and arbitrations.
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Key clients
- BMO
- Yale University
- Foster Farms
- Karma Automotive LLC
- Confidential Communications Company
- Thales Group (Gemalto, Inc.)
- TikTok Inc. and Byte Dance Inc.
- Veolia
- BASF Corporation and BASF SE
- American Multinational Corporation
Work highlights
Represented BMO Bank N.A (BMO) when the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals completely reversed a $1.1bn judgment against BMO, which was based on the alleged role of a bank BMO later acquired (M&I) in a decades-long Ponzi scheme.
Representing a number of defendants in hundreds of cases stemming from the Maui wildfires, encompassing hundreds of individual actions, cross claims and third-party claims, and putative class action cases.
Represented Foster Farms in the industry-wide Broilers civil antitrust class action case, obtaining a summary judgement win, as well as favorable settlements in multiple State AG cases raising similar claims.
Lawyers
Practice head
Hank Bullock; Reg Goeke; Michael Olsen; Bronwyn Pollock; Richard Spehr