O'Melveny & Myers LLP‘s insurance practice excels in high-stakes legal challenges, including pandemic-related business-interruption claims and landmark sexual abuse bankruptcies. Their expertise spans multibillion-dollar mass-tort cases, nationwide coverage disputes, and crucial appeals, with a distinctive strength in representing clients in bankruptcy court. Beyond coverage litigation, the practice efficiently addresses diverse healthcare insurer needs, handling class actions, civil litigation, antitrust issues, and enforcement matters. New York-based Practice Chair Allen Burton manages high-stakes coverage actions in US courts and arbitration, representing global financial institutions, healthcare, and consumer products companies. Co-chair Tancred Schiavoni, based in New York, specializes in disputes for insurance and reinsurance companies, covering bad faith claims and environmental coverage litigation. In Los Angeles, Richard Goetz oversees the practice, supporting a multinational client roster in insurance litigation, including environmental contamination, asbestos-related injuries, product liability, and bankruptcy. Gary Svirsky in New York, with extensive courtroom experience, handles coverage disputes involving cyber, mass tort, and bad faith. Zoheb Noorani from Los Angeles defends insurance companies at all coverage action stages, including trial, while New York-based Janine Panchok-Berry, a specialist in the confluence of insurance and bankruptcy law, guides clients from pre-litigation through appeal.
Key clients
- The Chubb Group, its subsidiaries, and its parent, Chubb Limited
- Westchester Fire Insurance Co.
Work highlights
- Represented Century Indemity Company in securing rejection of the Diocese of Camden’s proposed Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan.
- Represented Century Indemnity Company in the Boy Scouts of America’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the largest sexual abuse bankruptcy in history, in which claimants sought billions in compensation.