DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s insurance department globally serves major insurance and reinsurance companies, catering to a global client base. The team excels in global insurance placements, master and local policies, and multi-jurisdictional class action litigation. Led by Aidan McCormack in New York, the practice emphasizes strengths in litigation, appellate work, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution. Also in New York, Joseph Finnerty co-leads the representation & warranties practice group, with extensive litigation and advisory experience alongside Megan Shea, who focuses on litigation, investigation, counseling, and M&A insurance coverage disputes. Mark Deckman specializes in coverage strategies, settlements, and product liability, while Stephen Schwab, with a focus on international trade, notably concentrates on insurance and reinsurance regulation and compliance, transactions, dispute resolution, and receivership. From Dallas, Robert Myers Hoffman significantly contributes to the practice, securing over 60 dispositive motions and serving as lead counsel in Covid-19 litigation.
Testimonials
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‘DLA Piper has a growing team that now has the ability to handle the largest, most complex ITC cases. They have added significant capability on the ITC side to pair with an already strong patent litigation group.’
‘Outstanding client service, and capable of managing big ticket patent litigation strategically, without getting flustered. The lawyers are human and easy to work with. They are super responsive and always way ahead of deadlines, avoiding last-minute scrambles.’
‘We really appreciate DLA´s Global access and collaboration. It's very important to us to be able to have access to lawyers at a Global level but with one contact point when possible. DLA has been able to meet that wish and their global collaboration between each other has helps us very much.’
‘Leon Taylor and Aidan McCormack has been important partners to us in one of our companies' biggest cases ever. Their expertise, experience, quality and service has been outstanding. We always feel comfortable with their advises and trust that they have our company's best interest in mind when they deliver their advice.’
‘Michael Murphy and Aidan McCormack are talented litigators that provide not only expertise but exceptional client service. They have taken over complex claims for us when other attorneys have not been able to handle the litigation in an efficient way and obtained exceptional results.’
‘DLA Piper provides top notch advocacy to its insurer clients in the largest matters across the country and internationally.'
Key clients
- Vesttoo Limited
- DUAL North America
- Mosaic Insurance
- Arch Insurance Group
- The Hartford
- Ryan Transactional
- QBE
- VALE Insurance Partners
- AXA XL
- Liberty Mutual Group Inc.
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- American International Group, Inc. [AIG]
- Swiss Reinsurance Company
- Old Colony Insurance Company– (Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II)
- Tokio Marine Kiln
Work highlights
- Representing London-based reinsurance syndicates in response to a $844 million judgment (with interest over $1 billion) in a one-of-a-kind aviation dispute.
- Representing Old Colony Insurance Company in an ongoing insurance litigation filed in Missouri by Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II (the “Trust").
- Initiating legal proceedings, consolidated filed a $50 million claim against Westport/Swiss Re in Westchester County, alleging financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Aidan M. McCormack