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Insurance

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Jared Zola is a partner in Blank Rome’s policyholder-only Insurance Recovery practice, formerly the insurance practice of Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Mr. Zola has helped clients secure more than one billion dollars in insurance recoveries.

Mr. Zola’s nationally-recognized work maximizing insurance assets has earned him significant praise, as noted in his recognitions listed below. The 2017 edition of Legal 500 noted that he is “a young star of the policyholder bar” and named him a “Next Generation Lawyer”—one of four nationally in the insurance category. In 2016, he was named by Law360 as a “Top Attorney Under 40” for the third consecutive year in the insurance category for his work on behalf of policyholders—he is the only attorney to ever be named a “Rising Star” more than once in the insurance category. In 2016, the New York Law Journal named Mr. Zola a “Rising Star” under the age of 40. For more information about Mr. Zola, please click here to view his full biography

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United States > Insurance > Advice to policyholders

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Blank Rome LLP advises clients on litigation across a spectrum of insurance coverage claims, including notable claims concerning sexual harassment and abuse and multi-jurisdictional matters concerning alleged violations of the Anti-Terrorism Act, while continuing to handle COVID-19 business interruption, natural disaster and D&O claims. In addition, the practice also supports clients in arbitration under the UK’s Arbitration Act, including Bermuda Form arbitrations. The team is led by Jim Murray and John Gibbons in Washington DC, representing clients in major sexual abuse coverage and representation and warranty claims respectively, and Los Angeles-based Linda Kornfeld, who advises on COVID-19-related claims. In New York, Jared Zola handles high value litigation and arbitrations, while Natasha Romagnoli assists with sexual abuse and discrimination claims in addition to D&O matters. In Washington, John Heintz advises clients on claims ranging from environmental contamination to employment discrimination class actions, while Omid Safa represents clients in D&O disputes and cyber matters and Kyle Brinkman handles mass tort and environmental liability issues. Of counsel Daniel Rylaarsdam handles a range of first and third party claims out of the Los Angeles office.