Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Firm Profile

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
SUITE 1700
CHICAGO, IL 60602
ILLINOIS
United States

Email firm Visit website 1 312 269 8000 1 312 269 1747

M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m) Tier 2

Insurance > Advice to policyholders Tier 3

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP‘s insurance practice emphasizes optimizing insurance recovery for corporate policyholders, professionals, and other claimants involved in diverse casualty and liability occurrences across the country. Covering pre-litigation advocacy, mediation, litigation, and arbitration, the team represents policyholders from various industries and jurisdictions in dispute resolution proceedings. Heading the practice from Chicago is Angela Elbert, bringing substantial experience in managing insurance coverage and commercial litigation disputes before state and federal courts and arbitration panels, focusing on prosecuting policyholder claims across a wide array of insurance lines. Key contacts alongside Elbert include Jill Berkeley, with expertise in insurance coverage disputes and counsel on proactive risk management strategies, serving as a frequent arbitrator, mediator, and expert witness in various disputes involving insurance coverage. Moreover, Paul Walker-Bright further supports the practice, concentrating on complex commercial litigation and insurance recovery for policyholders.

Practice head(s):

Angela R. Elbert

Other key lawyers:

Jill B. Berkeley; Paul Walker-Bright

Testimonials

‘Hard workers.’

‘Paul Walker-Bright is very thorough.’

‘Relatively few law firms serve insurance policyholders on insurance coverage matters, making what Neal Gerber does unique and helpful.’

‘Andrew May and Paul Walker-Bright are exceptionally responsive and helpful, and deeply understand the policyholder-side law and industry.’

Key clients

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

GATX Corporation

Imerys Talc America, Inc.

McDonald’s Corporation

American Arbitration Association

Montage Hotels & Resorts, LLC

City of Sycamore

Sterigenics US, LLC

NewFields Companies, LLC

Quaker Window Products Company, Inc. (d/b/a Quaker Windows & Doors)

Walton Capital Advisors, L.P.; Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

Work highlights

Retained as special insurance coverage and indemnification counsel in connection with their Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case pending in Delaware; as counsel in various indemnity agreements from Johnson & Johnson in Delaware Bankruptcy Court; and, in certain underlying asbestos matters in California.
Representing Tiffany & Co. in connection with insurance coverage for the loss of over $21 million of precious metals.
Representing McDonalds in various insurance and business interruption loses in California and New York.

Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation Tier 4

Neal Gerber Eisenberg LLP is a leading law firm dedicated to handling sophisticated matters for entrepreneurs, public companies, and private businesses and their owners. The attorneys of the firm provide legal business solutions to public and private entities of all types – including Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, non-profits and high-net-worth individuals – in connection with domestic and global business transactions and litigation. The firm has built over 30 years of trusted partnerships with clients that span the globe, and it meets each unique client need with the same personalized service and collaboration that provide the most practical solutions for every matter.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg was founded in 1986 by 35 attorneys committed to creating a firm centered on the principle that the practice of law is a highly interpersonal business. They sought to establish an environment that could distinguish itself from other firms by focusing on collaboration, creativity, transparency and inclusion. Today the firm has more than 130 attorneys who serve an international clientele while remaining true to those core values that fueled its beginning. The culture of teamwork, focus on practical solutions for client needs, willingness to adapt quickly to meet marketplace demand, and drive to be the best providers of legal services are as important to the firm today as they were then. These are key factors behind the firm’s success.

Main areas of practice: Neal Gerber Eisenberg is recognized nationally and internationally for its knowledge in many areas of the law. The firm’s main areas of practice include antitrust and unfair trade practices; corporate and securities; corporate governance; cross-border and international; employee benefits and executive compensation; environmental; finance and lending; financial restructuring and bankruptcy; fund formation and investment management; general and commercial litigation; insurance policyholder; intellectual property; labor and employment; private wealth services; real estate; real estate tax; securities and commodities litigation; taxation; technology transactions and services; and white-collar crime and investigations.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Intellectual property and technology transactions	Michael G Kelber
Intellectual property and technology transactions	Thomas C McDonough
Labor and employment	William J Tarnow II
Employee benefits and executive compensation	Patricia S Cain
General and commercial litigation	Tonya G Newman
Securities and commodities litigation	H Nicholas Berberian
Financial restructuring and bankruptcy	Mark A Berkoff
Private wealth services	Lawrence I Richman
Taxation	Jeffrey S Shamberg
Real estate	Leah Schleicher
Corporate and securities	John J Koenigsknecht
Insurance policyholder	Angela R Elbert
Real estate tax litigation	Tom McNulty

Name	Position	Profile
Jeffrey Bakker	Partner	View Profile
Lee Barrington Stark	Lee is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions…	View Profile
Jill Berkeley	Senior Counsel	View Profile
John Biek	Co-Chair, Taxation practice group	View Profile
Patricia Cain	Chair	View Profile
Cristina DeMento	Partner	View Profile
Douglas Ellis	Partner	View Profile
Lee Eulgen	Partner	View Profile
Avram Feldman	Partner	View Profile
Robert Gerber	Managing Partner	View Profile
Michael Gray	Leader of the firm’s Private Equity, Venture Capital & Growth Companies practice…	View Profile
Linda Hoseman	Partner	View Profile
Michael Kelber	Co-Chair, Intellectual Property practice group	View Profile
Joshua Klein	Partner	View Profile
John Koenigsknecht	Chair, Corporate & Securities practice group; Co-Chair, Cross-Border & International practice group	View Profile
Thomas McDonough	Co-Chair, Intellectual Property practice group	View Profile
Eric McLimore	Eric is a tax attorney and certified public accountant who advises a…	View Profile
Antony McShane	Partner	View Profile
Seth Pritikin	Seth is a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice group.…	View Profile
Jeffrey Shamberg	Jeff is chair of the firm’s Taxation practice group. He is a tax planning…	View Profile
Andrea Stein Fuelleman	Andrea focuses her practice on brand protection and intellectual property enforcement matters.…	View Profile
David Stone	Co-Chair, Cross-Border & International practice group	View Profile
David Wheeler	Partner	View Profile