Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Litigation

Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Business Litigation Practice and Head of the Insurance Litigation Practice with a focus on complex commercial litigation and trials. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Defends regulated companies, officers and directors against fraud allegations, including alleged False Claims Act violations and government investigations. Represents the insurance and reinsurance industries in trials and arbitrations of coverage, trade practice and class actions nationwide. Counsels boards of directors and C-suite executives on strategic concerns, governance issues, disputes and sensitive employee matters.

Joined Simpson Thacher in 1999. Law Clerk for Hon. Shirley Wohl Kram, SDNY (1997-1999).

Columbia University (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1997); Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1994).