Ms Lorelie S. Masters > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Insurance Coverage, Litigation, SAFETY Act, Cross-Border Insurance Coverage, Transactional Insurance, International Arbitration and Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation

Position

Partner

Career

Lorelie Masters has won significant decisions, trials, and arbitrations enforcing insurance for clients across the gamut of coverages, representing clients from the Fortune 500 to small businesses and individual directors and officers. A sought-after writer, speaker, and leader nationally and internationally, Ms. Masters served as an Adviser on the American Law Institute’s “Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance.” Named a “top 10” lawyer in DC, she has served on the American Bar Association Board of Governors, DC Bar Board of Governors, and as President of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia. She is author of two well-known treatises, “Insurance Coverage Litigation” and “Liability Insurance in International Arbitration: The Bermuda Form.” The English Court of Appeal has called The Bermuda Form treatise, published in its third edition in 2022, the “standard work on the topic.” Among other accomplishments, she helped found the American College of Coverage Counsel and served as its second President; and as national Policyholder Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. She has an active pro bono practice and is a founding board member and now Chair of the Board of the Human Trafficking Legal Center.

Memberships

Admitted to the District of Columbia and New York State Bars

Education

  • JD, University of Notre Dame Law School, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Legislation, Thomas J. and Alberta White Scholar, 1981
  • AB, Georgetown University, cum laude, 1977

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Insurance > Advice to policyholders

(Hall of Fame)

Lorelie S. Masters  – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents policyholders across industries in coverage disputes, adeptly handling cases involving denial of coverage, defense expense disputes, business interruption losses, liability claims, and regulatory actions. The firm acts for diverse clients, from Fortune 500 companies to national residential mortgage servicers. Leading the practice from Washington, Syed Ahmad is recognized for recovering significant amounts for clients through litigation and arbitration, specializing in emerging issues like settlement doctrines, allocation disputes, and rescission claims. In Florida, Walter J. Andrews leverages deep experience across a wide range of industries, including financial services and technologies; while Andrea DeField specializes in advising clients on insurance policies, with a focus on cyber risks such as ransomware and large-scale data breaches. Expanding further in Washington, the practice benefits from the expertise of Lorelie S. Masters, specializing in liability coverages like environmental, employment, directors and officers, fiduciary, and cyber liabilities, and Latosha M. Ellis, known for proficiency in cyber insurance.