Co-head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‘s business litigation team and since March 2025 head of the firm’s insurance litigation practice, Bryce Friedman is sought after by insurance companies facing coverage claims from insureds. Chubb is a repeat client of his, retaining his services in defending aircraft lessors’ coverage claims following the seizure of their aircraft in Russia and also assisting it in settling a claim launched by USC in the wake of the George Tindall sexual abuse scandal, which resulted in the university paying out over $1bn to victims, for which it sought coverage. Friedman also succeeded in having Travelers released from all liabilities in relation to CVS and Publix’s roles in the opioid epidemic in Delaware and Florida respectively.
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Profile
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Business Litigation Practice with focus on complex commercial disputes and trials. Is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Represents the insurance and reinsurance industries in trials and arbitrations of coverage, trade practice and business disputes. Defends insurers against fraud allegations, including alleged False Claims Act violations and government investigations. Representative clients include Beazley, Travelers, Chubb, FM Global, Swiss Re, Utica National and members of the Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group.
Career
Joined Simpson Thacher in 1999. Law Clerk for Hon. Shirley Wohl Kram, SDNY (1997-1999).
Education
Columbia University (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1997); Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1994).
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