Handling insurance recovery related to liability, property and business interruption, political risk, and complex international arbitrations, Blank Rome LLP is a powerhouse in the US market. In Washington, DC, co-chair John Gibbons advises corporate policyholders on enforcing insurance rights and recovering assets – through negotiation, litigation, and trial – having secured billions in coverage. Also in DC, co-chair James Murray is skilled in complex litigation involving institutional liability for the sexual abuse of minors. In Los Angeles, co-chair Linda Kornfeld represents corporate policyholders in high-stakes litigation and arbitrations involving cybersecurity, disasters, fidelity, construction, asbestos, and product liability. New York-based Jared Zola is an accomplished trial lawyer representing blue-chip corporate clients in precedent-setting cases. Lisa Campisi, also in New York, advises financial institutions, private equity, hedge funds, and Fortune 100 companies on high-stakes matters, including D&O and professional liability coverage. In Los Angeles, Mary Craig Calkins is skilled in coverage issues related to high-profile media infringement and defamation cases. Helen Michael, in DC, is adept in matters arising from alleged securities violations and corporate misconduct. Natasha Romagnoli, in New York, handles high-stakes coverage disputes for institutions facing sexual abuse claims, as well as property and business interruption claims. Other key lawyers in the team are Rikke Dierssen-Morice in Chicago, and Kyle P Brinkman and Omid Safa in Washington, DC.

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‘The firm's insurance practice is staffed with thought leaders having an unrivaled depth of experience across all commercial property and casualty coverage lines. These unique and highly valuable skillsets are most noteworthy in key coverage lines such as Cyber; D&O; Marine and General Liability; and “All Risk” Property Insurance.'
‘Responsive, knowledgeable, experienced, and always looks out for the client.’
‘They have a very practical approach to providing counsel re insurance clauses in terms of what "must change clauses" vis à vis "nice to have clauses".’
‘Lisa Campisi is an excellent attorney, very practical and with hands on experience when talking about recommendations to policy holders.'

Key clients

AmeriMark Holdings, LLC
Archdiocese of New York
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Northville/NIC Holdings
Fulton Bank
Catholic Archdioceses and Dioceses nationwide: Washington State, New Orleans, San Diego, Baltimore; Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (California);
Nooter Corporation
Archdiocese of Washington
The Rockefeller University
CVS Corporation
Goldman Sachs
American Addiction Centers, Inc.
Rice University
Archdiocese of San Francisco
California Dioceses of Santa Rosa, Fresno, Sacramento
FAT Brands Inc.
120 Main Hotel, LLC
American Addiction Centers, Inc.
Rice University
Archdiocese of San Francisco

Work highlights

Represented Nooter LLC, a construction engineering and maintenance contractor, before the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in long-running asbestos insurance litigation.

Represented direct-to-consumer and e-commerce company AmeriMark Holdings, LLC in a coverage lawsuit filed in Lake County, IL arising out of The Cincinnati Insurance Company’s wrongful refusal to acknowledge coverage for AmeriMark, its parent company, and certain insured persons under a management liability policy.

Represented Archdiocese of New York (“ADNY”) in one of the nation’s biggest ongoing insurance cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars for alleged sexual abuse.

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