SKARZYNSKI MARICK & BLACK - Key Persons
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- Partner
- Partner / New York
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- Associate
- Associate / New York
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- Counsel
- Counsel / Chicago
Andrew Candela represents insurance companies in a wide array of coverage policy work in the areas of long-tail environmental, property, product liability, and product contamination claims. Andrew's work focuses on defending insurers in all aspects of a claim's life from position letters through litigation and appeal.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Elected As a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel
- Partner / New York
Andrew Houghton specializes in aviation and aerospace insurance coverage counseling and litigation on behalf of domestic, London market and international aviation insurers. Andrew provides coverage opinions, represents insurers in coverage litigation, monitors underlying litigation and represents insurer interests in mediations and settlement negotiations. Having practiced more than 30 years in aviation law and insurance, Andrew's experience encompasses virtually all aerospace coverages, including first-party hull coverages, aviation products liability, aircraft (third-party) liability, hangarkeepers and premises liability, airport liability, fueling liability forms, personal injury liability, war coverages, deductible policies, excess coverages and reinsurance as well as space insurance forms. He has been involved with insurance issues in many high-profile matters such as the claims arising from the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the Covid pandemic, the September 11 terrorist attacks, antitrust claims against air cargo carriers, discrimination claims by passengers, class actions against airlines, internet piracy claims, confiscation of aircraft and disputes regarding defective components in military procurement programs. Client feedback in Chambers USA describes Andrew as "very insightful on complex coverage matters," and "he understands the business and understands the industry. He is very expedient and quick to respond." "He lifts the burden from his clients."
In addition to aviation and aerospace, Andrew represents domestic and international insurers in litigation and provides analysis on a wide range of casualty and property coverages, including marine, energy, commercial general liability, products liability, media liability and specialty lines. He litigates coverage matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States, and represents insurers in connection with international litigation. Andrew also assists insurers in policy drafting and, most recently, has worked on a new policy for UAV or "drone" operators and a policy providing specialized terrorism insurance.
Andrew earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) desgination and has been active in the American Bar Association and in the Aviation Insurance Association.
Andrew is a member of Skarzynski Marick's Executive Committee
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Houghton has been elected as a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / New York
Ashley Anderson focuses her practice on representing government contractors and their insurers before the United State Department of Labor's judicial and administrative tribunals in defense of claims brought by employees arising under the Defense Base Act extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Ashley is also a member of the firm's SMB Cares Committee, which creates opportunities to serve populations-in-need in the neighborhoods in which we live and work.
Previously, Ashley defended manufacturers, distributors, and their insurers involved in product liability, toxic tort, and general liability litigation. She has handled state and federal litigation involving labor law, construction and personal injury. Ashley has also represented insurance carriers and self-insured employers before the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. She also interned with the Labor Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's office.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Cheryl Vollweiler is an accomplished insurance coverage attorney who provides clients with candid and accessible counsel and creative solutions on all manner of insurance coverage issues and disputes involving an extensive range of insurance policies and programs. Her approach to case evaluation and strategy implementation focuses on achieving optimal resolutions aligned with the business objectives of her industry clients. With more than thirty years' experience representing U.S. and international insurers in high profile and complex insurance coverage matters, she brings a deep and diverse background that includes products liability/mass torts, general liability, cyber risks, technology and data security, life sciences, toxic torts/environmental, bad faith litigation, premises and hotel liability, property damage and first party coverage, international arbitration, specialty insurance policies, risk retention group policies, reinsurance and other areas.
In addition, Cheryl has significant experience drafting a wide array of insurance policies and conducting due diligence and reserve audits of both insurers and insureds, along with corresponding reporting and analysis.
Cheryl Vollweiler will be speaking and moderating a panel at the 2022 CLM Annual Conference on March 24 th in Palm Desert, CA.
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Counsel / Chicago
David Altschuler focuses his practice in representing insurers in complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. David addresses coverage issues for underlying claims ranging from mass torts and pollution losses to actions against design professionals involving some of the largest construction projects in the country and internationally and claims against attorneys, accountants, real estate brokers and other professionals.
His practice includes representing insurers on claims arising under various insurance policies, including commercial general liability, umbrella and excess, project-specific coverage, professional liability, trucking liability and commercial property. David also advises clients in the development of new insurance products and drafting policy forms, exclusions and endorsements, and represents insurers in class action litigation and regulatory proceedings.
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- Associate
- Associate / New York
- Litigation Counsel
Dylan Prior serves as coverage and litigation counsel for domestic and international insurers. He focuses his practice on representing government contractors and their insurers before the United States Department of Labor's judicial and administrative tribunals in defense of claims brought by employees working overseas at American military bases. These claims arise under the Defense Base Act extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
Dylan previously practiced insurance coverage at a Long Island, New York law firm, where he litigated and handled a variety of claims.
As a member of the Consumer Justice for the Elderly Litigation Clinic at St. John's University School of Law, Dylan co-authored a successful amicus brief for the Second Circuit concerning unjust debt collection practices under New York's Exempt Income Protection Act, represented elderly clients in ongoing court proceedings regarding unlawfully transferred mortgages and coordinated with the Queens County District Attorney in forged rental agreement investigations.
Edward (Ted) Carleton is a highly skilled lawyer who offers clients deep expertise in insurance coverage and litigation counsel. In his almost two decades of practice, he has garnered extensive experience collaborating with both domestic and international insurers. He specializes in matters related to directors and officers, representations and warranties, errors and omissions, fiduciary and employment practices coverages. Leveraging his broad experience, Ted also provides strategic counsel to insurance companies and a wide range of businesses in matters concerning professional liability litigation, commercial disputes, and bankruptcy cases. Ted also serves as the firm's Practice Management Leader of the Directors and Officers (D&O) Practice.
Client feedback in Chambers USA describes Ted as "extremely responsive and takes a client-focused approach" - an apt descriptor which is at the heart of why he practices law.
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- Partner
- Partner / New York
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- Partner
- Partner / Chicago
Ellen Jenkins has nearly three decades of experience counseling insurers and reinsurers in complex insurance coverage actions and other insurance-related disputes. Although Ellen has served as coverage and litigation counsel in matters involving many different types of professional liability coverages, her practice in recent years has focused on representing commercial general liability, umbrella, and excess insurers in high-stakes environmental pollution, toxic tort, and products liability claims.
Ellen is an accomplished litigator. She has represented many U.S. and London market insurers in declaratory judgment and breach of contract actions in federal and state courts across the country. Ellen has also litigated numerous rescission claims, defended insurers against allegations of bad faith, and pursued contribution, indemnity, and subrogation claims. She has briefed and argued many federal court and state court appeals.
Ellen has also represented her clients in various forms of alternative dispute resolution, including binding and non-binding arbitrations, and mediations. Over the years she has successfully negotiated countless settlements, collectively saving her clients hundreds of millions of dollars.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Insurance Coverage Advisor
- Partner / New York
Evan Shapiro is a highly experienced insurance coverage advisor and litigator with a focus on advising insurance companies and defending insureds in commercial and professional lines. She advises clients on the exposures faced by insureds under public and private company directors and officers (D&O) and fiduciary liability insurance policies, including securities class actions, merger and derivative litigation, corporate governance matters and other business and professional liability matters. Evan's broad litigation experience includes representation of insurers in coverage disputes and parties in business and professional liability actions.
Evan has authored several articles in professional journals on developments in insurance law and has presented at PLUS and bar association CLE programs on issues relating to insurance coverage of corporate director and officer liability and other professional liability issues. She also conducts bespoke, in-house client forums and training programs on key areas of commercial and professional liability insurance coverage including "best practices" for claims handlers and substantive developments in the law..
Evan also assists clients with drafting specimen and manuscript policies and specialized endorsements in complex underwriting situations as well as underwriting and developing new insurance products.
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- Associate
- Associate / New York
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- Senior Counsel
- Senior Counsel / New York
Jim Skarzynski will be presenting at the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) 10th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, May 12 th.
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- Counsel
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Jessica Cavallo serves as monitoring and coverage counsel, representing Lloyd's of London syndicates, insurance companies, and reinsurers on complex coverage issues with a strong focus on cyber, multimedia, and technology errors and omissions liability insurance. She counsels clients on coverage for first-party losses and third-party claims, including security and privacy breaches, cyber extortion and crime, business interruption, reputational harm, class action privacy litigation, and regulatory investigations. Jessica also represents insurer clients with respect to professional liability and employment practices liability claims.
In addition, Jessica assists clients in drafting policies, endorsements, manuscript endorsements, and she provides advice on wordings as against current coverage trends and new and evolving risks, especially in the cyber insurance space. She also has expertise in counseling clients on evaluating strategy when there have been insurance application misrepresentations.
Jessica brings practical and candid counsel to clients in underlying claims monitoring and through the coverage dispute resolution process. Her approach to case strategy is to achieve the best possible resolution within her client's business objectives.
Professional Associations
New York State Bar Association, Member
Connecticut Bar Association, Member
Association of Professional Insurance Women, Member
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Partner
- Partner / Chicago
John Black provides counsel to international and domestic insurers on complex coverage and liability issues involving insurance policies for director and officer liability, first and third party cyber and privacy, representations and warranties and professional liability including mutual fund, investment adviser and private equity, insurance broker, insurance company professional, and technology and media. John regularly represents insurers as coverage counsel, including coverage litigation. A substantial part of John's practice is devoted to assisting insurers in drafting insurance policies and endorsements and providing insurance regulatory advice.
John speaks and writes frequently on legal and insurance issues concerning privacy and cyber liability and directors' and officers' liability. John co-authored the chapter on information security in the Revised Internet Law for the Business Lawyer (2d ed. 2012), which was updated and re-published in RFID, Near Field Communications and Mobile Payments - A Guide for Lawyers (2013), by the ABA Business Law Section, Cyberspace Law Committee. John is co-chairman of the ABA Cyberspace Law Committee's Cyber Insurance Sub-committee.
John often is invited to conduct in-house training sessions for clients and speak before legal and insurance organizations including the CPCU and PLUS. He is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and holds a CIPP/US certification. John is a featured commentator for the Insurance Risk Management Institute on director and officer liability and insurance.
John Black, Esq., CIPP/US will be a presenter at PLUS Cyber University on March 28th for the virtual session titled "Non-Cyber Line of Coverage, Evolution of Cyber Coverage, and Interplay Among Lines."
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / New York
- Litigation Counsel
John Lynn serves as coverage and litigation counsel for domestic and international insurers. He focuses on representing government contractors and their insurers before the United State Department of Labor's judicial and administrative tribunals in defense of claims brought by employees working overseas at our country's military bases. These claims arise under the Defense Base Act extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
John counsels his clients on complex insurance coverage issues arising out of the individual claims, as well as the developing legal precedent and the relevant trends for claim handling, defense, and resolution.
John previously practiced insurance coverage litigation at a New York City law firm, where he litigated and handled claims.
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- Partner
- Partner / New York
John Soler advises and defends government contractors and their insurers before the United States Department of Labor's judicial and administrative tribunals in claims arising under the Defense Base Act (DBA) extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and the War Hazards Compensation Act. He also advises domestic and foreign employers on employment contracts to ensure compliance with the nuances of the DBA and counsels insurers on complex coverage matters stemming from the DBA.
John also defends insurers in high exposure domestic and international insurance claims under third-party liability insurance policies and has served as lead counsel in cases involving catastrophic loss due to product defects, fire, and dust explosions.
John has litigated hundreds of cases on behalf of insurance carriers before state and federal courts throughout the country.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Juan Luis has over fifteen years of litigation and trial experience across a broad spectrum of matters, in federal and state courts throughout the United States and in domestic and international arbitrations. He provides clients with customized and value-driven strategies based on each client's business and specific objectives for a matter. He enjoys getting to know each client's business and he coordinates closely with any in-house attorneys and investigators who are assigned to respond to potential exposures or to initiate a litigation matter.
A significant portion of his current practice is on behalf of domestic and international insurers in coverage litigations. He often litigates complex coverage issues involving significant financial and reputational exposures for insureds and insurers. He has experience in several segments of business insurance, including directors' and officers' liability insurance, bankers' professional liability insurance, cyber insurance, general liability insurance, representations and warranties insurance, and re-insurance.
Juan Luis has also successfully represented clients in such industries as manufacturing, financial services, life sciences and transportation in a variety of matters. He has experience litigating products liability actions, derivative shareholder lawsuits, class actions, contract disputes, employment discrimination, and a wide variety of business tort actions (including alleged fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of non-competition and non-solicitation obligations, and defamation).
Kadian Townsend focuses her practice on representing insurance companies in coverage disputes arising out of complex underlying litigation involving shareholder derivative suits, securities class actions, special purpose acquisition companies, and SEC investigations. Kadian also handles various commercial litigation matters involving breach of contract, negligence, and other common law claims before New York State courts.
Kadian previously served in the Tax Clinic at the David A. Clarke School of Law, where she represented low-income individuals facing IRS and District of Columbia tax controversies. She also assisted in the representation of non-profit organizations on civil rights employment discrimination issues, while serving in the Civil Rights/Legislation Clinic.
Kadian is an active member of the Education Committee for the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade for the Government of Jamaica, West Indies.
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- Partner
- Partner / Chicago
Karen Dixon devotes her practice to counseling insurers on complex insurance coverage issues and litigating coverage matters on their behalf under commercial general liability, professional liability, pollution liability, and workers compensation and employers liability insurance policies. She institutes as well as defends coverage litigation on an insurer's behalf, ranging from opioids, sexual abuse, to Biometric Information Privacy Act claims.
In addition, Karen has a counseling practice focused on advising an insurer throughout the entire claim handling process. She has substantial experience in working with clients on making coverage determinations, drafting coverage position letters, selecting defense counsel, coordinating cost share agreements and pursuing other sources of recovery.
Karen is a Chambers USA Ranked lawyer, which reports she "has a burgeoning reputation among insurers for her expertise in mass tort, personal injury, and data privacy matters. ‘Karen is a terrific coverage lawyer who is both pragmatic and thoughtful in her approach.'"
Karen M. Dixon will be speaking on the panel, "Hot Topics Overview" on April 18th for the PERRIN Insurance Coverage & Allocation Issues Conference in Chicago, IL. The session will be moderated by Bryan Feldscher.
Karen M. Dixon will be presenting at the 2022 ABA Women in Insurance Network Regional CLE Program in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, October 13 th.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / New York
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Laura Markovich represents insurers in negotiating and litigating first- and third-party commercial insurance claims under policies covering directors and officers liability, financial institution liability, professional liability, errors and omissions and employment practices liability, as well as representations and warranties. She serves as monitoring and coverage counsel to insurers based in the United States, Canada, London, continental Europe and Asia. On behalf of clients, Laura negotiates large, complex claims and coverage workouts on issues involving topics such as securities fraud, corporate governance, credit crisis exposures, subprime risk and bank failures. She also resolves disputes arising out of regulatory proceedings presided over by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Laura served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She also served as an intern and committee member on the Subcommittee on International Criminal Law with the New York County Lawyers' Association.
Laura is a member of Skarzynski Marick's Executive Committee.
Professional Associations
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Member
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / New York
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- Associate
- Associate / New York
- Counsel
Marie Figueiredo serves as coverage counsel for insurers based in the United States, London and Bermuda and currently focuses her practice on aviation coverage matters, including airline liability, aviation commercial general liability and third-party aircraft liability and first-party coverages. She also has experience with a broad range of professional and other specialty lines of coverage, including D&O, E&O, LPL, cyber and tech policies. Marie analyzes, manages, monitors and resolves a wide range of liability and coverage issues to mitigate and reduce loss exposure while identifying and prioritizing each client's business interests and goals.
Additionally, Marie has significant experience as immediate data breach counsel advising and guiding clients who have experienced cyber-security incidents through stages of forensic analysis, notification, regulatory compliance and potential third-party claims.
Marie previously worked at a major global insurer handling high-complexity environmental and toxic tort matters.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Litigation Counsel
- Partner / New York
Michael Thompson serves as coverage and litigation counsel for government contractors and their insurance carriers with respect to complex claims and litigation arising under the Defense Base Act (DBA) extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act for injuries occurring overseas on United States Military bases and NATO installations. He counsels clients throughout the DBA process including best claims handling practices, relevant litigation and defense trends, and alternative dispute resolution.
Michael also oversees the firm's War Hazards Department pursuing subrogation and recovery of liability awards from the United States Department of Labor on behalf of insurance carriers for injuries occurring as the result of a "war-risk hazard." He litigates novel issues before the United States Department of Labor's judicial and administrative tribunals pertaining to the WHCA and continuing obligations under the DBA. Michael also advises insurance carriers of their rights and obligations under the WHCA throughout the DBA litigation process.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael practiced securities litigation and compliance, immigration law and criminal defense.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Michael Chester is a distinguished advocate, specializing in counseling insurers on intricate insurance coverage issues arising out of their most high-profile and complex financial lines matters. His expertise stems from his exposure to a diverse range of complex cases, including bank failures, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions, securities class actions, private equity litigation, shareholder derivative disputes, investment advisory disputes, civil investigations and white-collar criminal prosecutions. Michael has also developed a particular expertise advising insurers on the nuanced intersection between insurance and bankruptcy laws, helping to guide his clients through these complex and sophisticated disciplines.
Michael has represented insurers' interests in coverage disputes arising out of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings in the United States, Bermuda, Brazil, the Cayman Islands, France, and Norway. When called upon by his clients, Michael also litigates especially complex insurance coverage disputes arising out of financial lines claims.
Michael's career has been marked by his consistent presence working with his clients through nearly every landmark event in the financial world in the past two decades, including the Enron bankruptcy, the collapse of the subprime mortgage-backed securities market, the credit crisis, the surge in merger objection lawsuits; and most recently, the latest round of bank failures and cryptocurrency failures.
With more than twenty years of experience, Michael has been recognized by his industry peers as a Super Lawyer in the New York Metro region for the last ten consecutive years. Michael is a frequent author and sought-after presenter, regularly addressing topics of paramount concern to his clients. His insights and expertise have made him a respected industry authority, frequently quoted by industry publications such as Business Insurance.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Chicago
Michael Rosen has more than 35 years of experience representing domestic and international insurance companies on complex liability claims and coverage disputes under primary and excess policies. Mike also litigates insurance coverage and bad faith matters and counsels clients in developing and drafting insurance products. Much of Mike's insurance coverage practice focuses on private and governmental actions involving healthcare and managed care, directors and officers, professional and employment practices liability policies. He represents insurers in many of their most complex coverage issues arising from claims pending in state and federal courts across the country, including adversary proceedings asserted against bankrupt debtors and Qui Tam actions brought under the False Claims Act . Mike also advises clients on risk management for private and public companies and non-profit organizations. Mike has extensive experience in claim evaluation and management, and in mediating complex coverage disputes.
Mike has spoken and written on antitrust, healthcare, directors and officers, and employment practices liability for clients, and organizations such as the American Health Lawyers Association, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, and the International Risk Management Institute.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / New York
Neel Rana represents and defends insurance carriers and their government defense contractor insureds, under Defense Base Act workers' compensation insurance policies. Neel practices before the United States Department of Labor's administrative tribunals to defend clients from workers' compensation claims arising under the Defense Base Act extension of the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act.
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Counsel / New York
Pamela Gannon serves as monitoring, coverage and litigation counsel to domestic and international insurers in matters involving directors and officers, financial institutions and professional liability coverage.
Prior to joining Skarzynski Marick, Pam held a variety of in-house legal positions at global financial institutions where she managed complex litigation and helped firms investigate and defend regulatory enforcement matters. Before moving in-house, Pam gained securities and commercial litigation experience at a major Wall Street firm.
Practice Areas
Directors & Officers / Financial Institutions Liability Coverage
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Chicago
Paul Perry focuses his practice on counseling insurers in matters involving complex coverage, bad faith matters and contract disputes, from the claim stage through litigation. Paul has experience representing clients in first and third party coverage disputes, including those involving extra-contractual issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Paul served as a law clerk for the Hon. Cecilia A. Horan of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, where he oversaw a docket of over 400 cases involving construction of insurance policies, wills and trusts, FOIA claims, administrative review, business divorces, property disputes, and class actions.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Chicago Bar Association, Member
Practice Areas
Crisis Management & Product Contamination / Recall Coverage
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Partner
- Partner / New York
Paul Miletic serves as counsel on complex matters, including insurance coverage issues, insurance coverage litigation and general business and commercial litigation. He focuses largely on claims involving property, general commercial liability and professional liability insurance policies. In addition, Paul defends government defense contractors and their carriers with respect to claims arising under the Defense Base Act extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (DBA) and the War Hazards Compensation Act.
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Counsel / New York
Paul Dehmel is an experienced litigator employing his two decades of experience to successfully represent clients in a variety of matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Paul has first and second-chair trial experience and is adept at negotiating settlements and aggressively representing clients interests in court proceedings, trials, arbitrations and mediations. He is currently focused on aviation insurance coverage matters, including airline liability, aviation commercial general liability, third-party aircraft liability and first-party coverages.
Paul routinely handles and manages multiple cases while providing practical strategies and solutions for mitigating risks. He performs early case evaluations and counsels clients on litigation risks, avoidance, and resolution.
Professional Associations
New York City Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Practice Areas
First-Party Property Coverage
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Chicago
- Member of the Firm
Zelpha McGoldrick concentrates her practice on counseling insurers on coverage matters and litigating coverage disputes. She focuses on complex coverage issues and contract disputes arising under commercial general liability and excess insurance policies. She handles coverage issues for a variety of underlying claims, including toxic torts and pollution losses, invasion of privacy and bodily injury. Zelpha spends much of her time working on long-tail claims, including litigating coverage disputes stemming from the opioid crisis and assisting with handling sexual abuse claims brought by plaintiffs under the New York Child Victim's Act, which re-opened the statute of limitations window for individuals who experienced abuse as minors.
Zelpha is an active member of the firm's SMB Cares Committee, which creates opportunities to serve populations-in-need in the neighborhoods in which we live and work.
Zelpha is an accomplished moot court advocate. She was a Regional Champion, winning Best Petitioner Brief and Fourth Best Oralist, in the National Moot Court Competition: Region VIII, and finished as a National Finalist in the 72 nd Annual National Moot Court Competition. Zelpha also coached teams of advocates in the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition and the Touro Law Center's National Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion. She served on the Executive Board of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society and was honored with the Marc A. Grinker Outstanding Student Commitment Award for her dedication to the program. In addition, Zelpha published a note in the Chicago-Kent Seventh Circuit Review and received the Excellence in Public Service Award from Chicago-Kent's Student Bar Association.
Professional Associations
DRI, Member
American Bar Association, Member
Chicago Bar Association, Member
Hispanic National Bar Association, Member
Illinois Defense Counsel, Member
Practice Areas
Complex General Liability & Long-Tail Coverage