Insurance: Insurer
USA Guide 2024 : California
Band 4
Contact number
415 984 8700About
Provided by O'Melveny & Myers LLP
A trusted partner to insurers who depend on O’Melveny to keep down costs by fighting insureds’ liability in covered claims, we have helped clients resolve a wide range of insurance coverage cases.
Combining broad experience and strategic planning skills with efficient execution, international collaboration, and targeted budgeting, our focus is always on our clients and their objectives. We excel in complex matters with significant repercussions and precedent-setting trials and appeals.
In addition to defending huge mass tort cases involving asbestos, pharmaceuticals, and environmental damage, we have successfully tried insurance coverage cases, argued summary judgment motions, and prosecuted appeals around the country. Our team also represents insurers in bankruptcy court, where policyholders try to liquidate coverage as they restructure their mass tort liabilities. With only a few firms with our level of experience representing insurers in bankruptcy court, we have been involved in nearly every major case of this kind over the last half dozen years.
Chambers Review
The skilled insurance defense team at O'Melveney & Myers LLP maintains a strong focus on environmental issues and bodily injury claims such as long-tail asbestos liability. The team represents major insurers in high-stakes litigation, as well as guiding them through complex arbitration proceedings. The firm also has significant transactional and regulatory practice nationwide and is skilled in handling complex cyber coverage disputes and health insurance matters.
Work Highlights
- O'Melveny & Myers successfully defended Century Indemnity Company in a suit filed by former policyholder Universal Fleet, seeking $60 million in coverage for an alleged personal injury matter arising from asbestos-containing brake products.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has a strong presence, is very sophisticated and undertakes complex work."
"The firm has a strong presence, is very sophisticated and undertakes complex work."
Notable Practitioners
Richard Goetz possesses over three decades of experience in handling litigation for insurers with regard to environmental, business interruption and product liability claims.
"Richard has excellent technical ability. He provides pragmatic judgement, he's a strategic thinker and a very good communicator with senior management."
"He's a very knowledgeable and experienced lawyer."