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About
Provided by Benedict M Lenhart
Practice Areas
Partner practicing in insurance and litigation. Serves as Co-Chair for Covington’s Insurance Practice Group. Lead role on scores of major insurance claims for policyholder clients, including numerous billion dollar claims. Assists clients in developing "big picture" strategy for resolving insurance claims, including how best to use litigation, ADR, and settlement together for best and most efficient result. Helped clients to achieve more than 700 insurance settlements. Particular experience with COVID 19, product liability and first party claims, and complex multi-party claims, aviation and transport claim, long tail claims.
Professional Memberships
ABA; NARTC
Personal
Harvard Law School (JD, cum laude); University of Michigan (BA, high honors); Adjunct Professor Georgetown Law Center (1991-present)
Chambers Review
USA
Benedict Lenhart cochairs Covington's insurance practice group and is noted for his expertise in major insurance coverage disputes including property, product liability and cyber issues. He regularly acts for Fortune 500 companies.
Benedict Lenhart is regularly retained by multinational corporations for representation in complex, high-value coverage disputes and arbitrations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Working with Ben has been a very good experience. He has been in this field for a long time and has a lot of experience to draw upon."
"He is very analytical, happy to discuss the pros and cons, and open to creative resolutions."
"Working with Ben has been a very good experience. He has been in this field for a long time and has a lot of experience to draw upon."
"He is very analytical, happy to discuss the pros and cons, and is open to creative resolutions."
"Working with Ben has been a very good experience. He has been in this field for a long time and has a lot of experience to draw upon."
"He is very analytical, happy to discuss the pros and cons, and open to creative resolutions."
"Working with Ben has been a very good experience. He has been in this field for a long time and has a lot of experience to draw upon."
"He is very analytical, happy to discuss the pros and cons, and is open to creative resolutions."
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