David A Barrett

Practice Areas

David Barrett, Global Chair of the Insurance Counseling & Recovery Practice, represents policyholders in their most complex, highest stakes insurance matters.

David leverages trusted relationships across the insurance industry with his solutions-oriented approach to counsel clients in a broad range of industries on:

- Corporate transactions

- Insurance placements and renewals

- Recovering claims in connection with billions of dollars in losses and liabilities, both within and outside the context of litigation

He regularly guides clients on negotiating custom insurance products for business-specific risk, including those relating to environmental, tax, litigation, representations and warranties, lost income, punitive damages, general liability, cyber, property, and business interruption.

A recognized leader at the firm, David has served on Latham’s Associates Committee and Ethics Committee.

He is a co-author of The Business Interruption Book: Coverage, Claims, and Recovery (National Underwriter Company, 2004).