Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that foremost insurance-coverage lawyer Marc Mayerson has joined the firm’s litigation practice in the Washington, D.C. office. Marc joins Orrick from Hollingsworth LLP.
Marc specializes in complex insurance-coverage disputes including litigation, settlement and advice. He has served as counsel in actions seeking insurance recovery for environmental liabilities, asbestos bodily injury claims, product-liability claims, medical-device liability, fidelity losses, errors-and-omissions liability, and employment-practices liability matters.
He also advises clients on the full range of coverage issues and policies, including director’s and officer’s coverage, employment practices claims, first-party property claims, fiduciary and ERISA liability, professional liability, and general liability. He has worked with companies concerning captive reinsurance and related alternative-risk mechanisms, retrospective premium disputes, insurer insolvency, and liability and insurance issues in corporate acquisitions and divestitures and in corporate reorganizations under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code, including Section 524(g) trusts.
Marc is listed in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers and in Chambers USA 2010 America’s Leading Business Lawyers, in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 (Insurance Law), and was identified as one of the ten leading lawyers in insurance law by the Legal Times. He is also the co-editor of the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide, the leading practice guide in the field.
He was recently reappointed as Vice-Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS). He is also a member of the TIPS Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation Modernization Task Force, which is participating in Congress’s analysis of proposals for national regulation of the insurance business. He also serves as a member on the TIPS Task Force on Insurance Coverage Issues in Disasters, which works with Congress and the ABA concerning the availability of insurance in connection with hurricanes and other mass-loss events.
“Marc is a respected and well-known leader in insurance coverage litigation,” said Mark Plumer, chair of Orrick’s Insurance Practice Group. “His experience and expertise adds significant depth to our global practice and will enable us to continue to grow the practice in a significant and meaningful way.”
“What attracted me to Orrick were the firm’s extensive insurance capabilities and its many successes litigating some of the most complex claims,” said Mayerson. “I am excited to be part of such an innovative insurance practice and to continue to grow my practice at Orrick.”
Mayerson received his A.B. from University of Michigan, with highest distinction, Phi Beta Kappa and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review. Following law school, Marc served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Stephen R. Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
