Insurance Law

The Insurance Group of Payne & Fears LLP has built a solid reputation for counseling clients, resolving coverage disputes, enforcing coverage rights, and recovering insurance proceeds on behalf of policyholders throughout the nation. We are committed to representing only policyholders. Our versatility has enabled us to represent policyholders effectively and efficiently in a broad spectrum of matters, from complex litigation against over 50 insurance companies to simple disputes between one policyholder and one insurer. In so doing, we have collectively recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of policyholders from insurance companies and insurance brokers under various kinds of policies for a variety of different claims, including, but not limited to, the following:

pollution liability exposure
construction defects
intellectual property/business torts
employment practices
business interruption claims
directors and officers liability
professional liability
first party property damage
reinsurance
hospital liability

Our experienced attorneys appear in federal, state, and appellate courts throughout the United States. Depending upon the needs of our clients, we have successfully employed a broad range of dispute resolution techniques and forums including mediation, arbitration, mini-trials, jury trials, and other hybrid proceedings. The attorneys in the Insurance Group are committed to staying abreast of new developments in this ever-changing area of the law, thereby enabling us to utilize creative arguments to maximize insurance benefits for our clients.

Contact

Scott S. Thomas
Chair, Insurance Law Group
T: (949) 797-1253
E: sst@paynefears.com