Farella Expands Insurance Recovery Practice With Partner Jeremy Lawrence
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce the addition of Jeremy A. Lawrence as a partner and member of its Insurance Recovery practice.
“Insurance coverage and recovery work remains a vital service offering for Farella and an ever-evolving area where our clients lean on us for counsel,” said Farella Co-Managing Partners Karen Kimmey and Holly Sutton. “Jeremy adds additional depth to our marquee Insurance Recovery practice.”
Lawrence represents clients in insurance coverage disputes, bad faith claims, and disputes involving indemnity contracts. He draws on his extensive policyholder-focused experience in pursuing claims involving the full range of first- and third-party insurance policies, including general liability, D&O, professional liability/E&O, property and business interruption, commercial crime, and representation and warranty policies. He has litigated and advised clients in a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, finance, media and entertainment, legal, retail, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
Lawrence is also experienced in litigating matters involving construction, real property, and corporate governance disputes.
“Farella’s policyholder-side insurance practice is second to none in California and beyond,” said Lawrence. “Their reputation as a premier insurance recovery group representing industry-leading clients was attractive and presented a unique opportunity to continue and grow my practice at a firm that truly understands insurance – all while working alongside some of the leading practitioners in the field.”
Farella’s Insurance Recovery Group works exclusively with policyholders to maximize the value of their insurance, resolve coverage disputes, establish risk management strategies, structure insurance programs, and draft policy language that safeguards their interests. The firm’s clients span the global economy and include private and public technology companies, real estate development and construction industry businesses, venture capital and private equity firms, energy and mining companies, consumer product manufacturers and distributors, public entities and nonprofits, as well as executives and high-net-worth individuals.
“Jeremy’s outstanding track record resolving coverage disputes, considerable knowledge in insurance coverage concepts, and ability to quickly identify and move clients in the direction of resolution mesh well with our seasoned, Chambers USA-ranked insurance practice,” said Farella Partner and Insurance Recovery Group Chair Erica Villanueva. “What sets our practice apart and is attractive to top-tier practitioners like Jeremy is that advocacy for our clients is unhindered by any relationships with the insurance industry.”
Lawrence is a graduate of the USC Gould School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2009) and Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 2006). He is an adjunct professor in insurance law at UC Law San Francisco and has been an associate editor of the ABA Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal for nearly a decade. He joins Farella from Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco, where he was a partner.
Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex commercial, civil, and criminal litigation. Clients seek our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley focused on the wine industry.
Contact:
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433 / [email protected]