KevinSzczepanski

Insurance Coverage

• Won a no-cause verdict as lead trial counsel in a $100 million coverage and bad-faith case involving payment for defective roofing shingles.
• First-chaired the trial of an insurance-coverage case involving construction defects in a residential housing tract.
• Won a jury verdict as lead trial counsel for an international advertising agency seeking payment for a multimillion-dollar ad campaign.
• Served as lead trial counsel in the defense of a coverage and bad-faith case involving employment-discrimination claims.
• Served as lead trial counsel for primary and excess insurers in a direct action under New York Insurance Law § 3420(a) involving "hired auto" coverage for an underlying wrongful-death case.
• Served as lead coverage and settlement counsel in a complex, priority-of-coverage dispute arising out of a Chelsea Piers construction accident involving a "grave injury."
• Recovered $3.5 million for an umbrella insurer in a DJ action against a primary EL insurer arising out of a construction-related motor-vehicle accident, prevailing in state trial and appellate courts.
• Won summary judgment and appeals in several cases involving late notice under New York Insurance Law § 3420(d).
• Represented excess insurers in several coverage disputes arising out of construction-defect, Labor Law, and negligence claims.
• Served as lead counsel for businesses and insurers in disputes involving liability and insurance coverage for CVA and other sex-abuse claims.
• Served as lead coverage and settlement counsel for insurers in "multi-tower" D&O insurance-coverage disputes arising out of shareholder-derivative actions and class actions.

Data Security & Technology

• Represented clients as a "breach coach" in BEC, ransomware, and other cyber incidents.
• Counseled clients in regulatory matters arising out of reporting cyber incidents.
• Represented public and private entities in the negotiation and drafting of management and vendor agreements dealing with data-security, indemnification, and cyber-insurance issues.
• Defended clients in data-breach class actions arising out of alleged privacy and information-security violations.
• Represented financial clients in multiple data-security lawsuits alleging inadequate security controls.
• Defended a liability insurer in a coverage action arising out of the settlement of privacy claims under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.
• Provided strategic advice to clients concerning their coverage under cyber-insurance policies.