Schnader’s Insurance Services Group is represented in each of our offices around the United States. The Group includes International Academy of Trial Lawyers and American College of Trial Lawyers Fellows, and lawyers listed in Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. Our lawyers are active members in insurance law organizations such as the Defense Research Institute, the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, and the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc., and we are frequent speakers and writers on insurance law issues. Our services include insurance coverage counseling and litigation, insurance defense, and subrogation recovery.
Insurance Coverage
Schnader attorneys handle insurance coverage disputes involving many types of insurance, both third-party (e.g., commercial general liability, excess and umbrella, professional liability, directors and officers, and employment liability) and first-party (e.g., property, life, and disability) coverages. Given the cross-specialization of many of our attorneys, we have a significant advantage in handling legal issues involving specialized insurance, such as aerospace, environmental, financial institutions, professional errors and omissions, health, employment-related practices, products/completed operations coverages, and international insurance programs. We are experienced in handling disputes concerning the propriety of claims-handling and allegations of extracontractual or bad faith liability.
We are frequently called upon to advise and counsel clients with difficult coverage issues, draft policy language, deal with regulators, and negotiate the resolution of claims with adverse parties or coinsurers. Schnader attorneys have a demonstrated record of success in the negotiation process and, where necessary, mediation, arbitration, and trials. Our senior lawyers are well-versed in most aspects of insurance coverage law, and we provide hands-on involvement throughout the course of every engagement.
We work closely with our clients to predict and control costs. We are willing and able to work with clients to establish appropriate budgets. Our approach involves preparation, evaluation, and disposition of matters as expeditiously as possible, with cost-effectiveness a priority we share with our clients. At the same time, we make every effort to employ creative approaches to problem-solving.
We involve our clients in the decision-making process at every stage and keep them fully apprised of their risks, options, and potential expenses with regular, detailed reporting.
Insurance Defense
Schnader attorneys are regularly appointed to defend insureds against potentially covered claims. These claims regularly arise out of property and casualty exposures, including products liability, personal injury, property damage, fire losses, water damage, worksite accidents, automobile, aviation and aerospace, civil rights, construction, defamation, directors and officers, nonprofit organizations, and toxic tort. Several of our attorneys are well-experienced in the provision of counsel to London Market insurers and other first-party carriers confronting high-exposure property damage losses.
Many of Schnader’s lawyers came to the law as a second career, bringing with them unique skills and experience that ideally suit them for particular types of defense work. Our lawyers include a professional engineer, registered architect, air traffic controller, flight instructor, Air Force transport command pilot, clinical psychologists, and a Scotland Yard detective inspector.
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News & Publications
- Robert Williams Is Featured On DRI’s Podcast, “A Conversation With…”
- Pa. High Court Rejects ‘Continuous Representation Rule’ for Legal Malpractice Actions
- New York Super Lawyers Named
- Allison Fihma Drachman Elected to Board of LCJ
- Schnader Files Class Action Lawsuit to Address Systemic Mental Health Care Failures at Allegheny County Jail
- Gordon Woodward Earns LLM in Insurance Law and Receives Insurance Law Center LLM Award
- Law That Saves Lives
- Litigation and Legislative Efforts to Implicate Insurance for COVID-19 Losses
- COVID-19: A Brief Overview of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
- Tenth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Premier 390 Accident Litigation After Plaintiffs’ Expert Testimony Excluded
- Barry Alexander Quoted in Travel Weekly
- Samuel Silver elected president of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project board of directors
- Five Partners in Schnader’s Aviation Group Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Transport 2020
- Robert Williams Publishes the Attorney Director’s Column in AIA’s magazine, The Binder
- NY Super Lawyers Named
- Schnader Wins Unanimous Jury Verdict for Defense in Trial Arising from a Mechanic’s Fall from an Airport Modular Refueling Truck
- Denny Shupe Selected for Who’s Who Legal’s Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2020 in Aviation Law
- Four Schnader Attorneys Selected for the 2019 Aviation Expert Guide
- Schnader Leads the Implementation of Model Career Advocate Programs for the Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition
- Jonathan Stern and Gordon Woodward Named to Super Lawyers
- Philadelphia’s and Pennsylvania’s construction codes have changed: Here’s what you need to know
- Five Partners in Schnader’s Aviation Group Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Aviation 2019
- Less Snap Back After A Quick Snap Removal: Third Circuit Approves Snap Removals Before Forum Defendant Service
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Schnader Attorneys Named to NY Super Lawyers
- Denny Shupe Receives Jeffrey A. Ernico Award of Pennsylvania Bar Association
- ALI Approves Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance
- ALI Approves Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance
- Jonathan Stern and Gordon Woodward Named to Super Lawyers
- Gordon Woodward Comments on Instructive Court Opinion Regarding Communication with In-House Counsel
- Jonathan Stern Publishes “The Oxford Comma: Use It or Lose…”
- Schnader Harrison Helps Train Youth Court Judges
- Denny Shupe Appointed Chair of ACTL’s Special Problems in the Administration of Justice Committee (U.S.)
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2017
- Jonathan Stern featured in “Aircraft Insurance 2017: Key Concerns”
- Gordon Woodward Honored by National Black Child Development Institute
- Keith Whitson Appointed Managing Partner of the Pittsburgh Office
- Schnader Welcomes New Associates
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Many Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2016
- Settling Defendants Beware: Eleventh Circuit Holds Settling Insurer Liable for Failure to Protect Medicare Payments Made by Private Insurer
- Sam Silver Inducted into International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Partner Robert J. Williams Invited to Join International Association of Defense Counsel
- Products Liability Cases Arising From Holiday Fires
- Robert Williams Named Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
- Schnader Litigation Practices and Attorneys Recognized in the 2016 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- Schnader Recognizes Robert Williams with Community Service and Pro Bono Awards
- Pennsylvania Permits Insureds Being Defended under a Reservation of Rights to Settle Without Their Insurer’s Consent
- Gordon Woodward Named Managing Partner of Schnader’s Washington, D.C. Office
- Al Dandridge and Denny Shupe Receive Veterans of Influence Awards
- “Takeaways From NY’s Dietary Supplement Investigation”
- PA Supreme Court Declines to Extend Multiple Trigger Theory to Property Damage Claims
- NTSB Overturns Administrative Law Judge Decision and Holds That Federal Aviation Regulation 91.13 (Careless or Reckless Operation) Applies to Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Robert Williams Appointed to Firm and DRI Leadership Positions
- “U.S. Sanctions: A Labyrinth of Mythic Proportions”
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2014
- “Declaration of Independence: When does a reservation of rights entitle an insured to independent counsel and control of its defense?”
- Reading the Tea Leaves: The Supreme Court Seems Likely to Eliminate the ERISA Presumption of Prudence
- Seventh Circuit Addresses When Offer of Settlement Can Moot Class Representative’s Interest; Holds That Dunning Letter Offering to “Settle” an Unenforceable Debt Violates FDCPA
- Barry Alexander Joins Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2014 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- Writing a Reservation of Rights: A 50-State Compendium (Delaware Chapter)
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2013
- Schnader Attorneys Recognized as Members of the 2012 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
- Schnader’s Aviation Group Ranked in Chambers USA and The Legal 500 USA
- “The Four Cs of Writing”
- Schnader Welcomes Mathew West to the Firm
- Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on Shortlist for Northeast Appellate Firm of the Year and Pennsylvania Firm of the Year
- Schnader’s Cherry Hill Office Collects Nearly a Half a Ton of Winter Clothes on Behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Bruce Strikowsky Offers Comment on Resolution of Claims Against NYC Foster Care System
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2013 Benchmark Litigation and Appellate Guides
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2012
- Robert Williams Reappointed Vice Chair of DRI’s Aviation Law Committee
- U.S. Supreme Court Upholds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- “The Termination Provision in Fidelity Insurance Policies: Practitioners Discuss a Split in Authority”
- Schnader Partner Robert J. Williams Noted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2012 Benchmark Litigation and Appellate Guides
- Robert Williams Appointed Vice Chair of DRI’s Aerospace Law Committee
- Sixty-Eight Schnader Attorneys Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Schnader Attorneys Achieve Significant Victory for Surety Client Federal Insurance Company
- Schnader Representing the State of Maryland and The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania in a Suit Filed Against the Federal Government Regarding a 2008 Medevac Crash
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2011 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- “Third Circuit Requires Plaintiffs to Prove Causal Link and Breach of Duty in Deepening Insolvency Cases” part 2
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2010
- “What’s an Insurer to Do: Multiple Claims and Insufficient Limits”
- “Who’s on First? A Plea for Clarity in Drafting Contractual Indemnity Provisions”
- New Mandatory Reporting Requirements Affect Companies Who Pay Money to Resolve Personal Injury Claims
- Stern Recognized as 2009 Washington D.C. Super Lawyer
- Several at Schnader are 2008 D.C., New Jersey ‘Super Lawyers’
- “Cleared Direct To Federal Court: A Comprehensive Look At Jurisdiction and Removal,” Update
- Schnader Grows in New York and Pittsburgh
- Stern Reappointed to Defense Research Institute’s Public Policy Committee
- “Commercial Aircraft Transactions: Liability of Owners, Lessors and Finance Parties”
- “Daubert’s Unwritten Mandate: Win in the District Court”
- “The State-of-the-Art Defense in Product Liability Cases: A Fifty State Survey [California Treatment]”
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