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Christopher Shannon has significant experience counseling and representing insurers in a wide range of claims. He has handled insurance disputes throughout the country and devised successful strategies in complex matters on behalf of his clients. This practice includes both first-party property claims and third-party liability matters, including professional, employment practices, and general liability claims.
Christopher’s first-party practice involves losses throughout the United States with complex physical damage. He has experience advising clients on how to navigate a complex claims process and reach expeditious and reasonable resolutions of contested claims. Christopher has also represented domestic and international insurers that have been sued by their insureds in numerous jurisdictions, routinely obtaining favorable results and devising creative solutions to resolve disputed claims in an efficient manner. He has also presented to his clients on handling a claims.
In addition to his first-party practice, Christopher also represents clients in a variety of liability coverage matters. He routinely assists clients in analyzing their coverage obligations and has represented insurers in declaratory judgment actions on numerous liability claims and obtained favorable rulings with respect to his clients’ defense and indemnity obligations.
Finally, Christopher has represented professionals in a wide array of liability claims. He has represented lawyers, title agents, surveyors, med spas, genetics laboratories, title agents, and other professionals that have been sued for alleged negligence. In a recent representative matter, Christopher drafted a successful motion to dismiss an action brought by an insurer against an insurance broker, thus avoiding significant expense and exposure to the client.
Representative cases include: