Practice Area: Insurance

Insurance

James Bates has extensive breadth and depth representing policyholders and insurers in insurance coverage and recovery disputes across all industry sectors, including healthcare, construction, consumer products, retail and financial services.

We provide our clients with the full range of insurance-related legal services, from the earliest phases of policy and claims analysis, to mediation, arbitration and, if necessary, litigation, including trials and appeals.

We have served as trial counsel to corporate policyholders and insurers in a variety of complex coverage cases involving numerous types of insurance policies and products, including: general liability, first party property (including business interruption and contingent business interruption), product recall, secured creditor impaired property, employment practices liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, and crime and fidelity.

The firm also assists corporate policyholders in the renewals of various types of insurance coverage, comparing proposals from competing markets, and advising policyholders on complex insurance allocation and liability issues in mergers, acquisitions and other related transactions.

Insurance Attorneys

Name Phone Number Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.742.4280 CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Kelly L. Mason
Associate
478.336.5502 KMason@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Shepard R. Smith
Counsel
706.215.8327 SSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
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