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
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
H. Park Burford
Associate
478.742.4280 PBurford@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
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
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
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
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
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
Rachael N. Vale
Associate
478.749.9945 Rvale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance
Christopher Willis
Associate
478.749.9956 CWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
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