Overview

O’Hagan Meyer represents insurers, brokerages, financial institutions, professional services firms, developers, and other businesses facing complex risk, regulatory scrutiny, and high-exposure disputes. We devise strategies to help our clients manage significant financial, operational, and reputational exposure and defend them in high-stakes litigation and regulatory investigations.

Our Insurance & Risk Management lawyers have extensive experience resolving coverage disputes, bad-faith litigation, general and professional liability, errors & omissions, construction defect, environmental, privacy and cybersecurity incident, and other contentious disputes. We regularly handle multijurisdictional matters involving overlapping claims, evolving regulatory requirements, and parallel litigation, and develop coordinated strategies that address risk consistently across jurisdictions and business operations.

Members of our team have successfully represented clients in wide-ranging matters, including:

Coverage disputes involving allocation, exclusions, late notice, tenders, additional insured issues, and policy interpretation
Claims of bad faith, professional negligence, errors and omissions, and breach of fiduciary duty
Cybersecurity incidents, ransomware events, privacy claims, and emerging technology risks
Regulatory investigations, licensing matters, and compliance obligations affecting regulated industries
Construction defect, catastrophic loss, and accident claims involving layered insurance and risk-transfer issues
Claims-made coverage disputes, prior knowledge issues, policy interpretation, and related coverage determinations
High-exposure commercial litigation, including class actions and bankruptcy-related cases

Beyond dispute resolution, we help clients proactively address risk. Working closely with insurers, claims professionals, risk managers, in-house counsel, brokers, and business leaders, we assess exposure early, strengthen policy language, governance, and claims-handling practices, and develop risk-transfer strategies. Our team advises clients on cyber incident response and related liability exposure, contractual indemnity and additional insured issues, and reserve and exposure analysis. Additionally, we provide guidance on broader risk mitigation and loss prevention protocols, as well as regulatory and compliance developments affecting insurers and other businesses.

O’Hagan Meyer’s experience spans wide-ranging industries and risk environments, including insurance, construction, financial services, real estate, professional services, employment, and manufacturing. We represent carriers in complex coverage and bad-faith disputes involving general liability, professional liability, environmental, construction defect, D&O, and E&O policies. We also defend businesses and professionals facing significant liability exposure.

Our approach is practical, strategic, and business-focused. We consider the broader impact of disputes on operations, reserves, relationships, reputation, and long-term objectives, and we work to resolve matters efficiently and with minimal disruption while remaining fully prepared to litigate when necessary. Combining sophisticated litigation experience with proactive counseling, we help clients minimize exposure, respond to disputes, and protect their businesses in increasingly complex legal, business, and regulatory environments.