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Areas of Practice
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Speaking Engagements
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Mr. Wright concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, focusing on insurance coverage counseling and litigation. He has represented corporate policyholders in coverage litigation and trials involving a wide array of claims, including directors' and officers' liabilities, E&O claims, first-party losses and business interruption claims arising from major hurricanes, securities class actions, environmental liabilities, asbestos liabilities, intellectual property claims, and employment claims. Mr. Wright has represented many policyholders in the financial services area, including registered advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent directors of funds, and underwriters. He also has represented clients in many other industries, including chemical production, waste management, energy, manufacturing, telecom, and emerging high-tech industries. He regularly counsels clients in the claims process, seeking to resolve disputes with insurers prior to litigation and through mediation. He also regularly represents clients in the pursuit of claims against domestic and foreign insolvent insurers. He also regularly counsels clients concerning the purchase and negotiation of commercial insurance policies.
Professional/Civic Activities
- American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (Former Co-chair of Emerging Issues Subcommittee)
- American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Litigation Section)
Speaking Engagements
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"Negotiating Coverage-in-Place Agreements," presented at the HB Asbestos Insurance Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 21, 2010.
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“Insurance Coverage and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis,” K&L Gates webinar in Los Angeles, CA and Washington, D.C., co-presented with Steven M. Kaplan, Philip H. Hecht, and David P. Schack, October 5, 2007.
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“The Pursuit of Claims Against Insolvent London Market Insurers Under Schemes of Arrangement: Trends and Traps for the Unwary,” presented at the Fourth Equitas Claims and Insolvency Roundtable, March 2, 2004.
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“Insurance Claims For Y2K Damages - Litigating the Y2K Insurance Claim : Are Y2K Claims Different,” presented at Fulcrum Y2K Conference, Washington, D.C., October 18-19, 1999 (co-authored with Matthew L. Jacobs); and San Francisco, CA, November 8-9, 1999.
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“Effective Regulation of Landfills: What We Can Learn from the Mistakes and Successes of the U.S. System,” presented at Eurowaste Conference, Sardinia, April 1999 (co-authored with David T. Case).
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Y2K Litigation,Greater Washington Board of Trade, Gregory S. Wright, December 1, 1998
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“Insurance Coverage for Year 2000 Remedial Costs and Liabilities,” presented at NASBA’s The Year 2000 Problem in California, November 12, 1998.
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“Insurance Coverage for Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Liability: An Analysis of the Insurer’s Defenses Under CGL Policies,” presented at the Insight Conference on New Rules for Tobacco Litigation, October 6-7, 1997, New York, New York (co-authored with Matthew L. Jacobs).
Bar Admissions
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Bar of District of Columbia
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Bar of Maryland
Education
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J.D.,
Georgetown University Law Center
(1994)
(cum laude)
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A.B.,
Duke University
(1990)
(magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)
Additional Information
Mr. Wright has lectured and published widely on coverage issues facing corporate policyholders. Click on the Newstand link to the right to view his publications.
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