Harry Lee

Harry acts for various insurers in high-stakes litigation, including:

• St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (now Travelers) with respect to a multimillion-dollar asbestos-related insurance coverage case in the Maryland federal courts.
• Hudson Specialty Insurance Company with respect to insurance coverage issues worth more than $10 million arising from a building fire near the World Trade Center site in New York City.
• Pavonia Life Insurance Company in numerous credit disability insurance lawsuits brought around the country arising from alleged mortgage loan insurance benefits fraud.
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (now Travelers) with respect to fraud claims worth more than $1 billion brought in Maryland state court by national plaintiffs’ asbestos attorneys Joe Rice and Peter Angelos.
• Lamorak Insurance Company (formerly OneBeacon) in a multi-million dollar bad faith pollution-related insurance coverage case in New York State court.
• Sussex Insurance Company (formerly Companion) in a multi-party, multi-state litigation arising out of insurance broker fraud in excess of $50 million.
• Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (AIG) with respect to complex insurance issues arising from Kaiser Gypsum Company’s asbestos and environmental-related bankruptcy.
• Hudson Insurance Company with respect to $17.5 million in first-party property claims made by NJ Transit in connection with flooding caused by “Superstorm Sandy.”
• Commerce & Industry Insurance Company (AIG) with respect to public and confidential multimillion-dollar arbitrations vis-à-vis leading US banks involving novel environmental “loan insurance” disputes in excess of $550 million.
• General Reinsurance Company with respect to direct-side insurance coverage issues arising from natural resource damage liabilities tendered by the 3M Company.

• "Outside the Lines: Practical and Strategic Considerations in Avoiding, Prosecuting and Defending Against the Bad Faith Claim," 27th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program, Phoenix, AZ, February 22, 2019

• "The Trump Administration's Changes to the Environmental Landscape: What They Mean for Environmental Claims," EECMA Conference, Orlando, FL, April 25, 2018

• Mealey’s Asbestos Litigation Conference, Co-Chair, Philadelphia, PA, April 2010

• "Climate Change - Things are Heating Up," EECMA Conference, Orlando, FL, April 6, 2010

• "The Product Recall Market and Recent Coverage Decisions," 2016 DRI Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, Chicago, IL, April 6, 2010

• "Developments in Reinsurance Arbitrations: What Works and What Does Not in the US, Bermuda, and the UK," Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Reinsurance Group, Washington, DC, February 8, 2008

• "US Legal/Legislative Update," IntAP Autumn Technical Meeting, Cologne, Germany, December 5, 2007

• "Proving Policy Impairment:  Issues and Strategies in Establishing Exhaustion, Obtaining Contribution and Collecting Reinsurance, Mock Case Study," Liberty Mutual Group Complex and Emerging Risks Claims Department, Boston, MA, September 28, 2007

• "Allocation," Mealey's Asbestos Insurance Conference, Chicago, IL, June 8, 2005

• "Procedural Issues in Reinsurance Disputes: Courts and Arbitration," Mealey’s Fundamentals of Reinsurance Litigation & Arbitration Conference, March 15, 2007

• "Allocation," Mealey’s Asbestos Insurance Conference, Chicago, IL, June 8, 2005

• "Arbitration, Mediation, and Other Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Are They Really Serving Their Purpose?," Environmental Claims Managers Association (ECMA) Spring 2004 Meeting and Conference, Sanibel Island, FL, April 28, 2004

• "Construction Defect and Mold Claims Under Third-Party Insurance Policies," Mealey's Practical Training for the Claims Professional Conference, Stamford, CT, March 4, 2004

• "Coverage Issues for Mold Claims Under First-Party Insurance Policies," Mealey's Second Annual Advanced Insurance Coverage Conference: Top 10 Issues, Philadelphia, PA, January 30, 2004

• "First-Party Property Issues," Mealey’s Second Annual Advanced Insurance Coverage Conference: Top 10 Issues, Philadelphia, PA, January 29, 2004

• "Allocation Models – How Are They Similar and/or Different When You Are in Bankruptcy?," Mealey’s Insurance Allocation Conference, Naples, FL, November 17, 2003

• "Coverage Issues for Mold Claims Under First-Party and Third-Party Insurance Policies," Mold & Fungus Litigation Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 2003

• "Mold Claims - Third-Party Liability Insurance Issues," HarrisMartin Publishing's Mold Litigation: Beyond the Basics 2002, October 10, 2002

• "Coverage Issues for Mold Claims Under First-Party and Third-Party Insurance Policies," Mealey's Mold Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 10, 2002

• "Comparison of Coverage Issues Related to Mold and Asbestos Claims Under Liability Insurance Policies," Mealey's Asbestos & Mold Insurance Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 18-19, 2002

• "Coverage Issues for Mold Claims Under First-Party and Third-Party Insurance Policies," Mealey’s National Mold Litigation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February 25, 2002

• "Coverage Issues for Mold Claims Under First-Party and Third-Party Insurance Policies," Mealey’s National Mold Litigation Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2001

• "Where Mass Torts and Insurance Collide," Mass Tort Litigation Institute, April 24, 2001

• "Internet Security and Insuring Against Risk:  Information Security is Not Enough!," The Internet Privacy Law and Information Institute & E-Business Insurance, New York NY, June 7, 2000

• "The Number of “Occurrences” – Ways to Avoid Result Oriented Rulings," Orlando, FL, April 22, 1999

• "Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About Manufactured Gas Plants But Were Afraid to Ask:  A Panel Discussion," Environmental Claims Managers Association, Seattle, WA, October 23, 1997

• "The Pollution Exclusion Clause – What is Excluded and What is Not," The Corporate Bar Association Lunch Program, Stamford, CT, November 2, 1995

• Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law (2016-2022)
• Chambers USA, Band 1, Insurance: Insurer, DC, (2007-2024); Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer, Nationwide (2021-2024) 
• Legal 500 US, Insurance: Advice to Insurers (2012-2020)
• Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, Insurance (2013-2021)
• Who's Who Legal, Insurance & Reinsurance (2016, 2018)
• Washingtonian magazine, "Top Lawyer," Insurance (2011-2017)
• Euromoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (2008, 2010, 2013, 2021)

• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• District of Columbia Bar, Litigation Section
• Maryland Bar, Litigation Section
• Admitted to the US Supreme Court and various US Courts of Appeal
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, ARIAS US
• Board of Directors, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
• Board of Directors, National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
• Board of Visitors, Catholic University Law School