Overview
(June 3, 2019, Washington, DC) — Steptoe's Insurance Group has been named a DC Litigation Department of the Year by The National Law Journal. This marks the third time in five years that the group has won the award.
To select the winners, the editors asked litigation departments in the nation's capital to describe their practices, including their biggest wins in 2018. The winners are profiled in a special report published in the June 2019 issue of the magazine. The editors write that "Once again, Steptoe's formidable insurance litigation operation has grabbed The National Law Journal's award of excellence in Washington, DC, following up on last year's win with another slate of impressive victories for its roster of major insurers."
In 2018, Steptoe's insurance group scored big, precedent-setting wins in very complicated cases. That is particularly true for Steptoe's representation of St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Travelers, in a major asbestos-related coverage dispute. Steptoe secured published opinions by both the federal court in Maryland and the Fourth Circuit on a series of complicated issues. Among them, the statute of limitations issue and the products/non products issue have now become law that will be cited by the bar across the United States.
In October, Steptoe scored another victory in an asbestos case, when a California judge adopted the Steptoe team's position on nearly every issue in a coverage/cost-sharing bench trial involving National Union Insurance Company.
Read the profile on Steptoe's Insurance Group at The National Law Journal (subscription required).
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
