Jeffrey A. Goldwater

Partner

Chicago
550 West Adams Street
Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois 60661

Phone: 312.463.3344
Fax: 312.345.1778
Email: [email protected]

For more than 25 years, Jeffrey Goldwater has been a successful advocate for insurance carriers in declaratory judgment and bad faith litigation, establishing himself as one of the preeminent insurance coverage attorneys in the nation. In addition to an extraordinary record of success, the hallmark of Jeff’s practice has been its breadth, touching on every cutting edge area of insurance law. Jeff has been in the vanguard of consulting on and litigating coverage issues involving cyber liability, advertising injury, construction defects, toxic tort, environmental, professional liability (including architects and engineers, lawyers, accountants, agents and brokers), EPL, directors and officers, non profit, commercial property, public entity, and motor carrier cargo coverage. Jeff also has handled numerous excess and umbrella coverage disputes as well as reinsurance arbitration matters.

In addition to consulting on and advising on coverage, Jeff has tried multiple coverage, bad faith, commercial, and personal injury cases. He has extensive experience drafting novel and innovative insurance policy provisions, and assisting clients with insurance regulatory compliance.

As a regular part of his practice, and to further his commitment to client service, Jeff often briefs his clients on insurance coverage “hot topics.”  With a practice of national scope, he is well qualified to do this. Jeff’s presentations and whitepapers have covered a vast spectrum of issues including general coverage law trends, state and market specific surveys and particular coverage/exposure concerns. Jeff has been a frequent speaker, and has presented at meetings and conventions, including those of the ABA, PLUS, PRIMA, and DRI. Each year, Jeff has been selected as a “Super Lawyer” in Coverage. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, where he teaches Liability, Risk and Insurance.

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