Biography

Michelle is a certified specialist in insurance coverage law and represents insurers in complex commercial disputes around the country. Our clients routinely call on Michelle for coverage advice and analysis on matters involving CGL, professional liability, E&O/D&O, EPLI and excess/umbrella coverage products. With nearly 20-years of experience, Michelle has been involved in litigated cases addressing personal and advertising injuries, property damages/construction defects, employment claims, civil rights violations, mass torts and environmental contamination matters, among other disputes.

A frequent speaker, writer and CLE instructor, Michelle was recently called upon to co-author a chapter for the well-known treatise, New Appleman’s on Insurance Law Library Edition. Her contribution is Chapter 34: Public Entity Liability Policies, which is available on Lexis/Nexis.

Before joining our firm, Michelle practiced in Ohio and defended small to medium businesses in personal injury, employment and commercial cases. She is the only non-Ohio based attorney who is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in the field of insurance coverage law.

• Shultz v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co.,

  2006 WL 2052222 (Ill.App. 1 Dist.)

• Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co. v. Terk Technologies, Corp.,

  309 A.D.2d 22, 763 N.Y.S.2d 56 (2003)

• Chicago

  Illinois 60603

  10 South LaSalle Street

  Chicago, Illinois 60603

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• New York

  New York 10005

  28 Liberty Street 39th Floor

  New York, New York 10005

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• Mission Viejo

  California 92691

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  Suite 200

  Mission Viejo, California 92691

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  New Jersey 07932

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  Florham Park, New Jersey 07932

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• Michigan City

  Indiana 46360

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  Michigan City, Indiana 46360

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• Appleton

  Wisconsin 54914

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  Appleton, Wisconsin 54914

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• Stamford

  Connecticut 06902

  68 Southfield Avenue

  2 Stamford Landing Suite 100

  Stamford, Connecticut 06902

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• Tampa

  Florida 33609

  4830 West Kennedy Boulevard, One Urban Center

  Suite 600

  Tampa, Florida 33609

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• San Francisco

  California 94111

  100 Pine Street

  Suite 1250

  San Francisco, California 94111

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