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Gerald E. Ziebell

Partner

    • More than twenty years of experience representing major insurance companies in multi-million-dollar insurance coverage disputes in federal and state courts.
    • Extensive background evaluating, litigating, and resolving a broad range of complex coverage disputes on a nationwide basis, with a focus on long-tail environmental, asbestos, and toxic-tort claims.
    • Experience in representing insurers’ interests in cases involving bad faith claims and retrospective premiums disputes.
    • Counsels and advises clients in complex matters implicating all aspects of insurance claims process, including damages assessment, insurance policy analysis, and corporate risk and exposure analysis.

Education

  • B.A. University of Chicago, 1981
  • J.D. with highest honors, Illinois Institute of Technology / Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1996
    – Member, Order of the Coif

Bar Admission

  • State of Illinois, 1996
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Membership

  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association