Anna P. Engh

Anna Engh is a partner in the firm’s litigation group.  Her practice focuses on insurance coverage.  She has a wide range of experience in the insurance coverage area.  She has handled coverage litigation and negotiated insurance recoveries on behalf of corporate policyholders for a variety of claims, including asbestos, lead, and other mass tort claims; environmental liabilities; first party property damage; directors and officers and errors and omissions claims; and political risks.   Clients that she represents in the coverage area have included Owens Corning, Textron Inc., Foster Wheeler, Nestle USA, Cytec Industries Inc., and Societe Generale.  Ms. Engh has significant experience in trial and appellate courts as well as in arbitration forums.  At Covington, she has served as a member of the Management Committee and as co-chair of the summer associate program.

Representative Matters

• Special insurance counsel for major company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding; successfully resolved many millions of dollars of asbestos-related coverage disputes through litigation and arbitration.
• Litigation counsel for major company in asbestos coverage dispute involving numerous insurers.
• Represent various companies in settling asbestos, lead, and other coverage disputes with their insurers
• Successfully resolved lost policy dispute through litigation and mediation.
• Successfully resolved hurricane-related first party property coverage dispute.

Honors and Rankings

• The Legal 500 US (2008)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2005-2008)
• Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (2006)
• The Lawdragon’s 3000 Leading Lawyers in America (2006)

Pro Bono

• First-chair counsel in three-week jury trial, which concluded in a defense verdict for client, a non-profit organization sued by a developer for defamation.
• Litigated employment-related case to favorable judgment.
• National Capital Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Special Service Award.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Former member of ABA Federal Practice Task Force and ABA Task Force on Discovery
• Speaker and panelist at ABA conferences and Mealey’s conference

Publications and Speeches

• "Insurance Allocation Issues," West Legalworks, New York City (2007)
• "View from the Top: Advice from Legal Women Leaders," The Vault (2006), Featured
• "Stand By: Insurer Standing in Asbestos Bankruptcies," ABA Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage Conference, Tucson (2006)