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Ben Lenhart is a partner practicing in the areas of insurance and litigation. He serves as vice-chair for Covington’s Insurance Practice Group. He regularly advises policyholder clients on complex insurance matters, including the resolution of large claims, the role of insurance in mergers and acquisitions, and London Market insurance issues. He was recently named a "World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyer" by Euromoney Legal Media, and a “Leading Business Lawyer” by Chambers USA.
Mr. Lenhart is often asked by clients to take the lead role in structuring insurance recovery strategies and negotiating settlements. He has been involved in over 250 insurance settlements and judgments covering the spectrum of liabilities, with individual recoveries ranging in size from under $1m to more than $200m. His substantive experience includes: directors and officers (D&O) claims; asbestos; business interruption; environmental claims; employment-related claims including discrimination claims; toxic or mass tort claims including asbestos, silica, hearing loss, repetitive stress injury (RSI), "dirty air" and natural resource damage (NRD) claims; fiduciary claims, including 401(k) and ERISA claims; catastrophic loss; and not-for-profit liability claims. He has particular experience with Equitas and the London Market, and has been deeply involved in UK solvent schemes of arrangement.
Previous Experience
- Barrerra, Siqueiros & Torres Landa, Mexico City, “Lawyer from abroad" (1989)
Honors and Rankings
- Euromoney Legal Media, World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers
- Chambers USA, Leading Business Lawyer
Pro Bono
- Stephanie Combre (Katrina insurance advice)
- Mississippi Center for Justice (Katrina insurance advice)
- Jerry Rogers (representation of death row inmate)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Georgetown Law Center, Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law (16 years)
- ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Asbestos Subcommittee, Regional Representative
- NARTC, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Publications and Speeches
- "Update: Solvent Schemes of Arrangement - CEAI and WFUM," Covington E-Alert (3/27/2007), Co-Author
- "Solvent Schemes of Arrangement," Mealeys Conference, Co-Chair, New York, NY (March 2007)
- "What Every Director and Officer Should Know about Long-Tail Liability Insurance," Norfolk Southern Law & Finance Retreat, Brosnan Forest, S. Carolina (March 1-3, 2007)
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