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Dustin Cho

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Washington +1 202 662 5458

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    Dustin Cho is a commercial litigator who focuses on representing corporate policyholders in coverage disputes with their insurers. He is a partner in Covington’s top-ranked Insurance Practice Group, which Chambers USA describes as “the pinnacle of policyholder representation across the USA.”

    Dustin has helped his clients obtain hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance recoveries for a wide range of liabilities, including shareholder claims, mass torts, government investigations, professional liability, environmental remediation, employment claims, product liability, and antitrust claims. He also assists his clients in obtaining coverage for lost earnings, expenses, property damage, and other losses, including under cyber, property, event cancellation, and other insurance policies.

    Dustin is an experienced trial and appellate advocate, and has also helped his clients avoid litigation and successfully resolve coverage disputes through settlement negotiations and ADR. He has represented leading industry trade associations and other policyholder coalitions in appeals regarding important insurance issues.

    Dustin has been profiled as a “Rising Star” in insurance by Law360, a recognition that honors top lawyers under 40 nationwide, and as a “Break Out Award” winner by Business Insurance.

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    • Represents leading international consulting firms and government contractors in connection with coverage for claims arising out of services they provided to public and private sector clients worldwide.
    • Represents Merck in litigation for property and business interruption coverage for losses arising out of the NotPetya malware.
    • Represents the National Football League in litigation regarding insurance coverage for concussion-related claims.
    • Advised a major sports organization in connection with its successful insurance recovery for lost earnings and expenses arising out of COVID-19.
    • Represented a chemical manufacturer in connection with claims for property damage allegedly arising out of its products.
    • Represented major U.S. law firms regarding coverage for claims by former clients.
    • Represented a biotechnology company in connection with coverage for claims for alleged injuries arising from a manufacturing facility.
    • Represented a star athlete regarding coverage for disability and loss of value.

    • Represented the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association as amicus curiae before the New York Court of Appeals regarding insurance coverage for settlements with the SEC. See J.P. Morgan Secs. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 2021 N.Y. Slip. Op. 06528 (N.Y. 2021).
    • Represented the National Association of Manufacturers as amicus curiae before the Connecticut Supreme Court regarding insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. See R.T. Vanderbilt Co. v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., 216 A.3d 629 (Conn. 2019).
    • Represented Public Broadcasting Service in an 18-day evidentiary hearing before the Copyright Royalty Board to determine the allocation of approximately $800 million in cable television copyright royalties among six parties, and successfully intervened to defend the award on appeal before the D.C. Circuit. See Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds, 84 Fed. Reg. 3552 (2019); Program Suppliers v. Copyright Royalty Board, 807 F. App’x 10 (D.C. Cir. 2020).
    • Represented media companies before the D.C. Circuit in appeals regarding FCC decisions. See, e.g., Free Press v. FCC, 735 F. App’x 731 (D.C. Cir. 2018); Tennis Channel, Inc. v. FCC, 827 F.3d 137 (D.C. Cir. 2016).

    Pro Bono

    • Represented a plaintiff whose conviction was vacated after fifteen years of allegedly wrongful imprisonment in a civil rights action against police and prosecutors in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. See Williams v. Connick, No. 12-1274, 2014 WL 172520 (E.D. La. 2014).
    • Represented plaintiffs challenging the pretextual addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census questionnaire. See Kravitz v. U.S. Department of Commerce, 366 F. Supp. 3d 681 (D. Md. 2019).

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2011
        • magna cum laude
        • Harvard Law Review, Articles, Book Reviews & Commentaries Chair
        • Ames Moot Court Competition, Finalist
    • Yale University, B.A./M.A., 2008
        • magna cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Debra Ann Livingston, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2011 - 2012
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