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Lawrence Hobel, a partner resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, is a policyholder coverage litigator, who also advises on and litigates complex environmental matters.
He has served as lead counsel in numerous major coverage actions, and has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance recoveries for extraordinary losses. He has represented policyholders in litigation and negotiations on a broad range of insurance claims. He is ranked both nationally and in California by Chambers USA.
Mr. Hobel’s environmental practice and experience spans over a broad range of environmental law and regulation, including waste and hazardous materials and substances, air, water, natural resources, Proposition 65 and other disclosure laws, and land use siting and permitting. It extends to emerging areas such as the impact of nanomaterials and climate change. He has defended clients in governmental enforcement litigation and negotiations, provided regulatory counsel and representation on federal, state and local environmental regulations impacting both project development and ongoing operations, and litigated CERCLA, private property damage and toxic tort disputes.
Mr. Hobel has been an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a frequent lecturer at numerous programs on insurance coverage and environmental issues.
Representative Matters
- Represented large industrial company litigating coverage for asbestos bodily injury, noise-induced hearing loss and other bodily injury claims and negotiated settlements as to which insurers were obligated to pay over $1 billion.
- Represented mining company on open pit mining first-party property and business interruption loss in Indonesia, resulting in a nine-figure settlement with reinsurers.
- Represented large industrial company in first- and third-party coverage negotiations following catastrophic explosion in Louisiana. Negotiated nine-figure settlement with first-party carriers of client’s property damage and business interruption loss and negotiated payment of eight-figure third-party liability claims.
- Advised client on settlement of Hurricane Katrina property damage and business interruption loss.
- Represented client in litigation and in negotiations with EPA, water purveyors and other PRPs respecting groundwater cleanup and water supply projects in Southern California.
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers USA
- Best Lawyers in America
- Legal 500 US
- The Practical Law Company (PLC) - Insurance and Reinsurance, The Law and Leading Lawyers Worldwide
- Euromoney’s World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers
- Northern California Super Lawyers
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Bar Association of San Francisco
Publications and Speeches
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