Darren Teshima Joins Covington’s Insurance Practice
August 8, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO—Darren Teshima, a Chambers-ranked insurance litigator and strategic advisor on insurance coverage, has joined Covington’s Insurance Practice as a partner, located in the firm’s San Francisco office.
From providing counsel on complex insurance programs, to handling high stakes litigation, Darren is known for his creative solutions to client risk management and insurance problems. Darren represents policyholders only, and they regularly seek his advice to improve their insurance and risk management programs and on contested claims, particularly involving cyber, directors & officers, and errors & omissions coverage.
“With more than one hundred coverage attorneys in six offices across the globe, we are the largest policyholder-side practice in the nation and we have long been recognized as the ‘gold standard’ for policyholder-side firms,” said Marty Myers, co-chair of Covington’s Insurance Practice. “Darren is an important part of the future of our practice. He is so very highly regarded – not only in the insurance-legal community, but also in the Bay Area technology and financial services legal communities, and he maintains a vibrant and growing practice.”
Anna Engh, co-chair of Covington’s Insurance Practice, added, “We are also excited about Darren’s prowess and experience with transactional-risk insurance products, as well as his dedication to pro bono work and to the leading role he has played in diversity, equity, and inclusion activities.”
Darren is a leader in the community, currently serving as Board Chair of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and on the Board of the Legal Services for Children, as well as having previously served on the Board of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.
Darren earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from Amherst College.
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