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Wendy L. Feng

Of Counsel

San Francisco +1 415 591 7075

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    Wendy Feng represents corporate policyholders seeking recovery from their insurers for significant and complex coverage claims. She provides strategic advice to clients with novel policies on a range of issues, including policy interpretation and claim valuation. Wendy also advises clients on issues of compliance and liability under a range of environmental statutes and regulations, including CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, and California’s Proposition 65. She has negotiated settlements, consent decrees and orders with EPA and California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control.

    Leveraging her experience representing clients in both insurance and environmental matters, Wendy advises clients on environmental coverage issues, including coverage for claims of environmental contamination.

    Wendy is one of the lawyer leads for the firm’s Asian Pacific Islander Affinity Group.

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    Insurance

    • Represents former chemical manufacturer in litigation over coverage for 1,4-dioxane liability claims.
    • Represents gaming entertainment company in COVID-19 business interruption litigation.
    • Represented party involved in massive train derailment in obtaining insurance funding for global settlement of client’s third-party liabilities.
    • Represented major financial institution in successful arbitration concerning insurance coverage for mortgage-backed securities claims.
    • Obtained reversal of adverse trial court judgment on behalf of agricultural equipment manufacturer in asbestos coverage litigation in California state court appeal.

    Environmental

    • Represents industrial company in negotiations with EPA, water purveyors and other potentially responsible parties regarding a groundwater site in Southern California.
    • Advised foreign equipment manufacturer in navigating compliance requirements under Clean Air Act and California equivalent regulations.
    • Assisted manufacturer of consumer care products in meeting compliance requirements under Proposition 65 consent decree.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1994
        • cum laude
        • Harvard Environmental Law Review, Editor in Chief
    • Harvard-Radcliffe College, A.B., 1991
        • magna cum laude with Highest Honors
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    Bar Admissions
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Edward E. Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1994 - 1995
    Pro Bono
    • Represented U.S. citizen whose passport was revoked at the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, and who was left stranded in that country for 13 months without the ability to return to the United States, in legal and constitutional challenge to the passport revocation.
    • Filed amicus brief on behalf of several public defender’s offices in “crimmigration” challenge to administrative rule addressing closure of immigration proceedings.
    Accolades
    • Chambers USA, Environment (2016-2019)
    • Legal 500 US, Insurance: Advice to Policyholders (2016)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Fellow, American College of Coverage Counsel
    • Secretary, Board of Directors, Marin Theatre Company

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