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Lawrence Hobel

Lawrence A. Hobel

Senior Counsel
San Francisco +1 415 591 7028 lhobel@cov.com Download V-card
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Lawrence Hobel advises domestic and international clients on policyholder coverage and complex environmental matters and litigation.

According to a recent edition of Chambers USA, sources say that Mr. Hobel is “very creative in his approach to insurance issues and looks at a complicated problem and finds two or three ways to solve it that others wouldn’t,” and that he is “well spoken, has a fantastic grasp of the case law, is a good strategic thinker and is an all-around strong coverage attorney.”

Insurance

  • 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.
  • Represented client in coverage litigation over hurricane/flood/wind loss damage and business interruption loss.
  • Represented financial institution in coverage litigation respecting insurer obligations under policy protecting against loss from faulty appraisals.
  • Representation of companies as insureds or additional insureds in disputes with insurers over coverage for significant personal injury and property damage claims.
  • Advising company on cyber coverage.
  • Representing companies and Directors and Officers in disputes with insurers over D&O coverage.
  • Providing insurance advice on structuring of corporate transactions.

Environmental

  • Represented industrial company in litigation and in negotiations with EPA, water purveyors and other PRPs respecting Baldwin Park Operable Unit Groundwater Site, including negotiations of 15 year agreement for a  groundwater cleanup and water supply project in Southern California. 
  • Represented industrial company as to its many thousand acre NPL site in Northern California, including negotiations with EPA, DTSC, and Regional Board over remedy issues. 
  • Represented industrial company in negotiations with nearby property owners and with water purveyors respecting replacement water supply claims. 
  • Represented companies in Proposition 65 litigation or claims, including food products, consumer products and environmental exposures. 
  • Advised companies and negotiate contractual provisions relative to environmental issues associated with various acquisitions and divestitures. 
  • Advised client on compliance with NEPA, CEQA and various environmental siting and natural resource laws.
  • Provided advise to company relative to CEQA and water supply issues to support large mixed commercial/residential development 
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  • Chambers USA (National and California) (Insurance)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Insurance)
  • Legal 500: US Recommended Lawyers (Environment)
  • The Practical Law Company (PLC) - Insurance and Reinsurance, The Law and Leading Lawyers Worldwide
  • Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers
  • Who’s Who Legal (Insurance and Reinsurance)
  • Northern California Super Lawyers (Insurance and Environmental)

Practices

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 1976

  • California Law Review

University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1973

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • New York