Cléa Liquard is a seasoned and experienced litigator in the firm’s Insurance Recovery practice and a leading advocate for policyholders navigating complex, high stakes insurance disputes. She brings more than a decade of experience advising companies across the financial services, sports, media, and manufacturing sectors on sophisticated coverage issues involving D&O, E&O, general liability, multimedia liability, event cancellation, and product recall policies. Known for her strategic clarity and deep command of specialty lines coverage, Cléa has helped clients secure hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries.
Her work includes leading roles in major insurance disputes involving antitrust, mass tort, COVID related, concussion related, and large scale product recall exposures. She represents industry defining organizations, including the NFL, 3M, McKesson, and SIFMA, and her practice is defined by her ability to distill complexity, drive case strategy, and deliver impactful results for clients facing novel or evolving risks.
Cléa’s accomplishments have earned national recognition. She was named a Law360 Insurance MVP, honored as one of Business Insurance’s Women to Watch, and ranked by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder.
Beyond her litigation practice, Cléa advises clients and brokers on policy placement, renewal, and coverage structuring for emerging exposures, and she routinely works at the intersection of risk management, corporate governance, and high stakes commercial disputes. She has experience litigating in state and federal courts, arbitrating domestically and internationally, and counseling clients throughout the full lifecycle of complex insurance challenges.