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Scott J. Levitt

Special Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5661

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    Scott Levitt has over twenty-five years of experience representing policyholders in numerous types of insurance coverage claims. These matters include cyber-risk, mass tort, asbestos, silica, mixed dust, environmental, product liability, employment discrimination, errors and omissions, first-party losses, crime and employee dishonesty. Scott has successfully represented policyholders in insurance recovery proceedings in federal and state trial and appellate courts around the U.S., as well as in mediation and international and domestic arbitrations. Scott's practice often involves negotiating and implementing complex settlements involving multiple parties outside of litigation.

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    • Successfully pursued recoveries from cyber and general liability insurers in some of the largest data breaches to date, representing three large retailers and one payment card processor.
    • Obtained insurance recoveries under cyber policies for policyholders that were victims of ransomware.
    • Assist numerous clients, including pharmaceutical, tech services, retail and financial services companies, in analyzing, and recommending enhancements to, current and prospective cyber-risk, E&O, D&O, and other coverages.
    • Representing restaurants and other entities pursuing coverage for losses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Representing Class I railroads in pursuing coverage for liabilities and losses arising out of a train derailment.
    • Representing manufacturers targeted by asbestos plaintiffs’ bar in litigation and negotiation of complex insurance settlements.
    • Obtained defense coverage for hotel accused of defaming and disparaging former employees.

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    Education
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1995
        • George Washington University Law Review, Member
    • Cornell University, B.S., 1992
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    Pro Bono
    • First-chaired federal jury trial representing lesbian couple accused of arson and fraud by their homeowner’s insurer.
    • Litigated and obtained a settlement under a travel accident insurance policy issued to a wildlife conservation association on behalf of families whose relatives died in a helicopter crash.
    • Obtained asylum in Immigration Court for several foreign nationals who were the victims of persecution because of their religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation.
    • Pursuing claims on behalf of prisoners challenging unconstitutional sentences.

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