(Article from Insurance Law Alert, March 2025)
For more information, please visit the Insurance Law Alert Resource Center.
Bryce Friedman was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers (“ACTL”) at the organization’s national Spring Meeting on March 8. Founded in 1950, the ACTL is an invitation-only fellowship of exceptional trial lawyers from the United States and Canada and is comprised of litigators who have shown the highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism, and collegiality. Membership does not exceed 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province. Bryce was also recently named Head of Simpson Thacher’s Insurance Litigation Practice and will remain Co-Head of the Business Litigation Practice.
The Firm’s Insurance Litigation Practice has been widely recognized as the premier practice representing clients in insurance and related financial services industries. It is top ranked by Chambers USA and Legal 500 U.S. and has been named New York Law Journal’s “Insurance Litigation Department of the Year” and Benchmark Litigation’s “National Insurance Firm of the Year” 15 times cumulatively, including in 2024 and 2025, respectively. In addition, Andy Frankel was shortlisted for “Insurance Litigator of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation.
Sarah Phillips spoke at the AIRROC Spring Membership Meeting on March 13 in New York. Sarah’s panel, titled “Notable Insurance Coverage Cases,” reviewed some of the largest and most prominent coverage cases from 2024 and discussed their significance to the runoff market and the broader insurance industry.