David A. Shedd
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Overview
David serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurance companies providing primary and excess coverage in connection with a wide array of claims involving public and private company directors and officers liability, professional errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, and other commercial issues. David also has experience assisting insurance companies in analyzing matters submitted under financial institution bonds. David has substantial claims experience involving securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, challenges to mergers and acquisitions, ERISA litigation, corporate bankruptcies, and regulatory enforcement actions.
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2002)
University of Arkansas (B.A., 1997)
Bar Admissions
Ohio (2011)
Illinois (2002)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Professional Highlights
Noteworthy Experience
Significant experience representing insurance company clients in all aspects of claims against corporate directors and officers arising from mergers, acquisitions, recapitalization transactions, and preferred offerings.
Significant experience representing insurance company clients in connection with specialized “Side A” policies those insurers issue to corporations, which policies generally provide coverage for non-indemnifiable loss incurred by corporate directors and officers.
Significant experience negotiating favorable results for insurance company clients in informal settlement negotiations as well as in formal mediations with professional neutrals.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with all varieties of securities class action and shareholder derivative litigation, including a substantial amount of experience assessing and analyzing liability and damages issues that those cases present to the individual directors and officers named as defendants.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with a wide range of claims involving financial institutions, including claims by the FDIC as receiver of failed banks, claims against investment advisors and broker-dealers, and bond claims arising from cyber-crime and employee dishonesty.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with claims against directors and officers that are either impacted by, or arise from, corporate bankruptcy proceedings.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Co-authored articles addressing coverage issues under medical facility errors and omissions insurance policies (Michael J. Rosen & David A. Shedd, Falling Through the Cracks: Qui Tam Lawsuits And the Prior And Pending Litigation Exclusion, BUSINESS LAW & GOVERNANCE (American Health Lawyers Association Business Law and Governance Practice Group, Washington, D.C.), June 2009, at 6.)
Co-presented directors’ and officers’ liability insurance webcast for the American Health Lawyers Association and participated as an expert in a related nationwide panel discussion.
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Columbus Bar Association
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Volunteer, LifeCare Alliance “Meals on Wheels” Program
Volunteer, Lutheran Social Services Food Pantries
Volunteer, YWCA Family Center
Parent and Community Board of Children First
David serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurance companies providing primary and excess coverage in connection with a wide array of claims involving public and private company directors and officers liability, professional errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, and other commercial issues. David also has experience assisting insurance companies in analyzing matters submitted under financial institution bonds. David has substantial claims experience involving securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, challenges to mergers and acquisitions, ERISA litigation, corporate bankruptcies, and regulatory enforcement actions.
Practice Areas
Education
Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2002)
University of Arkansas (B.A., 1997)
Bar Admissions
Ohio (2011)
Illinois (2002)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Noteworthy Experience
Significant experience representing insurance company clients in all aspects of claims against corporate directors and officers arising from mergers, acquisitions, recapitalization transactions, and preferred offerings.
Significant experience representing insurance company clients in connection with specialized “Side A” policies those insurers issue to corporations, which policies generally provide coverage for non-indemnifiable loss incurred by corporate directors and officers.
Significant experience negotiating favorable results for insurance company clients in informal settlement negotiations as well as in formal mediations with professional neutrals.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with all varieties of securities class action and shareholder derivative litigation, including a substantial amount of experience assessing and analyzing liability and damages issues that those cases present to the individual directors and officers named as defendants.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with a wide range of claims involving financial institutions, including claims by the FDIC as receiver of failed banks, claims against investment advisors and broker-dealers, and bond claims arising from cyber-crime and employee dishonesty.
Experience representing insurance company clients in connection with claims against directors and officers that are either impacted by, or arise from, corporate bankruptcy proceedings.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Co-authored articles addressing coverage issues under medical facility errors and omissions insurance policies (Michael J. Rosen & David A. Shedd, Falling Through the Cracks: Qui Tam Lawsuits And the Prior And Pending Litigation Exclusion, BUSINESS LAW & GOVERNANCE (American Health Lawyers Association Business Law and Governance Practice Group, Washington, D.C.), June 2009, at 6.)
Co-presented directors’ and officers’ liability insurance webcast for the American Health Lawyers Association and participated as an expert in a related nationwide panel discussion.
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Columbus Bar Association
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Volunteer, LifeCare Alliance “Meals on Wheels” Program
Volunteer, Lutheran Social Services Food Pantries
Volunteer, YWCA Family Center
Parent and Community Board of Children First