Charles P. Edwards is co-chair of the firm's Policyholder Insurance Recovery and Counseling Practice Group, which exclusively represents policyholders in insurance claims and litigation. Mr. Edwards has worked with a wide variety of policyholders and their insurance claims regarding D&O insurance matters, complex commercial disputes, contract disputes, lost property, errors and omissions, and professional liability matters.
Mr. Edwards also has specific experience consulting with the firm's banking and financial institution clients to recover first-party losses under financial institutions bonds, as well as to secure the company's defense under banker's liability, fiduciary, and similar liability policies.
In addition to insurance litigation, Mr. Edwards represents the firm's clients in a variety of business litigation matters. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing education conferences and has written and spoken extensively on topics relating to business litigation, including topics such as technology litigation, electronic discovery, contract enforcement and avoidance, business injunctions, and various insurance topics.
Mr. Edwards is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is active in the community and currently serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Zionsville, and as president of the Zionsville Economic Development Commission. Mr. Edwards has been selected for inclusion in the 2009 and 2010 editions of Indiana Super Lawyers®.
Publications
2/1/2012, Law360 - "United States: Coverage For Rebuilding Costs Front And Center In The Wake Of The Costliest Year Ever For Natural Catastrophe Losses"
01/13/2010, Insurance Recovery Update, Winter 2010
01/12/2010, Insurance Recovery Update, Winter 2010
02/17/2009, Insurance Recovery Update, Winter 2009
05/18/2007, Unfair Trade Practices: A Compendium of State Law
11/01/2006, Charlie Edwards Pens Column on Litigation Treatise
12/03/2001, Computer Forensics and Incident Response
08/30/2001, Understanding Digital Information Is Crucial
Events
12/11/2009, Attorney Presentation - ACCumulate 2009 Winter Conference
05/04/2009, Strategies to Reduce Your Total Cost of Risk and to Drive Cash to Your Balance Sheet
12/12/2008, ACCumulate 2008: A Winter Forum for In-House Counsel
12/12/2008, Attorney Presentation - ACCumulate 2008 Winter Conference
07/17/2008, Edwards and Jones To Join Panel at Lorman Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Indiana Conference
12/06/2007, Business Insurance Conference - POSTPONED
04/12/2007, Outside the Construction Context - Other Additional Coverages
12/05/2006, Electronic Data Retention and Discovery Under the New Federal Rules
09/30/2005, Business Contract Drafting Skills, Featuring Charles Edwards
12/17/2004, Electronic Data Discovery: Cost-Effective and Ethical Management
12/10/2004, Trial Evidence
12/09/2004, Trial Evidence
07/16/2003, Technology Litigation
02/27/2003, Criminal Corporate Responsibility: New Laws, New Danger
06/20/2002, Indiana Litigation Institute
04/24/2002, Intellectual Property Seminar
04/24/2002, Covering Your Assets: A Symposium on Risk Management
01/24/2002, Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Indiana
09/09/2001, 7th Annual Indiana Human Resources Conference
05/23/2001, Hackers, Fraud and Government Investigations: What You Should Know
04/25/2001, Insurance Coverage Fundamentals, Strategies, and Emerging Issues
04/10/2001, Drafting Injunctions: A Desk Reference