Gary has specialized in litigation and insurance matters for over 30 years and is a recognized expert in matters pertaining to directors and officers liability insurance and other forms of professional liability coverage. He has represented insurers in thousands of matters pertaining to professional liability insurance, including many of their highest profile and most significant matters. Gary has litigated cases on behalf of insurers in trial and appellate courts throughout the country. He counsels insurance clients regularly with respect to claims and underwriting matters. He has lectured and written articles about directors and officers liability insurance issues and exposures faced by directors and officers.
Gary currently represents insurers in matters involving subprime lending, auction rate securities, backdating stock options, ERISA stock drop suits, employment discrimination, insurance industry contingent commissions, antitrust, healthcare, criminal and regulatory investigations, and coverage litigation. He has represented insurers in connection with more than 600 securities class actions and hundreds of derivative actions. Gary represents insurers in dozens of mediations each year.
Gary is ranked in the highest tier of Insurance lawyers Nationwide and in the District of Columbia by Chambers USA, which writes, "Clients are effusive in their praise: 'He has an extremely deep understanding of the marketplace and is phenomenal at representing us,' reported one." Chambers USA has written about Gary's "tremendous reservoir of knowledge," "wealth of experience," and "practical business sense." Chambers USA states, "D&O expert Gary Dixon is 'smart yet practical; he offers an unbelievable amount of experience and expertise.'" Chambers USA adds, "Many see Gary Dixon as 'absolutely the best D&O Insurance lawyer in the country.'"
In November 2010, Gary was awarded the PLUS1 Award at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society's International Conference. The PLUS1 Award is awarded each year to a person "whose efforts have contributed substantially to the advancement and image of the professional liability industry."
Representative Experience
Represented D&O insurers in connection with more than 600 securities class actions.
Represented D&O insurers in connection with hundreds of derivative actions and other corporate governance matters.
Represented fiduciary liability insurers in connection with dozens of ERISA stock drop suits.
Represented employment practices liability insurers in dozens of employment matters.
Represented D&O and E&O insurers in numerous matters involving financial institutions.
Represented D&O and E&O insurers in numerous matters involving healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Represented D&O insurers in dozens of claims involving bank failures and savings and loan failures.
Represented outside director in securities lawsuit.
Represented architects and engineers in professional liability lawsuits.
Represented law firm in professional liability lawsuit.
Testified as expert witness in reinsurance arbitrations.
Represented insurers in coverage and bad faith lawsuits in federal and state courts and ADR proceedings involving rescission and application issues, regulatory exclusions, insured v. insured exclusions, notice issues, claims-made issues, prior and pending litigation issues, "no loss" issues, "other insurance" issues, dishonesty and personal property exclusions, interrelatedness issues, bodily injury exclusions and other coverage issues.
Achieved summary judgment in precedent-setting coverage case on claims alleging excessive force and police brutality.
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
"Back to the Future: A New Wave of FDIC Litigation," PLUS International Conference, Panelist (November 12, 2010).
"Brave New World - Understanding Side A D&O Exposures in the Current Economy," Crittenden Insurance Coverage Forum, Moderator (October 1, 2009).
"The Role of D&O Insurance in the Settlement of Securities Class Actions," Fordham Law School (November 16, 2007).
"A D&O Insurance Perspective on Defending & Resolving Securities Litigation," PLUS D&O Symposium, Moderator (February 2, 2005).
"Securities Litigation & Liability in the New Era," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Panelist (August 9, 2003).
Gary V. Dixon & Barbara E. Etkind, "The Changing Landscape of Directors & Officers Liability Insurance & Securities Litigation," American Bar Association (2003).
"Current Legal & Claim Trends in D&O," XL Insurance Professional Liability Summit, Speaker (July 9, 2003).
"D&O Claims Handling Issues," PLUS D&O Symposium, Moderator (January 22-23, 1998).
"Private Securities Litigation Reform Act," PLUS International Conference, Panelist (1996).
"Securities Litigation & D&O Liability Insurance," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Meeting, Panelist.
Numerous Seminars and Presentations at Insurance companies regarding Securities Litigation, D&O Insurance and Liability Issues and other issues involving Professional Liability Insurance.
Articles
"Round 2: Fiduciaries Again Defeat ERISA Stock Claims at Trial in Brieger v. Tellabs, Inc.," PLUS Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 10 (October 2009) (co-authored with Charles C. Jackson and Christopher A. Weals).
Other Distinctions
Recognized as one of Washington's Best Lawyers by The Washingtonian (2011).
Recognized as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Insurance Law by Chambers USA (2005-2011, and nationally in 2007-2011).
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Insurance Law (2008-2012).
Listed as an Elite Lawyer by Intelligent Insurer Magazine (2011).
Selected for Washington, DC Super Lawyers in Insurance Coverage (2008-2012); Ranked as one of the top 100 lawyers in DC (2010); Selected for inclusion in the July/August 2010 Law & Politics' Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition.
Awarded the PLUS1 Award by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (2010).
Selected for The Legal 500 - United States (2010).
Selected for International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2009-2013).
Selected for The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers (2008, 2012).
Selected as a "Lawdragon 3000" Leading Lawyer (2006, 2007, 2010-2011).
Honored as a Leading Lawyer in Insurance by Legal Times (2007).
AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Work Experience
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2009 - present
Partner, Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP, 1983 - 2008
Associate, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, 1977-1983
Associate, Isherwood, Colianni, Alkon & Barnard, 1976-1977
Judicial Clerkship, Hon. Warren H. Young, United States District Court, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1975-1976
Memberships
· District of Columbia Bar
· Professional Liability Underwriting Society