Jeremy Evans represents insured businesses, institutions and individuals in litigation to obtain coverage under various lines of property and casualty insurance, including general and umbrella liability insurance and directors and officers insurance. His clients have included a major diversified manufacturing company, manufacturers of products as varied as medical devices and valves, companies with legacy environmental or asbestos liabilities, and other insured businesses, institutions, and individuals. On their behalf Jeremy has litigated to obtain reimbursement of defense and indemnity costs, including in such complex and contentious areas as asbestos litigation and environmental liability. Jeremy has also represented policyholders in pursuing recovery from insurance brokers due to broker malpractice.
Jeremy also represents clients in general commercial disputes, litigation involving accountant professional liability, securities class action litigation, and litigation over improper termination. As part of his work in these cases and in his insurance cost recovery practice, he has briefed cases in the United States Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit and in the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Representative Experience
The following is a brief summary of Jeremy's experience and accomplishments:
· Obtained summary judgment entitling a large diversified manufacturer to the full limits of liability under a $10 million general liability policy despite the policy's cancellation threemonths into its term, and prevailed on appeal before the First Circuit.
· Represented a valve manufacturer in litigation to maximize recovery from multiple insurers of defense costs incurred defending hundreds of asbestos cases.
· Represents several businesses pursuing insurers for reimbursement of defense and indemnification costs in connection with complex environmental liabilities.
· Represents a medical device manufacturer in effort to obtain reimbursement of a $100 million from excess insurance carriers in connection with alleged device failure.
· Assisted the improperly terminated CEO of a Fortune 100 company in obtaining millions of dollars of benefits due under an employment agreement.
· Obtained partial summary judgment victories for a well-known non-profit institution in seeking to obtain insurance proceeds for clean-up of contaminants from an underground oil storage tank.
· Assisted in defending a Big 4 accounting firm in a complex securities class-action suit.
Professional / Civic Involvement
· American Bar Association
· Boston Bar Association
· Boston Inn of Court
· Trustee, St. Philip's Church, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
· Officer, Order of St. John
Speeches and Conferences
· Boston Gas Company v. Century Indemnity Co: Allocation of Insurance Coverage When Claims Span Multiple Policy Periods (BBA Seminar, November 2009)
· Life's a Breach and Then You Indemnify -- or Not: Consequences of Breaching the Duty to Defend (ABA Litigation Section, Insurance coverage Committee Mid-Year Meeting, March 2009)
· Management of Liabilities For the Small Business (IEEE Seminar, November 2008)
Publications
· Co-author, Chapter 9: Obligations of Insurer and Policyholder, MASSACHUSETTS LIABILITY INSURANCE MANUAL (2009) (published by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.)
· Co-author, The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine: Why Policyholders May Be Better Off Without It, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar (2008 Program)
· Co-author, Understanding the Insured's Rights and Obligations: "Late Notice" Coverage Disputes: Policyholder Strategies to Avoid Forfeiture, Products Liability Advisory Committee, Fall Program 2006
· Co-author, MA Confidential: More 1099 MISCgivings, 16 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR LAW FIRMS 12 (December 2003)
· Speech, Spouses, and Standing: Is There Standing to Sue When Sanctions Threatened Against One's Spouse Chill Protected Expression, 45 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 147 (December 2003)
Honors/Awards
Boston College Law Review, Executive Editor
Order of the Coif
Listed as a 'Rising Star' in Insurance Coverage, SUPER LAWYERS' MASSACHUSETTS RISING STARS: A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF THE BEST YOUNG LAWYERS IN MASSACHUSETTS (2011)