Summary Judgment in Tag-Along Bad Faith Cases: Defending a Bad Faith Claim as a Matter of Law

Mr. Boone focuses his practice on a wide range of corporate, executive and professional liability matters as both coverage and defense counsel. He has appeared on behalf of insurers, entities and individuals before federal and state courts throughout the United States at both the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Boone also has extensive experience in resolving legal issues prior to litigation, which includes everything from monitoring sensitive and complex insurance coverage matters to representing clients in a variety of federal, state and internal investigations. He has also advised numerous established and startup companies regarding corporate governance matters and currently serves as a director or adviser on several corporate boards.

Mr. Jacobus' practice over the past decade has largely centered on high risk, high value insurance coverage litigation, but he comes from a broad civil and commercial litigation and trial background. He has tried jury trials to verdict in CA, IL and LA. Several of his cases have resulted in written opinions in trial courts and courts of appeal, and he has argued appeals in both state and federal courts.

Ms. Mueller concentrates her legal practice on insurance coverage and defense litigation. She has vast experience in the area of insurance coverage, notably acting as coverage counsel for leading primary and excess domestic and international insurers with respect to complex insurance coverage matters. Ms. Mueller's areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions liability, lawyers professional liability, employment practices liability, cyber liability and miscellaneous professional liability. She also has experience acting as defense counsel to insurers in complex insurance coverage litigations in state and federal courts nationwide. Ms. Mueller has litigated bad faith claims in numerous jurisdictions. She represents lawyers in legal malpractice cases, corporate directors and officers of large and small companies, and entities in data breach class actions, among others. Ms. Mueller's practice evaluates all aspects of claim analysis, settlement valuation and litigation assessment, focusing on prompt exposure reporting and efficient resolution.