Evan Shapiro, JD

Ms. Shapiro is a highly experienced insurance coverage adviser and litigator with a focus on advising insurance companies and defending insureds in commercial and professional lines. She advises clients on the exposures faced by insureds under public and private company directors and officers (D&O) and fiduciary liability insurance policies, including securities class actions, merger and derivative litigation, corporate governance matters, and other business and professional liability matters. Her broad litigation experience includes representation of insurers in coverage disputes and parties in business and professional liability actions. Ms. Shapiro also assists clients with drafting, specimen, and manuscript policies and specialized endorsements in complex underwriting situations as well as underwriting and developing new insurance products and identifying "best practices" for claims handlers responding to bad faith threats and documenting their files.

Ms. Shapiro has authored several articles in professional journals on developments in insurance law and has presented at Professional Liability Underwriting Society and bar association continuing legal education programs on issues relating to insurance coverage of corporate D&O liability and other professional liability issues. She also conducts in-house client forums and training programs involving D&O, insurance company professional liability insurance, and miscellaneous professional liability insurance coverage.