An abundance of courtroom experience and a deep bench across practices and locations help Reed Smith win big insurance trials and strike favorable settlements.

Insurance litigation is often a case within a case because disputes frequently involve the firm’s other practices, including environmental liability or intellectual property, partner John Vishneski said. The firm is “totally committed” to a policyholder practice, one that works effectively with an array of Reed Smith’s practices, he said.

For its accomplishments in 2013, Reed Smith is The National Law Journal’s Chicago Litigation Department of the Year in the insurance category.

Last year, the firm secured a $125 million settlement for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. with various insurer carriers. A $360 million fraud on a Japanese subsidiary of Lehman triggered the dispute.

Lehman’s New York state court case was about using a $175 million policy that covers losses from crime.

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