Carolyn is a partner in the Insurance Recovery Group and one of the nation’s leading D&O liability insurance lawyers. Her widely recognized practice includes advising corporations, directors and officers, risk managers, insurance brokers, lawyers, and other professionals on insurance coverage, corporate indemnification, enterprise risk management, and litigation matters. She frequently assists clients in evaluating insurance and other protections when negotiating transactions and obtaining or renewing coverage and represents them in resolving coverage disputes.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Frequently advises corporations, directors and officers, risk managers, insurance brokers, lawyers and other professionals on insurance coverage, corporate indemnification, and litigation matters nationwide and internationally
Assists clients in evaluating insurance coverage and other protections when negotiating transactions and represents them in resolving coverage disputes
Approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court as special insurance coverage counsel to Debtors in Lehman Bros. bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy to date, to address insurance coverage issues
Frequently advises corporations, directors and officers, risk managers, insurance brokers, lawyers and other professionals on insurance coverage, corporate indemnification, and litigation matters nationwide and internationally
Assists clients in evaluating insurance coverage and other protections when negotiating transactions and represents them in resolving coverage disputes
Approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court as special insurance coverage counsel to Debtors in Lehman Bros. bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy to date, to address insurance coverage issues
Approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court as special insurance coverage counsel to Spiegel, Inc. in connection with securities claims brought against Spiegel insureds
Successfully negotiated and resolved claims for our client — a global manufacturing company — in a complex directors’ and officers’ coverage dispute involving multiple insurers
Recognitions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Insurance Law, 2020-2025, and for Litigation – Insurance, 2021-2025
- Ranked in Chambers USA for Illinois Insurance: Dispute Resolution, 2008-2025
- Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list for Insurance Coverage, 2006-2021, 2023
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, 1982, J.D.
- University of Michigan, 1979, B.A., with honors and highest distinction; Phi Beta Kappa; Rhodes Scholar finalist
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Co-chair, Reed Smith’s Jewish Inclusion Committee
- Advisen D&O Advisory Board, 2021-present
- University of Michigan Political Science Advisory Board
- Board of Trustees, Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
- Jewish United Fund, Lawyers Division
- Former Member, Grant A Wish Advisory Board
- Former Co-chair, American Bar Association (ABA) Corporate Counsel Committee’s Subcommittee on Insurance Coverage
- Fellow, Leadership Greater Chicago
- Member, Leadership Greater Chicago Alumni Association
- Former Board Member, Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, 2016-2021
Clerkships
Clerkships
- Superior Court - District of Columbia, Honorable Frederick H. Weisberg
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