Larry represents policyholders in insurance coverage litigation and arbitration. He also has litigated class actions and complex commercial disputes for more than three decades. Pro bono representation of clients in habeas corpus, prisoner rights, and landlord-tenant litigation also is an important part of his practice.
In addition to his litigation practice, Larry counsels policyholders regarding insurance claim evaluation and strategy, policy placement and manuscripting issues, and recovery of insurance proceeds under third parties’ insurance policies. He has assisted the firm’s transactional attorneys in performing insurance and litigation due diligence for numerous transactions, including a $3.5 billion energy industry acquisition. Larry has worked for many years with the firm’s bankruptcy lawyers to advise clients about insurance aspects of bankruptcy and creditors rights matters.
Larry is admitted to practice in Georgia, New York and Virginia, as well as before numerous U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts. After earning his law degree, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable D. Dortch Warriner of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel.
Coverage for Pollution/Toxic Tort Claims
Larry has represented clients in federal and state courts throughout the United States in a broad range of cases, particularly the litigation of class actions and other cases involving allegations of unfair and deceptive trade practices, alleged violations of business statutes and regulations, related business torts, environmental matters, and complex contract disputes. Larry also has extensive experience representing technology companies and other clients in internal investigations, alternative dispute resolution proceedings and litigation involving cyber security and privacy issues in the U.S. and other countries; alleged misappropriation of trade secrets; and technology service agreement disputes. His clients include providers and purchasers of technology products and services, major banks and commercial lenders, consumer finance companies and other businesses in the financial services industry, petroleum pipeline companies, retailers, electric utilities, and municipalities.
In addition, Larry has negotiated, arbitrated and litigated more than 500 insurance coverage matters involving general and excess liability, D&O liability, E&O, technology E&O, property, business interruption and time element, pollution liability, inland marine, and other insurance coverage matters.
Larry has served as a faculty member and lecturer at conferences concerning a wide range of topics such as cyber security and privacy investigations and litigation, consumer fraud claims, insurance law and environmental litigation.
Larry is admitted to practice in Georgia, New York and Virginia, as well as before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. After earning his law degree, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable D. Dortch Warriner of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.