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Jones Day‘s insurance recovery practice, operating across the United States and globally, specializes in diverse insurance work and complex litigation. The firm represents companies in disputes covering AKS and FCA violations, nationwide opioid litigation, sexual misconduct claims, and more, with involvement spanning professional liability, errors and omissions, class actions, cyber insurance, bodily injury litigation, and transactional liability insurance, including representations and warranties, warranty and indemnity, tax, and contingent liability insurance. Heading the practice from Los Angeles, Tyrone Childress serves as lead counsel, spearheading claims and litigation for corporate policyholders across the United States. His expertise encompasses complex insurance coverage claims, addressing major product liability claims, mass tort claims, and catastrophic property losses. In San Francisco, Richard DeNatale, a leading figure in cyber insurance law, provides crucial support to the practice. Based in New York, Edward Joyce brings extensive experience in insurance coverage litigation, specializing in professional liability, D&O liability, employee dishonesty, data breach/equipment damage, and unfair competition. Also in New York, Jason Lissy handles property loss, business interruption, and employment practices liability cases at both state and federal levels, alongside managing arbitrations and mediations.  

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Key clients

  • Allscripts
  • Astellas U.S. Holding, Inc.
  • Cardinal Health, Inc.
  • Charles Schwab Corporation
  • Churchill Downs Inc.
  • Dell Technologies Inc.
  • Envision Healthcare Corporation
  • Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
  • Federal Signal Corporation
  • Fluor Corporation
  • Jacobs Engineering
  • LOR, Inc.
  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Luxottica of America Inc.
  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (Mandarin Oriental)
  • Motorola Solutions, Inc.
  • Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
  • Sherwin-Williams Company
  • Sony Music Holdings Inc.
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • University of Southern California
  • Veradigm, Inc.
  • Verizon Communications Inc.
  • Wynn Resorts Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Representing University of Southern California in the pursuit of insurance coverage for over USD 1 billion in losses stemming from the alleged decades of sexual misconduct of a former USC campus physician.
  • Representing Sony Music Holdings Inc. in insurance recovery litigation concerning the indemnification of a USD 160 million judgment entered against Sony concerning an Atlanta, Georgia concert shooting.
  • Represented Verizon Communications Inc. in securing a declaratory judgment of its entitlement to defense coverage as an additional insured for significant underlying bodily injury litigation.

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Tyrone Childress