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Ommid C. Farashahi
Partner
E-mail:
ofarashahi@batescarey.com
Phone:
(312) 762-3205
Practice Areas:
Ommid C. Farashahi is a partner who serves as coverage and litigation counsel to insurers in the United States, Bermuda, and London in matters pertaining to various forms of professional liability coverage, including D&O, E&O, and EPL coverage. His practice focuses on counseling insurers on claims arising from securities class action litigation, derivative litigation, ERISA litigation, and employment practices-related litigation.
For over a decade, Ommid has represented primary and excess insurers in connection with the most significant D&O and E&O industry exposures, including the credit crisis, subprime meltdown, stock options backdating, mutual fund scandal, contingent commissions, analyst conflicts, and IPO laddering, among others. During this period, Ommid has also represented primary and excess EPL insurers in connection with a number of race and gender discrimination class actions and FLSA class actions. He also advises insurers on underwriting issues and new product development and speaks and writes regularly on issues of interest to the insurance community.
He received his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1996; and a B.A. in Political Science and History from Indiana University in 1993.
Ommid is admitted to the Illinois and Washington State Bars and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. |
