Attorneys Practicing in this area: Baffa, James F. Choi, Min Y. Fink, Matthew J. Hwang, Su Jin Kraft, Kelly A. Lang, Joseph P. Licari, Mary F. Loftus, Bianca M. Marshall, Robert S. McArdle, Laura A. Viner, Jonathan T.

Counseling and Risk Management

One of the most important services we provide our clients is helping them avoid litigation. We assist clients in all aspects of managing risk and anticipating legal issues. Our preparation often prevents disputes from ever arising and, if they do, enables our clients better able to resolve issues prior to costly litigation.

For our insurer clients, we involve ourselves early in the claims process and assist in the creation of legally sound and efficient claims-handling strategies, thereby saving our clients significant time and money. Our counseling and risk management services begin before our clients receive notice of a claim or suit. We assist our clients in analyzing risks and claims to understand the true scope of the potential liabilities. We help our clients ensure that all of their rights are protected, and that they are aware of their responsibilities under the applicable jurisdiction's laws. We also assist our clients in developing sound and thorough investigative strategies to uncover all elements of an underlying claim or suit. Bates & Carey LLP often intervene on our client's behalf to resolve liability issues, and to take advantage of settlement opportunities that are often uniquely available early in the life of a claim.

Part of risk management also involves maintaining uniformity of legal positions in a wide range of cases across many jurisdictions. We have assisted our clients in developing global risk management strategies with respect to Fen-Phen diet drug claims, Year 2000 computer claims, asbestos claims, and environmental insurance coverage claims. We have presented claims management workshops on everything from record keeping procedures to drafting reservation of rights letters. Our broad range of counseling services provides our clients with proactive approaches to reducing their costs.