Evan Shapiro

Biography

Evan Shapiro is a highly experienced insurance coverage advisor and litigator with a focus on advising insurance companies, and defending insureds, in commercial and professional lines. She advises clients on the exposures faced by insureds under public and private company directors and officers (D&O) and fiduciary liability insurance policies, including securities class actions, merger and derivative litigation, corporate governance matters and other business and professional liability matters. Evan's broad litigation experience includes representation of insurers in coverage disputes and parties in business and professional liability actions.

Evan also assists clients with drafting specimen and manuscript policies and specialized endorsements in complex underwriting situations as well as underwriting and developing new insurance products and identifying "best practices" for claims handlers responding to bad faith threats and documenting their files.

Evan has authored several articles in professional journals on developments in insurance law and has presented at PLUS and bar association CLE programs on issues relating to insurance coverage of corporate director and officer liability and other professional liability issues. She also conducts in-house client forums and training programs involving D&O, ICPLI and miscellaneous professional liability insurance coverage.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY