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Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Freeborn Insurance/Reinsurance Team Attorneys

CHICAGO – May 26, 2017 – Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has ranked three of the firm’s partners as leaders serving the insurance and reinsurance marketplace for 2017. The ranked attorneys are Mark R. Goodman, Daniel Hargraves and Joseph T. McCullough.

“The firm is honored by the prestigious Chambers USA rankings for Mark, Daniel and Joseph, who are among the leaders of Freeborn’s growing Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Team, which serves the diverse and complex needs of insurance and reinsurance companies,” said Michael J. Kelly, the firm’s Co-Managing Partner. “These accolades highlight our attorneys’ exceptional legal skills and knowledge, as well as their reputations for continually meeting and exceeding our clients’ business goals.”

Published by London-based Chambers and Partners, the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory ranks leading U.S. firms and attorneys in a wide range of practice areas based on in-depth research and client and peer interviews. Chambers distributes the referral guide to industry-leading companies and organizations worldwide.
Freeborn’s Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Team serves all areas of the global insurance and reinsurance marketplace. The team’s attorneys rely upon extensive knowledge and experience to help insurance and reinsurance companies manage arbitrations, class actions, bankruptcies, insurance insolvencies, cross-border disputes and governmental investigations.

In May 2016, Freeborn combined with the highly regarded Richmond, Va., law firm Brenner, Evans & Millman P.C., expanding Freeborn’s geographic footprint and supporting Freeborn’s award-winning insurance/reinsurance practice, specifically in the area of direct coverage. In March 2017, Freeborn combined with the New York City firm Hargraves, McConnell & Costigan P.C., which had a strong reputation in the insurance and reinsurance industries in litigating and arbitrating disputes arising out of both domestic and international contracts. In May 2017, Freeborn opened its first office in Florida (Tampa), led by veteran attorneys who added to Freeborn’s bench strength of litigators in key areas, including third-party insurance coverage.

Following are additional details about Freeborn’s ranked insurance/reinsurance attorneys:

  • Mark R. Goodman: Based in Freeborn’s Chicago office, Mr. Goodman is ranked in Illinois for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory. A Partner in the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance and Transportation Teams, he has three decades of experience advising the insurance industry on corporate, regulatory and transactional matters. His clients in complex, high-profile matters have included insurance holding companies, insurers, producers, agents and brokers, and managing general agents. He also advises non-traditional sellers of insurance on insurance programs, including trade associations, retailers, banks and savings associations, and leasing and finance companies.
  • Daniel Hargraves: A Partner in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Team, Mr. Hargraves is ranked in New York for Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer. He concentrates his practice on insurance and reinsurance litigations and arbitrations on behalf of both ceding and assuming reinsurance companies, brokers, underwriting agents and pools. In more than 30 years of practicing, he has been involved in numerous high-profile reinsurance arbitrations and litigations and has successfully taken many cases to final hearing. Besides New York, Mr. Hargraves is also licensed to practice in Australia, England and Wales and has also represented clients in disputes in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
  • Joseph T. McCullough: A Partner in and Leader of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Team, a member of the Litigation Practice Group, and a member of the Executive Committee, Mr. McCullough is ranked in Illinois for Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance. For more than 30 years, he has devoted his practice to representation of insurance and reinsurance companies. He has acted as counsel to insurers and reinsurers in more than 130 arbitrations and court cases, and administrative proceedings across the United States, as well as in Bermuda, England, Continental Europe and Australia, including some of the highest-profile cases in the industry.

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