Courtney Alvarez

PRACTICE FOCUS

Courtney Alvarez practices in the firm’s Insurance Recovery group. As a commercial litigator, Ms. Alvarez has a varied practice with a focus on representing policyholders in complex insurance coverage disputes related to directors and officers’ liabilities, government investigations, professional errors and omissions liabilities, product liabilities and environmental liabilities. She has also advised clients in bankruptcy and landlord/tenant matters.

Ms. Alvarez has successfully implemented legal strategies to obtain favorable results for a range of clients, including defense contracting firms, financial services firms, automobile parts manufacturers, government-sponsored enterprises and regulated utilities, as well as individual directors and officers.

Ms. Alvarez has provided creative and effective legal advice and solutions to achieve favorable summary judgment decisions on dispositive issues and favorable settlements for her clients.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented a leading deposit insurance organization seeking payment of insurance proceeds in connection with dozens of lawsuits filed in more than seven states against failed banks' directors and officers for negligence, gross negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty.
• Represented a Fortune 50 design and manufacturing company seeking defense and indemnity coverage for lawsuits claiming damages arising from an allegedly defective manufacturing process.
• Represented a leading manufacturing company seeking insurance coverage for environmental liabilities.
• Represented the largest managed care organization in the Pacific Northwest in a lawsuit to obtain insurance coverage for class actions alleging civil RICO violations.