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Practice AreasFiduciary Coverage Litigation Matters
D'Amato & Lynch, LLP monitors fiduciary liability claims from inception through settlement. The firm protects the insurer's interests with respect to claims made against policies written to cover insureds who exercise discretionary authority or control over the management, investment or disposition of pension and welfare benefit plan assets. On these matters, the law firm assists clients in investigating claims, selecting underlying defense counsel and issuing reservation of rights letters. The firm also provides defense litigation support, negotiates settlements, coordinates and prepares claim releases and settlement documents, assists the client in setting claim reserves, issues coverage opinions, drafts policy wording and monitors fiduciary claim trends and litigation developments nationwide. D'Amato & Lynch, LLP has also been retained to represent individual and corporate fiduciary defendants in the defense of lawsuits alleging a breach of fiduciary duty under state, federal or common law. It has participated in the defense or settlement of such landmark ERISA cases as Curtis-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen, 115 S.Ct. 1223 (1995), Mertens v. Kaiser Steel Retirement Plan, 829 F.Supp. 1158 (N.D. Cal. 1992), and Donovan v. Bierwirth, 538 F.Supp. 463 (E.D.N.Y. 1981). THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRM INVOLVED WITH FIDUCIARY COVERAGE LITIGATION MATTERS INCLUDE:Luke D. Lynch, Jr. |
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ince the enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the firm has been representing the interest of insurers concerning policy wording and coverage issues. D'Amato & Lynch, LLP has also served as claims and defense counsel in some of the most visible and complex fiduciary liability cases in the United States.