About Us

In 2004, four partners stepped away from a large law firm with the belief that there was a better way to serve insurance clients. They set out to prove it, opening the doors of Fields Howell to be a one-stop shop for global insurers and reinsurers. Over the last two decades, Fields Howell has strategically grown to over fifty attorneys across four offices, handling matters across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

An Insurance Firm

Unlike larger firms where only a small subset of attorneys makes up the insurance practice group, Fields Howell is an insurance firm. All our attorneys understand the intricacies of the insurance industry, helping insurer clients navigate not only the legal challenges they are faced with, but also the numerous relationships which exist between brokers, insureds, TPAs, and more.

Intimate Industry Knowledge

Nearly every Partner at some point in his or her career has completed a secondment, working in-house for clients to gain hand-on experience working alongside claims managers and underwriters. Each then brought this knowledge back to better assist our clients, and shared this knowledge internally, mentoring younger associates to further institutional competencies, making us one of the most trusted firms in the market.

Complex Coverage Counsel

The firm is known for managing some of the most complex insurance disputes and is often tabbed to serve as National Coordinating Counsel in the wake of large-scale conflicts and catastrophes. Time and again, groups of insurers facing significant exposure have assigned our team to develop litigation strategy and assist local counsel handling claims across various jurisdictions.

Whether acting as defense counsel for insureds in commercial disputes, or serving as monitoring counsel for excess carriers on ten-figure towers for underlying litigation against professionals, Fields Howell’s team of talented attorneys are prepared to take on the insurance market’s most complicated matters.

About Us

Where We Practice

Fields Howell is a full-service insurance and reinsurance coverage and defense law firm known for handling complex matters in all fifty states, across the Caribbean and U.S. territories, and Latin America. In addition to being admitted to numerous courts across the nation pro hac vice, our attorneys are admitted to the bars of:

Alabama
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington D.C.
Wisconsin
U.S. Virgin Islands