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Attorneys

Attorneys

Meet our Attorneys

Fields Howell stays true to the ideals created by our founding partners by recruiting highly-skilled lawyers who are committed to understanding our clients’ needs.

We are proud of our successes in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, and our team is our greatest and most valuable asset.

Meet our Attorneys

Fields Howell stays true to the ideals created by our founding partners by recruiting highly-skilled lawyers who are committed to understanding our clients’ needs.

We are proud of our successes in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, and our team is our greatest and most valuable asset.

Stephanie Armas

Associate – Miami

Stephanie Armas is an insurance defense lawyer in Miami. Her practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in premises liability, construction defect, and first-party property matters.

sarmas@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5618

Justin A. Bassett

Associate – Miami

Justin Bassett is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida. His practice focuses on insurance defense, premises liability, and property matters.

jbassett@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1003

James M. Bauer

Senior Counsel – Atlanta

Jim Bauer provides counsel to insurers regarding first-party and third-party coverage claims and other commercial disputes. In addition to providing coverage advice, he litigates complex claims and defends insureds.

jbauer@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1724

Giulia Bollini

Associate – Miami

Giulia Bollini is an insurance defense attorney in Miami. Her practice focuses on first-party property matters across the state of Florida. She provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurance carriers in commercial property and construction defect matters.

gbollini@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1010

Christopher R. Brooks

Associate – Nashville

Christopher Brooks is an experienced defense attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. He has an extensive background in litigation and has effectively defended employers and carriers in various actions across the state of Tennessee. His practice areas include property, insurance defense, commercial general liability, and commercial litigation.

cbrooks@fieldshowell.com
615.348.5056

Marc A. Brotman

Senior Counsel – Greater Philadelphia

Marc Brotman is a civil litigation and insurance coverage attorney in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. Marc’s legal experience in the public and private sectors gives him unique abilities to analyze and resolve complex legal issues confronting his clients.

mbrotman@fieldshowell.com
267.409.7811

Michael F. Burgess

Associate – Atlanta

Michael Burgess specializes in providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. He serves as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.

mburgess@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1741

Noah A. Caldwell

Associate – Atlanta

Noah Caldwell serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for domestic and international insurers of various professionals. His practice focuses on professional liability claims against accountants and accounting firms, architect and engineering firms, lawyers, and other professionals.

ncaldwell@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1266

John P. Cappel

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

John P. Cappel is an attorney focused on commercial general liability and litigation matters. Based in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office, John provides insurance coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for domestic and international insurers.

jcappel@fieldshowell.com
267.409.7804

Jonathan D. Chandrasekhar

Associate – Atlanta

Jonathan Chandrasekhar is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Georgia. His work focuses on commercial general liability and property matters. He serves as counsel to domestic and international insurers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents in litigation.  

jchandrasekhar@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1271

Pedro J. Collazo

Partner – Miami

Pedro J. Collazo specializes in insurance defense and civil litigation. He joined the firm in 2019 after gaining experience in insurance coverage, premises liability, motor vehicle defense, directors & officers, and more.

pcollazo@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5609

Alery Delgado

Partner – Miami

Alery Delgado has been a practicing attorney for a decade. She is an experienced litigator specializing in complex insurance coverage and defense matters, including premises liability, products liability,  first-party property, and commercial liability claims. She also has experience in motor vehicle negligence, wrongful death suits, and security negligence, among others. 

adelgado@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5612

Zachary J. Ferreira

Associate – Atlanta

Zachary Ferreira is an insurance coverage and defense attorney specializing in matters pertaining to commercial general liability policies and property claims. He serves insurance carriers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents for litigation.

zferreira@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1733

Paul L. Fields, Jr.

Partner – Atlanta

Paul Fields, Jr.’s practice focuses on the representation of domestic and international insurers. He leads Fields Howell’s first-party property team as a respected attorney with thirty-one years of experience. In addition to leading the first-party property team, Paul does significant work in the areas of commercial litigation, casualty, and professional indemnity.

pfields@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1252

Michael H. Galex

Of Counsel – Miami

Michael H. Galex is a defense attorney with twenty-five years of experience practicing law. For the last twenty years, he has been handling criminal and civil cases throughout south Florida. Michael was a partner at his previous firm for thirteen years and brings with him extensive background in first-party property and third-party insurance coverage and liability matters.

mgalex@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5602

Samuel J. Gittle

Associate – Miami

Samuel J. Gittle is an insurance defense attorney in Miami, Florida. Samuel represents domestic and international insurance carriers in commercial litigation and toxic tort matters. He conducts extensive legal research and analysis to formulate case strategies and advise clients on potential risks and outcomes in state and federal court proceedings. 

sgittle@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1014

John P. Golden

Partner – Miami

John Golden specializes in insurance coverage and insurance defense, with a focus on complex litigation pending in state and federal courts in Florida and the United States Virgin Islands. A significant portion of his work dedicated defending clients against catastrophic personal injury claims, professional liability claims, product liability claims, and various business disputes. 

jgolden@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5613

Brandon R. Gossett

Atlanta – Of Counsel

Brandon R. Gossett is an insurance coverage attorney in Atlanta. He has been representing domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes for nearly a decade, particularly on claims arising from professional liability, general liability, and commercial property policies. Brandon provides coverage advice to insurers, prosecutes declaratory judgment actions brought by insurers, and defends coverage and bad faith actions brought by insureds.

bgossett@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1264

Brittney C. Gowen

Associate – Atlanta

Brittney C. Gowen is an insurance coverage and defense attorney specializing in commercial general liability claims. She also provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurers regarding various first party property and business interruption claims.

bgowen@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1270

Kelly A. Gresh

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

Kelly Gresh is an insurance coverage attorney in Pennsylvania. Her practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in property and commercial general liability matters.

kgresh@fieldshowell.com
267.409.7808

Emma Han

Associate – Miami

Huizhong (“Emma”) Han is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida.  She serves international and domestic insurers by providing coverage advice and defending insureds in litigation. Emma’s practice focuses on handling matters pertaining to property, commercial general liability, and commercial litigation.

hhan@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1002

Tal Harari

Associate – Miami

Tal Harari, an accomplished insurance defense attorney based in our Miami office, adeptly represents a diverse portfolio of prominent clients in areas such as automobile accidents, premise liability, and commercial liability matters. 

tharari@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1007

Ariyiana M. Haynes

Associate – Atlanta

Ariyiana Haynes is an insurance coverage and defense attorney whose practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in property and commercial general liability matters. 

ahaynes@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1267

Taryn M. Kadar

Partner – Atlanta

Taryn Kadar provides insurance coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for domestic and international insurers. In addition to her experience in commercial liability and litigation, she has worked on a number of complex claims relating to aviation, motor carrier, and accident & health, among others. She has pursued declaratory judgment actions and defended breach of contract and bad faith actions against insurers in both first and third-party claims.

tkadar@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1260

Stephen A. Kahn

Partner – Atlanta

Steve Kahn is an experienced attorney with a practice focused on representing insurers regarding a variety of complex claims. Steve has worked with Fields Howell’s clients on claims pertaining to property, products liability, bankruptcy/insolvency, and more. He provides coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for both domestic and international insurers.

skahn@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1723

Will J. Keegan

Associate – Atlanta

Will Keegan is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. He serves as coverage counsel for insurers and defends insureds in litigation, specifically in commercial general liability and property matters.

wkeegan@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1731

Logan M. King

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

Logan King is an insurance coverage attorney in Pennsylvania with over a decade of experience. His practice focuses on representing domestic and international insurers in coverage litigation arising from aviation, construction, commercial general liability matters, and more. 

lking@fieldshowell.com
267.409.7803

Ann T. Kirk

Partner – Atlanta

Ann Kirk’s practice focuses primarily on providing insurance coverage advice and representing domestic and international insurers in litigation.  Ann regularly analyzes coverage for a variety of first-party property claims and third-party liability claims, addressing numerous states’ laws.  She has litigated declaratory judgment actions in state and federal court, and she has defended insurers and their business partners in breach of contract and bad faith actions.

akirk@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1737

Jonathan D. Kramer

Partner – Atlanta

Jonathan Kramer represents foreign and domestic insurers of mid-to-large size law firms and architect, engineer, and design firms throughout the U.S. He specializes in resolving complex claims brought against his clients’ insureds in the U.S. and abroad, and representing insurers in coverage litigation in state and federal courts.

jkramer@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1274

Christopher S. Kwelty

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

Christopher Kwelty is an insurance defense attorney in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. His practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in commercial litigation. An experienced trial attorney, Chris is adept at running complex civil litigation matters.

ckwelty@fieldshowell.com
267.409.7805

Victoria Lageyre

Associate – Miami

Victoria Lageyre is an insurance defense attorney in Miami. Her practice focuses on defending insurers and their insureds in matters arising from property, premises liability, and and construction defect claims.

vlageyre@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5614

Marshall N. Lahiff

Partner – Miami

Marshall N. Lahiff is an experienced insurance defense attorney. He specializes in both small and large claims relating to first-party property, third-party liability, and premises liability claims. He is skilled in litigation and is trusted to defend insurers and their insureds when issues arise.  Before joining Fields Howell, Marshall was a partner at a mid-sized law firm based in Florida.

mlahiff@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5599

Robert L. Lakind

Partner – Greater Philadelphia

Robert Lakind is an experienced aviation attorney and litigator based in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. Rob is a former airline pilot who flew domestic and international flights and now as an attorney represents a wide range of aviation clients.

rlakind@fieldshowell.com
267.214.7510

Taylor N. Lear

Associate – Atlanta

Taylor N. Lear is an insurance defense attorney in Atlanta. Her work focuses on providing coverage advice to domestic and international insurers and defending insureds in litigation.

tlear@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1244

Ralph B.  L. Marcuccilli

Associate – Atlanta

Ralph Marcuccilli is an insurance coverage attorney in Atlanta. He counsels domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes arising from property and commercial liability matters.

rmarcuccilli@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1257

Gregory L. Mast

Partner – Greater Philadelphia

Greg Mast specializes in complex insurance coverage and business litigation for domestic and international insurers. Having spent time as both a law clerk and in-house counsel, Greg has earned a reputation as a respected advocate inside and outside of the courtroom. 

gmast@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1262

Robert E. McLaughlin

Partner – Atlanta

Bob McLaughlin has focused on solving problems for professionals and their insurers for nearly thirty years. Bob’s professional liability practice emphasizes representing insurers of lawyers, architects, engineers, insurance agents and brokers, accountants, and other non-medical professionals.

rmclaughlin@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1255

D. Reid Morelli

Associate – Atlanta

Reid Morelli is an insurance coverage and litigation attorney in Atlanta. He provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurers and also defends insurers and insureds in litigation. Reid’s practice focuses on commercial general liability, commercial litigation, professional liability, bad faith, and insurance defense.  Reid also advises clients in intellectual property litigation and management of IP portfolios.

rmorelli@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1259

Christopher S. Myles

Partner– Greater Philadelphia

Christopher S. Myles is an insurance defense and aviation attorney. He is a skilled litigator with fifteen years of experience in the legal industry, during which time he has worked on aviation, commercial, construction, environmental, and product liability matters.

cmyles@fieldshowell.com
267.214.7737

Joshua Myles

Partner – Atlanta

Josh Myles counsels professional liability insurers and their insureds in matters involving up to billions of dollars in claimed damages.  His professional liability practice involves some of the largest architectural and engineering firms and law firms in the world.

jmyles@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1272

Mary Claire Pouncey

Associate – Atlanta

Mary Claire Pounce serves as coverage and monitoring counsel to domestic and international insurers of various professionals. She focuses on high value professional liability claims brought against architects and engineers, attorneys, accountants, and more. Prior to joining Fields Howell, Mary Claire clerked in the Superior Court for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit. There, she gained experience in both civil and criminal lawsuits and trials. After graduation, she began her career as an associate attorney with a large regional firm where she specialized in worker’s compensation defense.

mpouncey@fieldshowell.com
404.214.2323

Michael J. Redondo

Senior Counsel – Miami

Michael J. Redondo is an insurance defense attorney with a specialty in premises liability matters in Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

mredondo@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1005

Adam R. Rivera

Associate – Miami

Adam Rivera is an insurance defense attorney in Miami. He represents Insurers and their Insureds in first-party property and third-party liability matters throughout Florida.

arivera@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1004

Lionel F. Rivera

Senior Counsel – Miami

Lionel F. Rivera is a seasoned insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida.  Lionel serves as Senior Counsel to domestic and international insurance carriers, focusing on claims arising from first-party property, commercial general liability, directors’ and officers’, professional liability, and environmental liability policies.  Lionel has proven himself a trusted litigator and advocate in state and federal courts, and deft at resolving matters through direct settlement negotiations and mediation.

lrivera@fieldshowell.com
786.703.1013

Samantha L. Rowles

Partner – Atlanta

Samantha Lemery Rowles serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for international and domestic insurance carriers. She primarily focuses on professional liability claims against attorneys and other professionals, and also assists them in identifying potential exposure and managing risk.  In recent years, she has worked with professionals to help them understand the growing threat of cyber breaches.

srowles@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1742

Armando P. Rubio

Partner – Miami

Armando Rubio is the Partner in charge of Fields Howell’s Miami office.  With over twenty years of experience as a litigation and trial attorney, his areas of expertise include personal injury defense,  insurance coverage and bad faith, reinsurance, construction defects, first party property claims, admiralty and maritime defense, and product liability defense. He has handled numerous cases through verdict and judgment, binding arbitrations, and appeals at both the State and Federal level, ranging from catastrophic injury and death cases to multi-million dollar coverage disputes. 

arubio@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5610

Sarah R. Salek

Associate – Atlanta

Sarah R. Salek is an insurance coverage attorney whose practice focuses on commercial general liability and property matters.

ssalek@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1245

Lillian Sanchez

Associate – Miami

Lillian Sanchez is an insurance coverage and defense lawyer in Miami. She represents domestic and international insurers in premises liability actions, construction defect, and personal injury matters. In addition to defending insurers and their insureds, she also provides coverage advice to insureds in matters arising from various lines of insurance.

lsanchez@fieldshowell.com
786.870.5603

Tyler Bryant Walker

Partner – Atlanta

Tyler Bryant Walker is an experienced attorney specializing in insurance coverage and bad faith. She advises insurer clients on a variety of coverage issues, including preparation of complex coverage opinions and position letters for claims under all coverage lines. She also assists and advises clients on evaluating and responding to time-limited settlement demands, as well as general compliance issues.

twalker@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1744

Jennifer W. Wolak

Partner – Atlanta

Jennifer Wolak serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for numerous London-based and U.S. insurance carriers. Her practice focuses primarily on professional liability claims against U.S. large law firms and attorneys, insurance brokers, third party administrators, architects and engineers, long-term care facilities, and other professionals.

jwolak@fieldshowell.com
404.214.1246

Stephanie Armas

Associate – Miami

     

Stephanie Armas is an insurance defense lawyer in Miami. Her practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in premises liability, construction defect, and first-party property matters.​

Justin A. Bassett

Associate – Miami

     

Justin Bassett is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida. His practice focuses on insurance defense, premises liability, and property matters.

James M. Bauer

Senior Counsel – Atlanta

     

Jim Bauer provides counsel to insurers regarding first-party and third-party coverage claims and other commercial disputes. In addition to providing coverage advice, he litigates complex claims and defends insureds.

Giulia Bollini

Associate – Miami

     

Giulia Bollini is an insurance defense attorney in Miami. Her practice focuses on first-party property matters across the state of Florida. She provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurance carriers in commercial property and construction defect matters.

Christopher R. Brooks

Associate – Nashville

     

Christopher Brooks is an experienced defense attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. He has an extensive background in litigation and has effectively defended employers and carriers in various actions across the state of Tennessee. His practice areas include property, insurance defense, commercial general liability, and commercial litigation.

Mark A. Brotman

Senior Counsel – Greater Philadelphia

     

Marc Brotman is a civil litigation and insurance coverage attorney in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. Marc’s legal experience in the public and private sectors gives him unique abilities to analyze and resolve complex legal issues confronting his clients.

Michael F. Burgess

Associate – Atlanta

     

Michael Burgess specializes in providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. He serves as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.
Noah A. Caldwell

Associate – Atlanta

     

Noah Caldwell serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for domestic and international insurers of various professionals. His practice focuses on professional liability claims against accountants and accounting firms, architect and engineering firms, lawyers, and other professionals.

John P. Cappel

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

     

John P. Cappel is an attorney focused on commercial general liability and litigation matters. Based in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office, John provides insurance coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for domestic and international insurers.

Jonathan D. Chandrasekhar

Associate – Atlanta

     

Jonathan Chandrasekhar is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Georgia. His work focuses on commercial general liability and property matters. He serves as counsel to domestic and international insurers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents in litigation.

Pedro J. Collazo
Partner – Miami

     

Pedro J. Collazo specializes in insurance defense and civil litigation. He joined in the firm in 2019 after gaining experience in insurance coverage, premises liability, motor vehicle defense, directors & officers, and other niche practice areas.
Alery Delgado

Partner – Miami

     

Alery Delgado joined Fields Howell in 2018 with expertise in the areas of complex insurance defense litigation, including premises liability, negligent security, automobile negligence, wrongful death, and insurance coverage claims. Prior to joining Fields Howell, she spent seven years at a Miami law firm working on cases involving general civil litigation, premises liability, products liability, first party property, and more.
Zachary J. Ferreira
Associate – Atlanta

     

Zachary Ferreira is an insurance coverage and defense attorney specializing in matters pertaining to commercial general laibility policies and property. He serves domestic and international insurers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents in litigation. Zack joined Fields Howell as an associate in 2019 after serving as a summer associate for the firm in 2018.
Paul L. Fields, Jr.

Partner – Atlanta

     

Paul Fields’ practice focuses on the representation of domestic and international insurers. He leads Fields Howell’s first-party property team as a respected attorney with thirty years of experience. In addition to leading the first-party property team, Paul does significant work in the areas of casualty, professional indemnity, and aviation.
Michael H. Galex

Of Counsel – Miami

     

Michael H. Galex is a defense attorney with twenty-five years of experience practicing law. For the last twenty years, he has been handling criminal and civil cases throughout south Florida. Michael was a partner at his previous firm for thirteen years and brings with him extensive background in first-party property and third-party insurance coverage and liability matters.
Samuel J. Gittle

Associate – Miami

     

Samuel J. Gittle is an insurance defense attorney in Miami, Florida. Samuel represents domestic and international insurance carriers in commercial litigation and toxic tort matters. He conducts extensive legal research and analysis to formulate case strategies and advise clients on potential risks and outcomes in state and federal court proceedings. 

John P. Golden

Partner – Miami

     

John Golden specializes in insurance coverage and insurance defense, with a focus on complex litigation pending in state and federal courts in Florida and the United States Virgin Islands. A significant portion of his work dedicated defending clients against catastrophic personal injury claims, professional liability claims, product liability claims, and various business disputes.

Brandon R. Gossett

Of Counsel – Atlanta

     

Brandon R. Gossett is an insurance coverage attorney in Atlanta. He has been representing domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes for nearly a decade, particularly on claims arising from professional liability, general liability, and commercial property policies. Brandon provides coverage advice to insurers, prosecutes declaratory judgment actions brought by insurers, and defends coverage and bad faith actions brought by insureds.

Brittney C. Gowen

Associate –Atlanta

     

Brittney Gowen is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. She has experience working in a number of practice areas with a focus on property and commercial general liability policies.

Kelly A. Gresh

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

     

Kelly Gresh is an insurance coverage attorney in Pennsylvania. Her practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in property and commercial general liability matters.

Emma Han

Associate – Miami

     

Huizhong “Emma” Han is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida. Her practice focuses on commercial general liability, insurance defense, and catastrophic loss litigation.
Tal Harari

Associate – Miami

     

Tal Harari, an accomplished insurance defense attorney based in our Miami office, adeptly represents a diverse portfolio of prominent clients in areas such as automobile accidents, premise liability, and commercial liability matters.

Ariyiana M. Haynes

Associate – Atlanta

     

Ariyiana Haynes is an insurance coverage and defense attorney whose practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in property and commercial general liability matters. 

Taryn M. Kadar

Partner – Atlanta

     

Taryn Kadar’s practice focuses on providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. In addition, Taryn represents insurers in coverage litigation, including the pursuit of declaratory judgment actions and defense of breach of contract and bad faith actions against insurers in both first and third-party claims.
Stephen A. Kahn

Partner – Atlanta

     

Steve Kahn is an experienced attorney with a practice focused on representing insurers regarding a variety of complex claims. Steve has worked with Fields Howell clients on claims pertaining to property, products liability, bankruptcy/insolvency, and more. He provides coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for both domestic and international insurers.
Will J. Keegan

Associate – Atlanta

     

Will Keegan is an insurance coverage and defense attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. He serves as coverage counsel for insurers and defends insureds in litigation, specifically in commercial general liability and property matters.

Ann T. Kirk

Partner – Atlanta

     

Ann Kirk’s practice focuses primarily on providing insurance coverage advice and representing domestic and international insurers in litigation.  Ann regularly analyzes coverage for a variety of first-party property claims and third-party liability claims, addressing numerous states’ laws.  She has litigated declaratory judgment actions in state and federal court, and she has defended insurers and their business partners in breach of contract and bad faith actions.
Jonathan D. Kramer

Partner – Atlanta

     

Jonathan represents foreign and domestic insurers of mid-to-large size law firms and architect, engineer, and design firms throughout the U.S. He specializes in resolving complex claims brought against his clients’ insureds in the U.S. and abroad, and representing insurers in coverage litigation in state and federal courts.
Christopher S. Kwelty

Associate – Greater Philadelphia

     

Christopher Kwelty is an insurance defense attorney in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. His practice focuses on representing insurers and their insureds in commercial litigation. An experienced trial attorney, Chris is adept at running complex civil litigation matters.

Marshall N. Lahiff

Partner – Miami

     

Marshall N. Lahiff is an experienced insurance defense attorney. He specializes in both small and large claims relating to first-party property, third-party liability, and premises liability claims. He is skilled in litigation and is trusted to defend insurers and their insureds when issues arise.  Before joining Fields Howell, Marshall was a partner at a mid-sized law firm based in Florida.
Robert L. Lakind

Partner – Greater Philadelphia

     

Robert Lakind is an experienced aviation attorney and litigator based in Fields Howell’s Pennsylvania office. Rob is a former airline pilot who flew domestic and international flights and now as an attorney represents a wide range of aviation clients.

Taylor N. Lear

Associate – Atlanta

     

Taylor N. Lear is an insurance defense attorney in Atlanta. Her work focuses on providing coverage advice to domestic and international insurers and defending insureds in litigation.

Ralph B. L. Marcuccilli

Associate – Atlanta

     

Ralph Marcuccilli is an insurance coverage attorney in Atlanta. He counsels domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes arising from property and commercial liability matters.

Gregory L. Mast

Partner – Greater Philadelphia

     

Greg Mast specializes in complex insurance coverage and business litigation for domestic and international insurers. Having spent time as both a law clerk and in-house counsel, Greg has earned a reputation as a respected advocate inside and outside of the courtroom. 

Robert E. McLaughlin

Partner – Atlanta

     

Bob McLaughlin has focused on solving problems for professionals and their insurers for nearly thirty years. Bob’s professional liability practice emphasizes representing insurers of lawyers, architects, engineers, insurance agents and brokers, accounts, and other non-medical professionals.
D. Reid Morelli

Associate – Atlanta

     

Reid Morelli is an insurance coverage and litigation attorney in Atlanta. He provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurers and also defends insurers and insureds in litigation.
Christopher S. Myles

Partner – Greater Philadelphia

     

Christopher S. Myles is an insurance defense and aviation attorney. He is a skilled litigator with fifteen years of experience in the legal industry, during which time he has worked on aviation, commercial, construction, environmental, and product liability matters.

Joshua Myles

Partner – Atlanta

     

Josh Myles counsels professional liability insurers and their insureds in matters involving up to billions of dollars in claimed damages.  His professional liability practice involves some of the largest architectural and engineering firms and law firms in the world.

Mary Claire Pouncey

Associate – Atlanta

     

Mary Claire Pounce serves as coverage and monitoring counsel to domestic and international insurers of various professionals. She focuses on high value professional liability claims brought against architects and engineers, attorneys, accountants, and more.

Michael J. Redondo

Senior Counsel – Miami

     

Michael J. Redondo is an insurance defense attorney with a specialty in premises liability matters in Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Adam R. Rivera

Associate – Miami

     

Adam Rivera is an insurance defense attorney in Miami. He represents Insurers and their Insureds in first-party property and third-party liability matters throughout Florida.

Lionel F. Rivera

Senior Counsel – Miami

     

Lionel F. Rivera is a seasoned insurance coverage and defense attorney in Miami, Florida.  Lionel serves as Senior Counsel to domestic and international insurance carriers, focusing on claims arising from first-party property, commercial general liability, directors’ and officers’, professional liability, and environmental liability policies.  Lionel has proven himself a trusted litigator and advocate in state and federal courts, and deft at resolving matters through direct settlement negotiations and mediation.

Samantha L. Rowles

Partner – Atlanta

     

Samantha Lemery Rowles serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for several international and domestic insurance carriers, focusing primarily on professional liability claims against attorneys and other professionals. She assists professionals in identifying potential exposure and managing risk.
Armando P. Rubio

Partner – Miami

     

Armando Rubio is the Partner in charge of Fields Howell’s Miami office.  With over twenty years of experience as a litigation and trial attorney, his areas of expertise include personal injury defense,  insurance coverage and bad faith, reinsurance, construction defects, first party property claims, admiralty and maritime defense, and product liability defense. He has handled numerous cases through verdict and judgment, binding arbitrations, and appeals at both the State and Federal level, ranging from catastrophic injury and death cases to multi-million dollar coverage disputes.

Sarah R. Salek

Associate – Atlanta

     

Sarah R. Salek is an insurance coverage attorney whose practice focuses on commercial general liability and property matters.

Lillian-Sanchez
Lillian Sanchez

Associate – Miami

     

Lillian Sanchez is an insurance coverage and defense lawyer in Miami. She represents domestic and international insurers in premises liability actions, construction defect, and personal injury matters. In addition to defending insurers and their insureds, she also provides coverage advice to insureds in matters arising from various lines of insurance.

Tyler Bryant Walker

Partner – Atlanta

     

Tyler Bryant Walker is an experienced attorney specializing in insurance coverage and bad faith. She advises insurer clients on a variety of coverage issues, including preparation of complex coverage opinions and position letters for claims under all coverage lines. She also assists and advises clients on evaluating and responding to time-limited settlement demands, as well as general compliance issues.
Jennifer W. Wolak

Partner – Atlanta

     

Jennifer Wolak serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for numerous London-based and U.S. insurance carriers. Her practice focuses primarily on professional liability claims against U.S. large law firms and attorneys, insurance brokers, third party administrators, architects and engineers, long-term care facilities and other professionals.