- Initiated several arbitration proceedings against different insureds with respect to loss sensitive, retrospectively rated insurance programs covering general liability, workers’ compensation, and auto policies for an insurance company.
- Won arbitration for a leading national insurer in a multibillion-dollar long -term care reinsurance dispute.
- Representing a leading national insurer in a cost of insurance class action.
- Counsel to an international insurer in various coverage litigations.
- Obtained a favorable class settlement for a leading international insurer as part of a team that led a multi-insurer joint defense group in a putative class action alleging violations of Illinois law requiring interest to be paid on late-paid workers’ compensation claims.
- Obtained a favorable individual settlement for a leading national insurer in a putative class action alleging violations of the TCPA arising from calls to numbers on national and state do not call registries.
- Represented a New York real estate developer in a federal action brought by a non-profit organization alleging violation of the Fair Housing Act.
- Won summary judgment, including attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest, on behalf of an investment bank on breach of contract claims arising out of an investment banking services agreement and fee dispute.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 212 210 9421
- Email: joanna.schorr@alston.com
Joanna Schorr represents all manner of commercial clients in complex commercial disputes in and out of court. Joanna has particular experience and insight representing insurance companies in direct and class actions, arbitrations, and pre-litigation disputes.