Law360 Names Covington’s Insurance Group One of Year’s Best

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2014 — Law360 has named Covington & Burling’s insurance group as one of eight “Insurance Groups of the Year.” In its profile of the firm, Law360 recognized the firm’s strength in the insurance practice, including “scoring a marquee win” for MF Global Inc. and its work in “headline-grabbing insurance disputes” for clients such as BP and the NFL.

“We very much appreciate the recognition, which is attributable to the clients who have put their trust in us and to the dedicated and creative work of the many lawyers who built and continue to build this practice,” said Mitchell Dolin, chair of the firm’s insurance recovery group. “‘We are blessed to have a very, very deep bench,’” observed Ben Lenhart, the group’s vice chair, in an interview with Law360.

The Law360 profile noted the practice group’s strong global presence, with more than 100 attorneys total at the firm’s Washington, San Francisco, New York, and London offices.

Law firms were selected for top honors based on the significance, size, and complexity of the matters they handled for clients over the past year. To read the complete profile, please click here.