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Areas of Practice

  • Advertising Litigation
  • Appeals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aviation
  • Blockchain and Digital Assets
  • Crisis Management
  • Cross-Border Insurance Coverage
  • Cyber Insurance
  • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
  • Discovery and E-Discovery
  • Energy
  • Energy Litigation
  • Financial Services
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Higher Education and Private Schools
  • Hospitality
  • Hotels and Hospitality
  • Insurance Coverage
  • International Arbitration and Transnational ...
  • Litigation
  • Lone Star Governance
  • Pipeline
  • Retail and Consumer Products
  • Rocket Docket Practice (US District Court ...
  • Transactional Insurance
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Profile

Mike is a Legal 500 and Chambers USA-ranked lawyer with more than 25 years of experience litigating insurance disputes and advising clients on insurance coverage matters.

Mike Levine is a partner in the firm's Washington, DC, office and a member of the firm's Insurance Recovery team where he leads the firm's property, casualty and emerging issues insurance practices. Mike's policyholder representation focuses on:

  • Property damage and business interruption claims
  • Commercial, professional, corporate and employment liabilities under CGL, pollution, E&O, D&O and EPL insurance policies
  • Artificial intelligence and emerging technology risks
  • Cyber and media liability claims
  • Construction liability and damage under Builders' Risk, OCIP, CCIP, Construction Bonds and Inland Marine Coverages
  • Default insurance and surety bonds
  • Captive Insurance
  • Event cancellation, and
  • Representations and warranties

Mike has spent his entire career advising clients about insurance and handling insurance coverage disputes. Previously, Mike represented the insurance industry in some of the highest-stakes matters, including the property, liability and reconstruction appraisal proceedings arising from the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Since 2005, Mike has exclusively helped policyholders maximize their insurance recoveries, where Mike leverages his substantial insurance industry experience to obtain the greatest possible recoveries.

Mike has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars of insurance proceeds for clients under general liability, property, directors and officers, cyber, errors and omissions, employment, environmental, and representations and warranties insurance coverages, among others.

Mike is a prolific writer and frequently serves as a faculty member and lecturer on issues concerning insurance recovery, insurer bad faith and unfair claims practices and assessing coverage for new and emerging risks, such as artificial intelligence, political risk and supply chain disruption. Mike also is Editor-in-Chief of the ABA's insurance coverage journal, Coverage and a board member of the Potomac Chapter of RIMS.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, University of New Hampshire School of Law, 1994

    BA, Stony Brook University, The State University of New York, 1988

    Areas of Practice

    • Advertising Litigation
    • Appeals
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Aviation
    • Blockchain and Digital Assets
    • Crisis Management
    • Cross-Border Insurance Coverage
    • Cyber Insurance
    • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
    • Discovery and E-Discovery
    • Energy
    • Energy Litigation
    • Financial Services
    • Financial Services Litigation
    • Higher Education and Private Schools
    • Hospitality
    • Hotels and Hospitality
    • Insurance Coverage
    • International Arbitration and Transnational Litigation
    • Litigation
    • Lone Star Governance
    • Pipeline
    • Retail and Consumer Products
    • Rocket Docket Practice (US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
    • Transactional Insurance

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    Hunton Immigration and Nationality Law

    The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...

    Privacy and Information Security Law Blog

    Global privacy and cybersecurity law updates and analysis. Computerworld magazine has named Hunton & Williams the top firm for privacy for the fourth consecutive year based on a survey of more than 4,000 corporate privacy professionals. In addition, Chambers and Partners rated Hunton & Williams the top Privacy and Data Security practice in its Chambers Global, Chambers USA and Chambers UK guides, noting that the firm "is highly regarded for the strength of its excellent team."

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