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Jeremy A. M. Evans Associate Boston 617 832 1236 direct 617 832 7000 fax Email Jeremy Evans represents insured businesses, institutions, and individuals in litigation to obtain coverage under various lines of property and casualty insurance, including general and umbrella liability insurance and directors and officers insurance. Among his clients are a major diversified manufacturing company as well as manufacturers of products as varied as medical devices and valves. On their behalf Jeremy has litigated to obtain reimbursement of defense and indemnity costs, including in such complex and contentious areas as asbestos litigation and environmental liability. Jeremy has also represented policyholders in pursuing recovery from insurance brokers due to broker malpractice. Jeremy also represents clients in general commercial disputes, litigation involving accountant professional liability, securities class action litigation, and litigation over improper termination. As part of his work in these cases and in his insurance cost recovery practice, he has briefed cases in the United States Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit and in the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Bars and Court Admissions Massachusetts U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Representative Experience The following is a brief summary of Jeremy's experience and accomplishments: Obtained summary judgment entitling a large diversified manufacturer to the full limits of liability under a $10 million general liability policy despite the policy’s cancellation three-months into its term, and prevailed on appeal before the First Circuit Represents a valve manufacturer in litigation to maximize recovery from multiple insurers of defense costs incurred defending hundreds of asbestos cases Assisted in defending a Big 4 accounting firm in a complex securities class-action suit. Represents a medical device manufacturer in effort to obtain reimbursement of nearly $100 million from excess insurance carriers in connection with alleged device failure Represents a well-known non-profit institution in seeking to obtain insurance proceeds for clean-up of contaminants from a breached underground oil storage tank. Represents several businesses pursuing insurers for reimbursement of defense and indemnification costs in connection with complex environmental liabilities Helped the improperly terminated CEO of a Fortune 100 company obtain millions of dollars of benefits due under an employment agreement Provided pro bono representation to an author in a First Amendment appeal to the Massachusetts Appeals Court of an injunction restraining publication of his book professional / civic involvement American Bar Association Boston Bar Association Boston Inn of Court Citizen Schools Legal Apprentice Program, Citizen Teacher, 2005 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Associate Members Council Steering Committee, 2002-2004, Events Chair 2004 publications Co-author, The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine: Why Policyholders May Be Better Off Without It, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar (2008 Program). Co-author, Understanding the Insured’s Rights and Obligations: “Late Notice” Coverage Disputes: Policyholder Strategies to Avoid Forfeiture, Products Liability Advisory Committee, Fall Program 2006. Co-author, MA Confidential: More 1099 MISCgivings, 16 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR LAW FIRMS 12 (December 2003). Speech, Spouses, and Standing: Is There Standing to Sue When Sanctions Threatened Against One’s Spouse Chill Protected Expression, 45 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 147 (December 2003). | 