David E. Wood is a partner at Anderson Kill Wood & Bender, LLP and was the co-founder of Wood & Bender LLP, one of the country's leading law firms specializing in insurance policy enforcement. With two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Wood devotes his practice to evaluating and enforcing business insurance claims and to handling litigation aimed at accessing insurance coverage.
"Clients come to us for our knowledge of the business of insurance," he says. "We know how to enforce insurance policies by creating risk for carriers that don't honor their responsibilities to policyholders. Our experience allows us to anticipate and deliver results, without surprises and without a big learning curve."
Mr. Wood holds the highest "AV" rating for professional skill and ethics conferred by Martindale-Hubbell. Chosen by 60,000 of his peers, and based on the independent research of Law and Politics magazine, he has been named one of the top 2007 Southern California lawyers. Mr. Wood is a long-time member of the American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Committee, as well as the Directors and Officers Section.
Representative Engagements:
In matters throughout California and the nation, Mr. Wood represents public and private companies enforcing their claims under professional errors and omissions, directors' and officers' liability, special risk and general liability policies, and fidelity bonds. The policyholders Mr. Wood typically represents include Fortune 1000 corporations and corporate directors and officers, with special emphasis on contractors’ errors and omissions, design professional errors and omissions, contractor and subcontractor additional insured disputes, and construction risks in general. Representative clients include Turner Construction in the United States and Aecon Group, Inc. in Canada.
Publications
Mr. Wood has published articles for trade and legal publications including D&O Advisor, The John Liner Review, The National Law Journal, Risk Management Magazine, California Lawyer, San Francisco Recorder, and Risk & Insurance Magazine. Recent publications include:
"Another View: Imagining an A.I.G. Bankruptcy," The New York Times Deal Book (April 2009)
"Risking It All: Getting Insurance Coverage For Intentional Acts," Hospitality Lawyer's Risk Management Newsletter (February 2009)
Speaking Engagements
Mr. Wood is frequently quoted in national media on significant insurance matters. He has been interviewed on insurance recovery issues on CNBC Television, Bloomberg Radio, USA Today, Forbes and Forbes.com. and most recently on Fox Business News: America's Nightly Scoreboard. He also is a frequent speaker on insurance policy enforcement matters before organizations like the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Mealey's, the International Risk Management Institute, and the Risk & Insurance Management Society. Recent speaking engagements include:
"Five Questions to Ask Before Switching Insurance Companies," RIMS 2009 National Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL (April 22, 2009) (with Cort T. Malone)
Bar Admissions
California, U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Memberships
American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Committee, Directors & Officers Section, a Director of the Atlantic Legal Foundation
Education
University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D.
Williams College, cum laude, A.B.
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