Paul White, Partner, Wilson Elser
Paul White focuses his practice on complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation and represents defendants in commercial litigation. Paul's insurance coverage practice includes advising and representing insurers in bad faith litigation and insurance policy disputes, including first-party property policies, general liability coverage, errors and omissions insurance, and media liability insurance. He also advises and represents insurers in subrogation actions on property losses. In addition, Paul has litigated and arbitrated disputes throughout the United States involving domestic and foreign insurance agents and brokers in all lines of coverage. He has broad experience in the business practices of all types of insurance intermediaries, including brokers at every level in the broking process, from producers to managing general agents to London Market brokers.
In his litigation practice, Paul focuses on commercial business litigation, including professional liability actions brought against insurance agents and brokers. In addition to his insurance practice, Paul advises entertainment and technology companies on the management of intellectual property risks.
Paul regularly speaks and publishes for groups such as DRI, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Property & Liability Resource Bureau/Liability Insurance Research Bureau (PLRB/LIRB), the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and the National Business Institute on insurance coverage issues, including, among others, intellectual property, bad faith, professional liability, employment, environmental and construction defects. In 2016, Paul received the Outstanding Presenter award from PLRB.