Insurance Defense

Insurance Defense

Doherty, Wallace maintains one of the most active and successful insurance defense practices in the region. Our firm serves as local counsel in the courts of Western Massachusetts for some of the country’s major insurance companies, as well as for several mutual insurance companies and for self-insured corporations of all sizes. Representation provided in this area includes insurance coverage interpretation; toxic torts; automotive torts; product liability; legal malpractice; municipal liability; civil rights liability; and all types of premises liability from negligent security to liquor liability.

Our firm’s experienced trial attorneys represent insurance companies and their insureds, businesses, nonprofit and charitable organizations, municipalities, school districts, and individuals. We are leaders in insurance defense work and serve as counsel in all types of litigation, from product liability defense, to patent and trademark infringement, discrimination and employment litigation, as well as divorce and criminal defense.

Doherty, Wallace has extensive experience in the defense of professional malpractice actions including legal, medical, dental, social services, insurance agents and brokers, engineers and surveyors.