People
Rebecca Z. Amdursky
Partner
- New York
Biography
Rebecca Amdursky serves as counsel for insurer clients based in the U.S., Europe and Asia. As a coverage attorney, she advises clients on complex coverage disputes arising out of SEC and DOJ investigations, securities and derivative actions, and litigation against pharmaceutical companies and banks, as well as private companies and universities. Rebecca has also drafted D&O and Fiduciary Liability policies for clients, and regularly provides advice on the marketability of certain provisions.
Rebecca is also an experienced litigator, and has represented primary and excess D&O and E&O carriers in bad faith and declaratory judgment lawsuits.
Rebecca serves as the Staffing and Associate Development Partner for the New York D&O Practice.
Rebecca is also an experienced litigator, and has represented primary and excess D&O and E&O carriers in bad faith and declaratory judgment lawsuits.
Rebecca serves as the Staffing and Associate Development Partner for the New York D&O Practice.
Honors
- New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2021
Professional Associations
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Member
Experience
Experience
- Successfully moved to withdraw the reference from the bankruptcy court in bad faith lawsuit against client, moving the case to district court.
- Represented insurer in contested interpleader, resulting in resolution of insurer’s obligations.
- Representing excess carrier in litigation over $140 million in coverage for bankrupt energy company.
- Represented an insurer in a successful arbitration concerning indemnification under an employment practices liability (EPL) policy for a suit arising from the insured hospital’s termination of a surgeon.
Publications & presentations
- Awake at Night: Cyberbreaches and the New Risk to Directors and Officers, IRMI, October 2014, Co-Author.