AssistantJean Browning 312.425.2500 jbrowning@wglaw.com Colleen Costello is a highly skilled insurance law attorney who has successfully litigated, mediated, and managed insurance coverage disputes across the United States. Her experience includes handling claims involving professional liability, commercial general liability, umbrella and excess commercial general liability, commercial property, business interruption, extra expense, commercial auto, trucking, technology, and accident and health policies.
With over 22 years of experience representing insurance industry clients, Colleen has handled coverage issues from inception through trial, including numerous appeals. She has represented clients in Federal and State courts across more than 25 states and the Virgin Islands.
Colleen has extensive experience in handling extra-contractual and bad-faith disputes in multiple jurisdictions. She has also represented U.S. and U.K.-based carriers in a wide range of first-party property coverage matters, including disputes related to mold, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Clients routinely ask Colleen for her counsel on third-party coverage matters, such as construction defects, personal and advertising injury, product defects and more.
Recognizing the inherent risks and costs of litigation, Colleen works closely with her clients to avoid lawsuits by providing an early evaluation of coverage issues and potential exposures and proactively resolving coverage disputes before the commencement of litigation. Her strategic approach and in-depth knowledge of insurance law make her a trusted advisor for insurance industry clients seeking effective resolution of complex coverage disputes.
Colleen Costello is a highly skilled insurance law attorney who has successfully litigated, mediated, and managed insurance coverage disputes across the United States. Her experience includes handling claims involving professional liability, commercial general liability, umbrella and excess commercial general liability, commercial property, business interruption, extra expense, commercial auto, trucking, technology, and accident and health policies.
With over 22 years of experience representing insurance industry clients, Colleen has handled coverage issues from inception through trial, including numerous appeals. She has represented clients in Federal and State courts across more than 25 states and the Virgin Islands.
Colleen has extensive experience in handling extra-contractual and bad-faith disputes in multiple jurisdictions. She has also represented U.S. and U.K.-based carriers in a wide range of first-party property coverage matters, including disputes related to mold, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Clients routinely ask Colleen for her counsel on third-party coverage matters, such as construction defects, personal and advertising injury, product defects and more.
Recognizing the inherent risks and costs of litigation, Colleen works closely with her clients to avoid lawsuits by providing an early evaluation of coverage issues and potential exposures and proactively resolving coverage disputes before the commencement of litigation. Her strategic approach and in-depth knowledge of insurance law make her a trusted advisor for insurance industry clients seeking effective resolution of complex coverage disputes.
ExperienceSuccessfully investigated and negotiated settlement in the U.S. Virgin Islands under a first-party property policy following a propane gas explosion at a resort that caused significant property damage to a luxury rental property.
Successfully handled multiple disputes in California concerning coverage for habitability lawsuits against California hotels and other properties involving the Oakland Landlord-Tenant Municipal Code, California Civil Codes Sections 940, 1941 and 1942, Health & Safety Code Sections 17920, 19210 and 13133.7 asserting claims of breach of implied warranty of habitability, negligence and violation of proposition M among other claims.
Won summary judgment motion in Wisconsin state court where the question was whether the “complete operation doctrine,” as codified by a Wisconsin statute applied to a trucking coverage dispute, where the policy was issued in Illinois and the insured was registered in Illinois through the unified carrier registration system.
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