Dickstein Shapiro LLP, a multiservice law firm with a nationally prominent insurance coverage practice, has named Los Angeles attorney Shaun Crosner the leader of the Insurance Coverage Group’s Sports Practice. Crosner counsels individuals and corporate policyholders, including sports and entertainment clients, in pre-litigation disputes with their insurers, and he has an active insurance coverage litigation and arbitration practice.
“Shaun has emerged as a go-to lawyer in the area of sports insurance, and we are thrilled to have him leading the Insurance Coverage Group’s Sports Practice,” says Kirk Pasich, the Insurance Coverage Group’s Client Strategy Leader. “Shaun has a nuanced understanding of the unique risks that face teams, leagues and associations, universities, venues, media entities, athletes, and coaches. His deep knowledge of insurance law and his extensive experience handling complex insurance coverage matters are tremendous assets to the firm’s sports clients.”
The lawyers in the Insurance Coverage Group’s Sports Practice handle “the full range of insurance issues for the firm’s sports clients,” says Crosner. “Although the firm’s coverage lawyers are perhaps best known for our representation of policyholders in litigation against their insurers, we also provide a broad range of pre-litigation services for our clients. We routinely perform policy audits to ensure that our clients are purchasing insurance policies that meet their coverage needs, and in the event of a claim, we are available to guide our clients through the claims process and assist in pre-litigation negotiations with their insurers.”
Crosner has represented policyholders in a wide range of matters involving insurance coverage for advertising liabilities; athlete disability and health insurance claims; bodily injury and wrongful death lawsuits; business interruption and extra expense losses; construction defect litigation; copyright infringement claims; defamation claims; disability benefits; employment-related discrimination and wage and hour lawsuits; entertainment industry and production liabilities; errors and omissions and professional malpractice; fires, floods, hurricanes, and other natural disaster losses; property damage claims; and rescission lawsuits. He has also represented commercial clients in lawsuits against insurance brokers and in connection with general business litigation and contract disputes.
A frequent speaker and author on insurance law and related topics, Crosner’s articles and columns have been featured in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Business Insurance Magazine, the Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily, Professional Sports and the Law, the New York Law Journal, Mealey’s Litigation Reports, Insurance Law360, and Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, among others. He is also a primary author and editor of LexisNexis’s New Appleman Sports and Entertainment Law & Practice Guide, which is considered to be the definitive text on insurance issues relevant to the sports and entertainment industries.
