At Childress Duffy Goldblatt, it is our practice to understand the business of our clients, beyond the legal aspects. Our success and national reputation is the direct result of achieving our clients' goals by the most expeditious possible route. Our knowledge of the insurance industry and more than a century of experience handling corporate and sophisticated policyholder insurance matters and recovery of capital is unsurpassed. We know what we are doing. It is our passion and our focus. We are your insurance against insurance.

CDG Talent

Our talent consists of lawyers who have worked for the insurance industry, handled multimillion dollar domestic and international losses and who are, themselves, touted as experts in the industry. We understand the inner working of the insurance industry from the underwriting to the claims process through how the insurance industry itself transfers its own risks.  We know the industry representatives and who to contact to get the job done. This is invaluable information which allows us to work efficiently, effectively and precisely to accomplish our clients’ goals. The Firm's expertise in the areas of insurance and litigation helps it effectively level the playing field between the insurance company and policyholder, shifting the risk of loss away from our clients.

Our lawyers are licensed to practice throughout multiple states and we routinely service our clients at a national level. Our team of lawyers has argued before numerous and Federal, Appellate and State Courts and many are also CPAs, MBAs or are further accredited and licensed. We have created the law for our clients.

One Solution With CDG

Insurance is a more than a $90 billion a year sophisticated, industry built around the concept of hedging a bet as to whether an event will happen in the future. In short, the insurance industry is about risk shifting and its profits are dependent upon

whether it correctly predicts the certainty of a future risk. The industry employs thousands of experts like statisticians, actuaries, attorneys, mathematicians, PhDs, engineers and others to ensure that they emerge the winners and profitable for their shareholders. 

National in scope, CDG's team supports its clients throughout all stages of risk management planning from pre-loss policy analysis through crisis management and claims handling. CDG brings a stable of experts to the table for its clients. We know the pre and post loss aspects of insurance as well as coverage possibilities and losses should a risk occur. We have relationships with the top experts throughout the country in all facets of insurance counseling and recovery, from engineers, disaster recovery contractor, accountants, infrared specialists and environmental contractors to statisticians, actuaries and physicians. 

Our team has dealt with the experts the insurance industry retains from general liability to first party through reinsurance matters. So we know who the industry respects and what it is looking for. We understand the insurance companies’ job, and how they do it, so we can speak their language and provide flexible solutions to reach our clients’ goals.

Insurance Contract Specialization

The insurance policy is a sophisticated contract with defined terms and language which is often construed by both State and Federal courts. These contracts are complicated and so it is not unusual for a court to allow experts to testify to assist it in determining the meaning of the contract language. The industry employs hundreds of thousands of attorneys to not only assist in the creation of its contract language, but also to ensure that its contracts are interpreted in a way which lets them win the bet; against coverage.

Our team of lawyers has been responsible for numerous seminal decisions in favor of the policyholder decided by courts throughout the United States. On behalf of our clients, we have drafted policy language which has been accepted and used by the insurance industry. We know how a word or phrase used in the insurance contract has been construed, either by the insurance industry or the courts. This allows us to soundly and completely advise our clients as to the value, extent and issues with their insurance coverage so that they can obtain the coverage they need and thought they were getting.

Unique Electronic Evidence Base
We have a storage base of contracts and documents from the insurance industry which is unsurpassed. We have a unique library of insurance policies, claim handling procedures, underwriting evidence and depositions from industry claim handlers and executives. This valuable collection of insurance information gives us an advantage with the insurance company and allows us to more quickly handle our clients’ claims to resolution.

Childress Duffy Goldblatt Provide Service
In The Following Insurance Related Areas:
Pre-loss Coverage Analysis and Review
First Party: Property Loss, Life and Disability
Recovery of attorney fees and indemnity dollars for our clients when involved in litigation such as: commercial, D&O, shareholder, intellectual property, contract and construction defect.
Coverage Opinions
Bad Faith Litigation
Broker Liability
Mortgagee Representation
Regulatory: Broker and Adjuster Regulatory Issues

Our Clients Are Typically From The Following Industries:

Manufacturing                                                                   Heavy Industry

Service                                                                              Pharmaceutical

Construction: Owners, Developers and Contractors       Professional Services

Financial Institutions                                                          Real Estate

Retail                                                                                 Technology

Property Managers                                                           High Net Worth Individuals