HNRK Strengthens Services of Insurance Coverage Litigation & Counseling Practice; Firm Welcomes Partner Andrew N. Bourne
HNRK is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Litigation & Counseling practice with the arrival of Partner Andrew N. Bourne. Mr. Bourne will focus his practice on representing corporate and individual policyholders in insurance recovery. Recognized by New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition© as a 2013 and 2014 “Rising Star” in insurance, Mr. Bourne represents large and small policyholders in complex and sophisticated coverage disputes across a wide range of industries involving a range of insurance contracts. Over the course of his career, Mr. Bourne has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in coverage for policyholders through negotiation and settlement, arbitration, and litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bourne was a founding partner of a boutique law firm dedicated to representing policyholders with insurance counseling and recovery across virtually all policy lines. Mr. Bourne also practiced in the leading policyholder coverage practices of two national law firms. Before entering private practice, Mr. Bourne served as a law clerk for the US. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Bourne received his B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
Dorothea Regal, head of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Litigation & Counseling Practice, said, “Andrew’s considerable experience and skill in representing policyholders will enhance the firm’s capability to handle our clients’ insurance needs and continue to maximize their insurance recoveries, as we proceed to expand the Practice. We are very pleased to welcome Andrew to the firm.”
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, was founded in 1996 by senior litigation lawyers dedicated to using their decades of big-firm litigation experience to represent clients faced with sophisticated and demanding legal issues effectively and responsively in a collegial small firm setting. The firm’s Insurance Coverage Litigation & Counseling Practice is dedicated to maximizing insurance recoveries for policyholders through claim prosecution, negotiation with insurers and litigation or arbitration. Attorneys in the Practice represent policyholders in all facets of insurance coverage disputes involving a wide range of claims and policies, including property insurance, business interruption coverage, third-party liability insurance for environmental, products, asbestos and other claims, as well as claims under Directors & Officers liability policies, claims under professional liability or Errors & Omissions insurance, employment practices liability claims, multimedia errors and omissions claims, and claims under fidelity bonds. Attorneys in the Practice have helped their policyholder clients recover hundreds of millions of dollars in coverage.