Monitoring & Supervisory Counsel
Overview
Monitoring and Supervising Counsel Services for Excess Insurers
We offer specialized Monitoring and Supervising Counsel services designed to protect the interests of excess insurers throughout complex and high-exposure and catastrophic professional liability litigation. Our highly experienced Team understands the unique responsibilities of excess carriers and the critical importance of strategic oversight, effective communication, and proactive risk management at every stage of high-exposure and catastrophic professional liability claims.
Our Monitoring and Supervising Counsel services include, but not limited to:
- Case Oversight: We track progress of the underlying litigation to ensure that defense strategies align with best practices and protect the exposure of excess layers.
- Defense Counsel Coordination: We maintain regular communication with appointed Defense Counsel; evaluate case handling; engage in litigation tactics and strategies, with particular focus to ensure that aggressive damages evaluations are being performed; and adherence to case budgets and reporting guidelines.
- Settlement Analysis: We offer candid, data-driven, evaluations of settlement demands and trial risks; while assisting clients make informed decisions about negotiation strategies and financial exposure.
- Reporting and Communication: Our Team delivers clear, concise, and frequent reports to excess carriers, which will include summarizing key case developments, reserving recommendations, and key strategic considerations.
- Trial Monitoring: For cases approaching trial, we provide in-depth assessments of trial risk, venue and jury dynamics, and potential outcomes. For those cases in the trial stage, our experienced team will be there in-person in order to provide day-to-day reports, evaluations, recommendations, and immediate communication as it occurs in the courtroom. This service permits the excess insurers to anticipate and respond effectively during the pre-trial and trial stages of the case.
With experience across a wide range of medical professional liability, aging services, and medical device claims, HBS delivers responsive, monitoring and supervisory counsel services tailored to the complex needs of excess insurers in the medical professional liability sector. We partner with our clients to ensure their interests are protected without interfering with Defense Counsel’s role, preserving a collaborative and effective defense effort toward successful resolution.
Trusted Experience. Strategic Insight. Practical Solutions.
For more information about our Monitoring Counsel services, please contact Drew Graham or Ryan Donihue.
