Jennifer Farina is the Deputy Practice Group Leader of McCarter’s Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling Group.
She brings a thoughtful and strategic approach to helping her clients maximize their insurance coverage for losses under a variety of insurance policies, including general liability, property, fidelity, and directors and officers policies. She is adept at managing insurance issues within a client’s overarching strategy, including coordinating with other outside counsel and internal business stakeholders.
Jennifer advises a wide range of clients, from multiple Fortune 500 companies to boutique hotels. Her experience includes guiding companies through the complex process of securing coverage for large, long-tail liabilities under insurance policies spanning decades and involving many insurers. These efforts included managing allocation consultants and developing allocation strategy to capitalize on available current and historical coverage. She engages in all aspects of litigation, from pre-litigation counseling through appeal, and has successfully assisted clients in resolving their disputes prior to litigation through alternative dispute resolution and settlement.
Jennifer’s experience includes:
- Serving as lead insurance counsel to 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies LLC in bankruptcy proceedings involving Combat Arms earplugs, and more generally advising clients concerning insurance issues in a wide variety of bankruptcy contexts.
- Negotiating with counsel for insurers, with results including multi-million dollar settlements.
- Pursuing coverage under general and product liability policies (Bermuda form, occurrence, and claims-made) for underlying losses arising from asbestos, coal mine dust, talc, and earplugs.
Jennifer is a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. She speaks and writes on emerging issues in insurance coverage, including presenting on the impact of Covid-related decisions in other property damage contexts and addressing insurance coverage for artificial intelligence exposures. She co-authored an article on artificial intelligence coverage issues that has been preliminarily accepted for publication in the Insurance Law Review.
