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Marc T. Ladd


Marc T. Ladd is a Principal in the New York office of McKool Smith. His practice focuses on insurance coverage litigation and counseling for corporate policyholders.

Marc regularly represents large corporate policyholders in federal and state court actions around the country seeking damages, declaratory judgments, and other reliefs against prominent American and European property and casualty insurers, resulting in millions of dollars in insurance recovery. He has extensive experience representing policyholders in various types of insurance coverage disputes, including first and third-party property/casualty; insurance broker malpractice; asbestos and other cancer-related bodily injury; traditional and non-traditional environmental property damage; product liability; D&O, E&O, and professional liability; insurance proceeds for trustees in bankruptcy; mortgage holder claims; business interruption; insurer bad faith and consumer protection; and contractor and subcontractor liability. Marc has conducted all phases of litigation, from coverage analysis and client counseling to pleadings, written discovery and depositions, motion practice, trial, and eventual settlement.

In 2018, Law360 named Marc one of five “Rising Stars” nationwide in Insurance, and in 2019, Marc was named to Law360’s Insurance Editorial Advisory Board. Marc has co-authored several articles on insurance coverage and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a New York Metro "Rising Star" for Insurance Coverage since 2014.