Sidley Austin LLP

With particular expertise in life insurance class actions, the team at Sidley Austin LLP works with a range of carrier-side stakeholders to handle class action litigation, regulatory and white-collar investigations, reinsurance disputes, and appellate work. Hailing from the Chicago office, practice co-head Eric Mattson is noted for his defense of life insurance class actions. New York-based Ellen Dunn is a go-to for contentious regulatory matters and insurance insolvency proceedings, routinely representing life insurers before regulatory bodies, and back in Chicago, Thomas Cunningham is a key contact for insurance and reinsurance litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations. Based between Chicago and Dallas, Brian Kavanaugh specializes in acting for health insurers, and Chicago-based Christopher Assise’s practice includes reinsurance litigation and class actions against P&C insurers.