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Combining proactive defense capabilities with years of proven litigation experience, Wilson Elser handles crisis management and emergency response for many of our clients across a wide range of industry sectors.
As the situation demands, we assemble “go-teams” comprising attorneys from appropriate practice areas and office locations as well as any combination of accident reconstructionists, independent adjusters, investigators, forensic experts, diagnostic engineers, criminal defense attorneys, public relations experts and other specialists. Team members are usually on-site − or otherwise strategically situated − within the crucial first few hours following the occurrence or notification of an event. They remain fully engaged throughout the investigation and ensuing litigation.
Our attorneys provide fast, well-coordinated responses to threats such as:
Wilson Elser has responded to and helped manage the fallout from hundreds of critical incidents, including active shooters and other fatalities and high-risk internal investigations that result in vast reputational and financial exposure. Our Critical Incident Response Team boasts several attorneys who draw on decades of experience in law enforcement.
We also work with our clients to provide and facilitate training, assist with risk identification and create an action plan that can mitigate exposure to potential future incidents.
Learn more about our Critical Incident Response Team.
We provide swift, comprehensive support for clients in the event of catastrophes such as aviation and rail accidents, truck and bus crashes, elevator and escalator incidents, factory explosions and building collapses.
Business leaders continually strive to strike an efficient, effective balance between pursuing ambitious goals and managing the accompanying risks. Yet, even with the soundest strategies, this delicate equilibrium can be suddenly jarred by a crisis that threatens business momentum, customer confidence or a company’s core financial foundation.
For several of our practices and in many key venues, Wilson Elser can assemble “go teams” comprising those attorneys and support personnel who are best equipped to handle an emerging crisis. Crisis Management Practice members become fully engaged, often within hours of the event, and when circumstances dictate are on-site gathering the information and witness insights that can help clients manage investigatory demands and fortify potential future litigation defenses. We interview relevant parties and determine the facts of the incident, the potential need for specialized criminal attorney representation, hours or service issues, federal agency compliance concerns, safety violations and any other potential causation issues or concerns.
Should a crisis require our clients to face regulatory bodies, the media or the public anywhere in the country or around the world, we quite literally can be at their side, providing support and experienced guidance.
Learn more about our specific crisis management and emergency response capabilities and related case histories for catastrophic casualty events and transportation accidents.
Wilson Elser attorneys who specialize in product contamination and recall issues provide insurers and their insureds with unmatched experience in analyzing claims based on the full spectrum of related policies, including:
- Accidental product contamination coverage
- Malicious product tampering coverage
- Adverse publicity coverage
- Government recall
- Third-party losses.
Our practice attorneys have handled claims involving every conceivable type of food product throughout the United States and Canada. Representing clients as coverage counsel, coverage litigation defense counsel and/or monitoring counsel, we establish whether claims are covered and if so, we quickly move forward to address the many considerations that impact their respective values. Moreover, with our network of strategically located offices throughout the United States, our firm is well positioned to render coverage opinions, provide litigation services and serve as monitoring counsel in virtually every market.
Learn more about our product recall crisis management and emergency response capabilities and related case histories.
For more than 15 years, Wilson Elser’s core team of talented partners, ably assisted by associates and paralegals, has handled breach response and other sensitive situations arising from the misuse of computers and related technology.
Following reports of a breach, our Crisis Management attorneys begin a “triage” process designed to immediately contain exposure. Every breach has a distinctive set of characteristics and surrounding circumstances, and our experience allows us to respond swiftly and categorically in kind.
We regularly conduct forensic analysis, deploying experts specially chosen to enhance protection of privileged and confidential communications, determine the cause of the breach and identify what data is at risk. Results guide the implementation of measures designed to comply with legal obligations and prevent additional data intrusion.
Learn more about our cybersecurity crisis management and emergency response capabilities and related case histories.
Wilson Elser’s kidnap and ransom (K&R) coverage attorneys have extensive experience representing insurers and reinsurers in this especially sensitive area of law. The team routinely handles high-profile matters for major companies with internationally dispersed employees. From kidnappings and detentions to emergency evacuation and repatriation, we have represented our clients as coverage counsel, coverage litigation defense counsel and monitoring counsel. The varied claims we have evaluated and litigated stemmed from incidents in the United States as well as in countries where systemic issues give frequent rise to K&R occurrences.
