Walter’s practice focuses on complex insurance litigation, counseling and reinsurance arbitrations and expert witness testimony.
As the head of the firm’s insurance coverage practice, Walter offers clients more than 30 years of experience managing insurance-related issues, including program audits, policy manuscripting, counseling, litigation and arbitration. He works with companies in a diverse range of industries, including financial services, consumer products, food and beverages, chemicals, real estate and municipalities.
Walter is the former Chair of the ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He is admitted to practice before courts and arbitral bodies across the United States and abroad, including the United States Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits, and US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington, District of North Dakota, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of North Carolina. He litigates insurance coverage and bad faith disputes around the nation, involving business interruption, product liability, construction defect, reinsurance matters, cyberinsurance and e-commerce issues, and other emerging claims. These matters involve a variety of insurance contracts, including professional liability, first party property, general liability insurance policies, cyberinsurance, and various reinsurance agreements.
