With nearly 20 years of experience representing policyholders in pursuing insurance claims and litigation, Tara Kowalski has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for policyholder clients. She has extensive experience with various types of insurance coverage and claims, including commercial general liability (CGL), professional liability, employment practices liability (EPLI), errors and omissions (E&O), product liability, intellectual property, builders risk, property, business interruption, extra expense, and bad faith. She has represented policyholders in a broad array of industries, including consumer products, technology, real estate, fashion/apparel, hospitality, manufacturing, education, financial services, telecommunications, railroad, and medical.
Tara also maintains an active commercial litigation practice in other areas, including contract and indemnity, and has represented clients in all stages of litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Tara frequently writes and speaks on insurance coverage issues. She served as co-chair of the Business Interruption Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Insurance Litigation Committee. She has been recognized repeatedly as a "Super Lawyer," "Top LA Women Lawyer," and "Rising Star" by the publishers of Los Angeles. In 2013, she was named a "Rising Star Under 40" by Law360, one of only two policyholder lawyers named in the United States.
Experience
Additional Publications
- April 2016
How Insurance Can Save You Million in IP Litigation, RIS - March 2015
Does Your Insurance Cover Supply Chain Disruptions, RIS
Additional Speaking Engagements
- March 11, 2020
Coronavirus Response: What In-House Counsel Need to Know - January 31, 2019
Avoiding Insurance Traps: A Top Ten Guide For In-House Counsel, Jones Day University - January 26, 2017
Beating Bias, Moderator, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Joint Task Force - January 25, 2017
Maximizing Directors' and Officers' Insurance Coverage: The Evolving Needs From Start-Up to Publicly Traded Company, Jones Day University - September 27, 2016
Cybersecurity Insurance, FFIEC Cybersecuirty Assessment Tool Deep Dive Workshop - January 2009
Insurance Coverage 101: Fundamentals of Insurance Coverage, Howrey LLP
- University of California, Davis (J.D. 2002; Editor-in-Chief, Law Review; Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Torts); University of California, San Diego (B.A. magna cum laude 1998)
- California and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, and Northern Districts of California
Best Lawyers in America, recognized for insurance law
Southern California Super Lawyers
"The Top LA Women Lawyers" — Los Angeles magazine
"Rising Star Under 40 in Insurance Law" — Law360
"Rising Star" — Southern California Super Lawyers
- Legal extern to Senior Judge Arthur R. Alarcón, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (Summer 2000)