Brian D. McDonald

Brian McDonald has represented policyholders in major coverage disputes for more than 20 years and has helped clients secure hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance recoveries for extraordinary losses. He represents policyholders in litigation and negotiations of insurance claims with a focus on cyber liability and directors and officers (D&O) liability.

Brian has counseled policyholders on a wide variety of cyber insurance matters, including defense of privacy breach claims and class action litigation for disclosure of personally identifiable information and confidential business information; internal data breach investigations; notification and mitigation costs resulting from data breaches; defense of regulatory proceedings related to data breaches and system interruptions; costs to remediate and restore lost data and damaged computer systems; ransomware and extortion demands; and lost business profits and extra expense resulting from cyber incidents.

Brian has also advised policyholder clients regarding insurance for D&O liability, including claims for defense of state and federal securities class actions; shareholder derivative demand investigations; state and federal derivative actions; internal company investigations; interviews by state and federal government regulatory agencies; and governmental investigations and litigation proceedings.

Brian also advises clients on the design, negotiation, and purchase of corporate insurance programs.