Becky is the managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office and the Practice Group leader for the Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group. She has more than 30 years of civil litigation experience at both the trial and appellate court levels. She specializes in complex litigation and has handled a wide variety of cases, including insurance coverage issues, commercial litigation disputes, constitutional claims, employment discrimination cases and insurance bad faith claims. Becky also provides extensive counseling to insurance companies including advice on the drafting of policies and exclusions.

Becky has achieved a large number of victories, both at the trial level and on appeal. In Chambers USA 2010, Becky was described as "smart, experienced, thoughtful and a worthy opponent.”

She is a frequent speaker on insurance coverage and bad faith issues.

Representative Experience
Represented an insurer client in a lead contamination case alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in duty to defend and consent to settle issues, winning on motion before the trial court and on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.

Represented confidential CIA source in litigation in defamation action.

Successfully represented governmental entity in trial court and on appeal in the DC Circuit in Privacy Act and defamation claim involving government whistleblower.

Represented insurers in asbestos litigation dispute involving 250,000 claims. Obtained summary judgment for insurers on pro rata allocation of losses, number of occurrences, and defense obligations for CGL coverage under Illinois law.

Obtained anti-suit injunction in trial court and on appeal in Illinois Court of Appeals precluding an insured from litigating coverage dispute in multiple forums outside of Illinois.

Successfully represented insurer on appeal in appellate court seeking to limit extra contractual exposure.

Acted as national settlement counsel for a major insurer.

Obtained favorable settlement for insurer involving tens of thousands of asbestos claimants in Delaware.

Handled insurance coverage action in trial court and on appeal in California Court of Appeals.

Represented the government in the trial court and on appeal with respect to various issues under the National Environmental Protection Act and Title VI with respect to the relocation of a hospital.