Andrew S. Boris

Andrew Boris is a partner in the Chicago office and focuses his national practice on complex insurance and reinsurance matters. Before attending law school, Andrew worked for a major insurance company and was licensed as an insurance provider. He has extensive experience in interpreting insurance and reinsurance contracts and the coverages that they provide. He has a broad range of experience in complex insurance and reinsurance litigation, arbitrations, mediations, and coverage analysis.

Andrew currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Reinsurance Practice Group. He has represented insurers and reinsurers in major insurance coverage and reinsurance disputes; negotiated settlements, commutations and other agreements; and advised insurers and reinsurers on claim and underwriting matters. In addition, Andrew works with insurance companies on wide-ranging enterprise liability issues and has coordinated company-wide internal investigations addressing such issues. As part of this effort, Andrew has provided supervision of the defense of direct actions advanced against insurers in courts around the country.

Andrew is licensed to practice in Illinois and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is an active member of the Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations as well as the Defense Research Institute, ARIAS - U.S., and Order of the Coif. Andrew is a frequent author and lecturer, providing commentary and insight with respect to a variety of insurance and reinsurance related issues. Additionally, Andrew has been recognized as one of the top insurance coverage attorneys in Illinois for the past four years, most recently in the February 2008 issue of Chicago magazine, as well as the 2008 Illinois Super Lawyers magazine.

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Andrew received his undergraduate degree in 1989 from Boston College and his law degree from DePaul College of Law (with honors) in 1996. While at the DePaul College of Law, he served as a member of the DePaul Law Review. Recently, Andrew has served as an adjunct professor at DePaul College of Law, teaching both litigation skills and legal writing classes.