Michael J. Duffy

Michael Duffy has nearly 30 years of experience representing insurers in insurance coverage matters, extra-contractual liability, bad faith and reinsurance matters. He regularly advises clients with respect to insurance coverage issues, drafts insurance policy language, and litigates coverage and bad faith cases for general and specialty lines insurance and reinsurance companies.

Michael also has experience handling class action matters, particularly against insurers. He draws on the firm’s national resources and collective experience to realize desired legal outcomes for his clients based on their individual reputational challenges and financial objectives.

Michael is involved with several nonprofit organizations, including Friends of the Orphans, which is dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned children in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Gateway Foundation, which provides treatment for indigents addicted to drugs and alcohol. He also served as the DePaul University College of Law Alumni Liaison and as a lector for St. Mary of Vernon Catholic Church.

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Appellate, 2) Insurance & Reinsurance Coverage, 3) Class Action Defense and 4) Commercial Litigation
Law School DePaul University College of Law (J.D.,1987)
Education Northern Illinois University (B.A.,1984)
Bar Member / Association IllinoisState Bar Association,Wisconsin State Bar Association
Most recent firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-duffy-8748b126
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