Caryn Daum is a member of the firm’s Litigation Section. Ms. Daum currently focuses her practice on representing the firm’s property insurance company clients in complex coverage litigation cases, including cases related to the Big Dig tunnel project in Boston, Hurricane Katrina, and other matters involving commercial property, homeowners, boiler and machinery, and builders risk-type policies. In addition to her property insurance practice, Ms. Daum regularly defends the firm's insurance company clients against extracontractual liability claims, including alleged violations of Mass. Gen. Laws c. 93A and 176D. She also handles business litigation matters involving corporate disputes.
When not representing the firm’s clients, Ms. Daum serves as panel counsel for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, where she handles a variety of landlord/tenant disputes on a pro bono basis. She also serves on the editorial board for the Massachusetts Law Review.
Ms. Daum received her B.A. from the University of Vermont and her J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School. She was a note editor for the Suffolk Transnational Law Review. Her publications include "The Great Compromise: Where to Convene the Trial of the Suspects Implicated in the Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Over Lockerbie, Scotland," 23.1 Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 131 (1999).
Ms. Daum is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
| — | J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University Law School, Law Review |
| — | B.A., University of Vermont, political science |
| — | American Bar Association, Property Insurance Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section |
| — | Defense Research Institute, First Party Property Insurance Subcommittee, Member |
| — | Massachusetts Bar Association |
| — | Women's Bar Association |
| — | Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, Panel Counsel, 2004 to present |
| — | Massachusetts Law Review Editorial Board, 2006 to present |