Dan Sullivan, cochair of the firm's Litigation Section, has over 20 years of experience representing insurance companies in insurance coverage, subrogation, and extra-contractual claims litigation. He has represented insurers in significant cases arising from the September 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2004 Florida hurricanes as well as in losses to businesses arising from fires and explosions, mold contamination, and construction defects. Recently, he served as cocounsel to a major insurer in a multimillion-dollar Hurricane Katrina coverage and bad faith case tried to verdict in federal court in New Orleans. Mr. Sullivan is currently advising and coordinating litigation for insurers regarding claims for damages associated with Chinese-made drywall. 

In addition to insurance-related matters, Mr. Sullivan has represented clients in a broad spectrum of litigation, including business disputes, criminal enforcement matters, fire litigation, and state and federal tax litigation. The cases he has worked on range from litigation and appeal of dissolution and shareholder derivative actions that established the scope of the business judgment rule in Connecticut to a murder case that served as a case study on the issue of time of death in Dr. Henry Lee's book Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crime.

EDUCATION

—	J.D., with high honors, The George Washington University Law School, Order of the Coif
—	B.A., with distinction, The George Washington University, History, Phi Beta Kappa

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

—	University of Connecticut School of Law, Insurance Law Center, 1998 to 2008, Adjunct Faculty
—	American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Property Insurance Law Committee, Vice Chair, 1999 to 2004
—	Defense Research Institute, 1995 to present

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

—	University of Connecticut School of Law, Adjunct Faculty

HONORS AND AWARDS

—	Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Insurance Law since 2006 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)