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Mary Craig Calkins
550 South Hope St.
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071
+1 213.892.2600
+1 213.892.2300 (Fax)
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Mary Craig Calkins is a Partner in Howrey’s Los Angeles office specializing in complex commercial litigation with a focus on insurance recovery for policyholders. With extensive coverage experience in directors and officers liability, entertainment claims, construction defect, e-commerce and technology claims, first party property and business interruption losses, and broker liability issues, Ms. Calkins has focused on insurance recovery for more than 20 years. She has litigated coverage for advertising injuries, employment practices liabilities, intellectual property (patent, trademark and copyright), product liability, professional errors and omissions, business torts, environmental and toxic torts and lender/fiduciary liabilities.
Ms. Calkins was recognized as one of "California’s Top Women Litigators" by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2007, she was named one of 50 "Women to Watch" by Business Insurance. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, a published ranking aimed at US businesses, recognizes her as a leader in the insurance field, stating that she has "superb negotiation skills and ability to resolve cases," and clients appreciate her ability to “authoritatively convey complex ideas and make a difficult situation much more manageable.” In 2008, Ms. Calkins was the recipient of the Loyola Law School Distinguished Alumni Award and she has been named as a Southern California Super Lawyer. Ms. Calkins currently is Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, a national committee with over 2200 members. She writes and speaks regularly at seminars throughout the country.
"Howrey's knowledge, experience and expertise in insurance recovery is unsurpassed, providing a national approach to a highly specialized area of the law."
Representative Highlights
- Corporations and Former Officers and Directors. Represents various corporate entities including global communications entities and healthcare companies seeking D&O insurance coverage, negotiating defense reimbursements, indemnification trust agreements, claims distribution procedures and settlement contributions.
- FremantleMedia North America, Inc. As lead counsel for an entertainment production company (producers of television’s number one hit program, among others) for multimillion-dollar insurance-broker litigation, advises, negotiates and coordinates production-related policies and issues.
- PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. Lead counsel representing pet food distributor on insurance issues involving securities, derivative, and contaminated products litigation.
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (JD, 1981), cum laude
- University of California - Los Angeles (BA, 1972)
- Occidental College (1970)
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