Atty. Gary L. Gassman
Gary Gassman focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage counseling and litigation and is co-chair of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group. For more than 20 years, his practice has been concentrated on management liability including directors and officers and entity liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, and various types of professional liability and commercial general liability coverage.
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Gary L. Gassman is a insurance attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Cozen O'Connor. They have 33+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1993. Admitted to practice in Illinois, Bar (1993), Arizona, Bar (2015), and Wisconsin, Bar (2015). Educated at University of Illinois Chicago (J.D., 1993) and Indiana University Bloomington (B.A., 1990). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Insurance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Insurance (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gary Gassman focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage counseling and litigation and is co-chair of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group
- For more than 20 years, his practice has been concentrated on management liability including directors and officers and entity liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, and various types of professional liability and commercial general liability coverage
- He also has significant reinsurance experience
- Gary serves as national coverage counsel for a number of insurance companies in the management of directors and officers and professional liability claims and litigation
- He has represented insurers and reinsurers in coverage litigation and domestic and international arbitration and in general business and compliance matters
- He regularly engages in management liability and miscellaneous professional liability insurance policy, application and endorsement interpretation and drafting, and has conducted numerous claim, system and underwriting audits for insurers and reinsurers
- He also defends various types of professionals in litigated matters
- Gary speaks at insurance coverage seminars throughout the county and is active in several lead organizations
- He has taught legal writing as an adjunct professor of law and regularly publishes in the areas of corporate governance, securities laws, and international and domestic D&O, E&O, and EPL exposures and trends
- Gary currently serves as Diversity Officer of the American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), co-chair of the TIPS Insurance Institute Task Force, and leader of the Cozen O'Connor LGBTQ Attorney Resource Group
Work History
Cozen O'Connor (2015 - Present) Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Person LLP (1999 - 2015) Kenneth T. Garvey & Associates (1996 - 1999) Fellowship, Center for Information Technology & Privacy Law (1993 - 1995)
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Insurance attorneys for coverage disputes, bad faith claims, denied claims, and policy disputes.
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Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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