Sean M. Hanifin
Member
Sean Hanifin knows risk isn't a static concept. It is constantly evolving along with an ever-changing business, technological, and legal landscape. That is why so many insurers, reinsurers, and other risk-bearing entities rely on Sean when they need to prepare for and manage novel and high-stakes coverage issues. Sean's acumen for identifying emerging risks and developing the approaches best suited to address them has made him counsel of choice for insurers across the country.
While Sean's experience covers the full spectrum of claims, coverages, and covered entities, he has established himself as an industry leader in handling increasingly prominent and complicated intellectual property claims under the personal and advertising injury coverages of general liability policies. His ability to parse and define new issues and challenges facilitates his development of claims approaches that better protect his clients from exposure.
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- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1981
- Swarthmore College, B.A., with high honors, 1978, Phi Beta Kappa
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Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
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Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law, 2023 and 2024
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Areas of client focus
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