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Stacey L. McGraw Member

Areas of Practice

Industries

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
    Pennsylvania (Inactive)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude
University of Virginia, B.A., with distinction, Echols Scholar

Stacey's practice focuses on providing advice and representation to professional liability insurance carriers with respect to coverage issues, ultimate exposure and underwriting strategy. She advises clients on matters involving complex insurance policies for directors and officers (D&O) and other professionals, including those in quickly growing areas of technology, telecommunications and media. She frequently represents directors and officers and other professional liability carriers at private and court-ordered mediations. Stacey also has defended professionals, including attorneys, against allegations of malpractice, and has represented nonprofits in litigation and in other contexts.

Experience

  • Filed declaratory judgment actions on behalf of insurance carriers in claims involving terms of coverage, disclosures in applications for coverage and existence of other insurance.
  • Defended insurers in coverage litigation concerning the terms of public and private company D&O policies.
  • Represented a cyber liability insurer in connection with litigation on the terms of insurance coverage for a data breach.
  • Successfully defended an insurance company against allegations of bad faith.
  • Defended an insurance client against the claimant's efforts in underlying litigation to obtain the insurer's files.
  • Represented D&O insurance carriers in connection with a failed bank litigation.
  • Represented a national law firm in a legal malpractice suit.
  • Defended the board of directors of a nonprofit in court and arbitration proceedings against employment and defamation claims.
  • Advised nonprofit boards on corporate governance questions.
  • Privacy and Security Risks of Social Media, American Bankers Association Insurance Risk Management Forum
    January 29, 2020
  • "Accumulating User Behavior Data - What ARE the Risks?," Panelist, 2016 PLUS Cyber Symposium, New York City, NY
    September 27, 2016
  • "How Comprehensive Is Comprehensive Liability Insurance?" Speaker, HB Litigation Conferences: Data Breach & Privacy Litigation Conference, San Francisco, CA
    February 11, 2016
  • "Internet of Things (loT): Boundless Exposures & Privacy Issues," Moderator, 2015 PLUS Cyber Symposium
    September 17, 2015
  • "Cyber Speed Debates 2.0," Speaker, 2014 PLUS Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
    November 5-7, 2014
  • "The Aftermath of Failed Financial Institutions Including the Impact of Insolvency on Coverage, Claims and Costs," Speaker, ACI Financial Institutions Insurance Conference, New York City, NY
    November 22, 2013
  • "Government Investigations: Hot Areas, Defense Strategies and Coverage Issues," Speaker, ABA Section of Litigation 2013 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Women in Insurance Networking Workshop, Chicago, IL
    October 15, 2013
  • "Cloud Cover: Insuring Technology & Cyberliability Risks," Speaker, ABA Section of Litigation 2012 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Women in Insurance Networking Workshop
    October 18, 2012
  • "Privacy and Data Security: The New 'Cyber' World of Insurance Coverage & Risk Management," Speaker, ABA Section on Litigation Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, Tucson, AZ
    March 4, 2011
  • "Assessing What a Breach and a Resulting Claim Is Really Worth," Speaker, American Conference lnstitute's 4th National Advanced Forum on Cyber & Data Risk Insurance, New York City, NY
    September 27-29, 2010
  • "Insurance Coverage Clinic," Speaker, Nonprofit Risk Management Institutes
    October 18, 2004
  • "Are There Risks with Blockchain Technology?" Co-author
    October 21, 2019
    Property Casualty 360
  • "Key D&O and Professional Liability Trends of 2017," Author
    February 2018
    Law360
  • "Fourth Circuit Addresses Potential Coverage for Cyber Liabilities Under General Liability Policies in Portal HealthCare," Author
    June 2016
    PLUS Journal
  • "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An Overview of the Law and Coverage-Related Issues," Co-author
    January-February 2014
    ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation
  • "Being an Open Book," Co-author
    March 15, 2013
    Risk Management Magazine
  • "Cyber Liability: New Wrinkles on Old Coverage Issues," Author
    October 2012
    PLUSweb
  • "Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Deepening Insolvency as an Independent Cause of Action in 'Trenwick' Decision," Author
    December 2007
    PLUS Journal

Blog Posts

Memberships & Involvement

  • Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society
  • Member, Editorial Board, PLUS Journal