Eric A. Smith

Eric is a regulatory attorney, focusing on the insurance sector. He represents state insurance regulators in the liquidation, rehabilitation and examination of insurance companies, as well as handling administrative, insurance coverage, reinsurance and other disputes and litigation.

Prior to entering private practice, Eric was an Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Government Bureau, in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. He also served as law clerk to the Honorable Walter Jay Skinner, United States District Judge.

Recent Matters Include:

• Represented the liquidators of large property/casualty insurance companies in complex disputes with corporate claimants and reinsurers, including disputes over coverage for asbestos and environmental claims, and in disputes over procedures in insurer liquidations.
• Represent insurance regulators in examinations and reorganizations of insurance companies.
• Represented insurers and others in coverage and other contractual disputes.