- 2026-06-30
Ethan H. Seibert
Partner
Ethan focuses his practice on insurance coverage litigation and counseling. He has significant experience with a multitude of policy types, including:
- Commercial General Liability
- Directors and Officers Liability
- Errors and Omissions
- Employment Practices Liability
- Environmentsl Liability
- Stop Loss
- Excess and Umbrella
- Captive Fronting Programs
Awards & Rankings
- Northern California Super Lawyers® (Insurance Coverage), 2023
- Rising Star (Insurance Coverage), Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer and its managing general agent for a putative class action against the insured employee benefit plan under errors and omissions policy.
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer by successfully arguing interpretation of asset purchase agreement that obviated coverage under a commercial general liability policy.
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer rejecting insured's argument that reservation of rights letter was a separate contract to pay defense costs despite lack of defense obligation.
- Negotiated several settlements involving primary and excess carriers in insurance coverage litigation over construction defects at a large manufacturing plant.
- Secured favorable settlement for insurer in litigation against a wholly-owned corporation of the United States of America regarding alleged coverage for environmental cleanup at the Presidio of San Francisco under remediation "stop loss" and environmental liability insurance policies.
- Successfully defeated claims for CGL coverage with respect to damages involving the failure of thousands of computer servers on grounds that there was no covered property damage.
- Provided coverage advice under Directors & Officers policies concerning underlying antitrust, qui tam, and class action actions.
- Provided counsel on personal injury/advertising injury coverage in connection with defamation and false advertising claims against insured textile manufacturer.
- Represented primary and excess insurers in litigation against the manufacturer of asbestos-containing products concerning coverage for thousands of bodily injury claims spanning three decades.
- Advised an insurer in litigation against an international manufacturing corporation arising out of property damage and bodily injury claims after discovery of extensive soil and groundwater pollution.
- Provided advice regarding coverage for employment claims under employment practices liability policies.
- Conducted insurance due diligence on large, cross-border corporate transactions.
- Assisted corporations regarding overall insurance programs, identified potential coverage gaps, and suggested means to strengthen coverage.
- 2023-06-30
- 2018-01-02
- 2017-09-01
ADDITIONAL SPEAKING & WRITING
- Co-Author, “Squire Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter,” September 2014
- Co-Author, “Insurance Coverage Litigation,” Continuing Legal Education publication and seminar for the National Business Institute, July 2006
- Co-Author, “Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in California,” Continuing Legal Education publication and seminar for the National Business Institute, July 2003