Scott N. Godes

Scott N. Godes

Dickstein Shapiro LLP
  • Insurance Claims
  • District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Massachusetts
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Biography

Scott Godes focuses on representing corporate policyholders regarding insurance coverage issues. He is an experienced litigator who has extensive experience in trying complex insurance coverage disputes, including class actions, in state, federal, bankruptcy, and appellate courts, as well as in commercial arbitrations.

Education
The George Washington University Law School
J.D
Honors: With honors
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Middlebury College
B.A
cum laude
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Professional Experience
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Current
Publications
Articles & Publications
Total Cessation of Business Is Not Required for BI Coverage
Advisen
Insurance Coverage for Cyberattacks
Lexis Insurance Law Center
Ensuring Contingent Business Interruption Coverage
Insurance Law360
Delaware Court Refuses to Apply Pro Rata Allocation to Directors and Officers Insurance Policy and Rejects Excess Insurers' Attempts to Deny Coverage Because There Were Settlements of Lower Layers of Coverage
Lexis Corporate & Securities Law Center
Delaware Court Refuses to Apply Pro Rata Allocation to Directors and Officers Insurance Policy and Rejects Excess Insurers' Attempts to Deny Coverage Because There Were Settlements of Lower Layers of Coverage
Lexis Nexis
Scott N. Godes on Bombar v. West American Insurance Company
Lexis Nexis
Scott N. Godes on the New York Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Rejecting the Application of the Products Hazard and Aggregate Limits For Asbestos Claims Against Insulation Contractor: Continental Casualty Co. v. Employers Insurance Co. of Wausau
Lexis Nexis
When is a lawyer not a lawyer? When the lawyer handles claims.
Lexis Nexis
Come out, come out wherever you are: a primer on finding missing policies
Lexis Nexis
Insurance companies’ public filings: chock full of information helpful to policyholder counsel
Lexis Nexis
Eleven Years After Frontier and Porter Hayden, Insurers Still Wrongfully Refuse to Provide Premises-Operations Coverage: An Analysis of the Keasbey Decision
American Bar Association, Coverage Magazine
Godes on Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. v. Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Co.: The Superior Court of Delaware’s Decision Requiring the Advancement of Defense Costs Under Directors and Officers Insurance Policies
Lexis Nexis
Scott N. Godes on the New York Appellate Division's Recent Decision Rejecting Allocation to the Policyholder for Latent Injury Claims: State of New York Insurance Department Liquidation Bureau v. Generali Insurance Company
Lexis Nexis
Professional Associations
District of Columbia Bar
Member
- Current
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
District of Columbia
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District of Columbia
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Massachusetts
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Practice Area
Insurance Claims
Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
Additional Practice Areas
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Insurance Coverage
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Blog
Corporate Insurance Blog
Contact & Map
1825 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 420-3369
Telephone: (202) 420-3369
Telephone: (202) 420-3369