Emilie Bakal-Caplan

Emilie Bakal-Caplan, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (cum laude) and Boston University School of Law, has over twenty years of experience litigating insurance, reinsurance, commercial, tort, and contract matters. Her practice covers all aspects of domestic and international insurance-related disputes, including those involving retrospective premium issues, improper claims handling, declaratory judgment expenses, allocation issues, pollution liability, infidelity, lead poisoning, and sexual molestation. Over the years she has handled a diverse range of coverage issues relating to losses arising from hurricanes, floods, blizzards, mechanical failure, avian flu, defective heart valves, and insurance-backed film finance. She also has represented a variety of non-insurance company clients (including diamond and clothing manufacturers, an industrial fan manufacturer, law firms, and authors) in lawsuits involving claims of professional malpractice, fraud, hearing loss, and breach of contract.

Emilie has litigated and handled appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States. She is admitted to the New York and federal bars, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She has spoken on reinsurance issues at Mealey's and the Reinsurance Association of America and is a member of the Association of Professional Insurance Women and The AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS).