John Buchanan

Covington & Burling LLP

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC
USA
20004-2401
202 662 5366
JBuchanan@cov.com

Ranked In

District of Columbia
Insurance: Policyholder (Band 1)
Nationwide
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder (Band 2)

Profile

Practice Areas: Complex insurance disputes and transactions, including coverage for data breach, environmental, media/IP, D&O/E&O/fidelity, cyber, railroad and satellite claims.

Professional Memberships: Advisory Board, American Law Institute Principles of Liability Insurance Law Project; ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; ABA Mediation Quality Task Force.

Career: Has represented policyholders exclusively since 1982; teaches graduate-level Insurance Litigation course at Connecticut Law School’s Insurance Law Center; party arbitrator.

Publications: Recent presentations and articles include ‘Protecting Privilege While Preserving Coverage,’ ‘Comerica Conundrum: Settlement vs. Forfeiture,’ ‘Top 10 Insurance Traps,’ ‘Ancillary Arbitration Clauses,’ 'Other People’s Insurance.’

Personal: JD, Harvard; Hon. BA (1st Class), Oxford; AB, Princeton.