Christopher P. Ferragamo

Christopher Ferragamo is a Partner in the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group who has over 25 years of experience representing insurance companies in complex coverage cases arising from toxic tort, environmental, professional liability, and construction defects matters.

Chris also provides clients with coverage analysis and recommendations regarding primary, umbrella and excess general liability policies, pollution legal liability policies, various types of professional liability policies, and directors and officers liability policies.

Chris has litigated cases in state and federal courts in many jurisdictions, including Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and West Virginia.

Chris is a 2007 graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) National Session in Louisville, Colorado. Founded in 1971, NITA is recognized as the premier trial advocacy training institute for practicing attorneys. In 2022, Chris was elected as a Fellow for the American College of Coverage and Extra-Contractual Counsel, which is composed of preeminent insurance coverage counsel in the United States and Canada.

Prior to joining the Firm, Chris led the following representative matters:

• Obtained summary judgment in USDC for the Eastern District of Virginia for an insurer based on the application of an organic pathogens exclusion in case involving bodily injuries resulting from exposure to legionella
• Secured ruling from Maryland Court of Appeals that claims arising from underlying oil spill in a townhouse was not covered under general liability policy
• Counseled national insurance carriers on coverage issues relating to sexual abuse lawsuits against various insureds in numerous jurisdictions under reviver statutes
• Represented insurer in various arbitration proceedings in complex coverage matters involving impairment/exhaustion of healthcare professional liability policies
• Counseled national healthcare professional liability insurers in various coverage issues under professional liability and general liability coverage policies
• Secured favorable rulings for insurance companies in bad faith administrative actions filed with the Maryland Insurance Administration