BOSTON, MC – Law firm McAngus Goudelock & Courie (MGC) is pleased to announce that Boston attorney Robert Whitney was named a 2024 Top Lawyer in Insurance Law by Boston Magazine, marking the second year of his recognition. With nearly three decades of experience in complex insurance coverage, bad faith, reinsurance, regulatory affairs and compliance as well as commercial litigation, Whitney represents insurers and reinsurers to resolve disputes throughout New England, including coverage and bad faith disputes in state and federal courts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His experience includes negotiating resolution of coverage claims and counseling insurance company clients on claims litigation strategy and procedure and coverage questions. Whitney has advocated for ceding companies and reinsurers in reinsurance litigation and arbitration, navigating disputes encompassing diverse insurance coverage and bad faith claims. He possesses arbitration experience with facultative certificates and treaty programs, offering counsel to both ceding and reinsuring companies regarding their rights and obligations.
Whitney has extensive involvement in the legal community, and frequently shares his knowledge by authoring articles and manuals. He also presents at a number of regional and national conferences, including those sponsored by DRI, ABA, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, LexisNexis, Mealey’s Publishing, MCLE, the Boston Bar Association, ACI, Arias-US, the Massachusetts Insurance and Reinsurance Bar Association and many others. Whitney has also been named in The Best Lawyers in America© for his Insurance Law practice since 2022.
To compile their Top Lawyers list, Boston Magazine, in partnership with DataJoe Research, invited lawyers representing their readership area to nominate up to three of their peers in a select number of law specialties via an online survey. The top vote-getters in each specialty were then reviewed by an advisory board of select lawyers, chosen for their credentials and the high number of votes they received.