OUR TEAM

Senior Counsel

Bill provides insurance companies with advice on complex coverage issues involving first party incidents, business interruption loss, and third party claims submitted under technology, media, and privacy insurance policies. For over two decades, Bill has represented insurance companies addressing claims throughout the United States arising from policies insuring directors’ and officers’ liability, professional liability, employment practices liability, architects and engineers liability, commercial general liability, protective and pollution liability, excess/umbrella liability, and specialized risks including media and technology liability.

Bill regularly consults with insurance companies concerning their rights, obligations and duties arising from insurance contracts, and he assists insurance companies with drafting of insurance contracts.

Bill also represents insurance companies in litigation seeking declaratory judgment, rescission, and recoupment/reimbursement in addition to defending against bad faith and extra-contractual claims. He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and his Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Davis.

Senior Counsel

Amanda represents insurers in claims involving cyber and privacy issues, including data and security breaches, cyber extortion, regulatory penalties, media liability, and consumer lawsuits.  She also has significant experience litigating insurance coverage cases involving various types of insurance policies, including CGL, E&O and D&O policies.  Amanda has litigated cases in jurisdictions throughout the U.S. which provides her with a unique perspective that allows her to better serve her clients.  As a working mother, Amanda is passionate about supporting local working mothers’ groups and mentoring other working parents in their career development. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from University of Miami (magna cum laude), where she graduated Order of the Coif.

Associate

Andrew’s passion for global affairs and technology led him to a career in the privacy industry, where he advises London and U.S. insurers on matters including cybersecurity, data breach, business interruption and intellectual property. Before going to law school, Andrew was involved in various nonprofit ventures around the world, including pursuing educational reform in Rwanda, working as part of the Crisis Response Team at Amnesty International in Sydney, Australia and engaging in lobbying efforts closer to home, in Olympia, Washington, on behalf of environmental interests. Andrew received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was Research Editor for Law Review, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Associate

Brett represents insurers in claims involving technology errors and omissions, media liability, cyber/privacy, data breach, and intellectual property.  He also has litigation experience in various areas of law, which he uses to inform his coverage practice.  He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Partner

Bill concentrates in the area of professional liability insurance coverage and litigation. In addition, he defends insurers and reinsurers in complex insurance coverage actions and arbitrations. Bill has counseled and represented insurers and reinsurers on policies involving lawyers’ liability; insurance for architects, engineers and other design professionals; media and technology; entertainment industry errors and omissions; contingency insurance; sports cancellation insurance; space and satellite insurance; project insurance; employment practices liability; D&O insurance; accountants’ professional liability; sports disability; general liability; property insurance; and judge’s professional liability. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

Senior Counsel

Andrew is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and represents London and U.S. insurers with a focus in technology, media, and privacy matters. His work includes providing insurance coverage evaluation, risk mitigation, and litigation management on matters involving databreaches, consumer privacy class actions, intellectual property disputes, and regulatory investigations. Andrew previously spent six years litigating business and insurance disputes, including at the appellate level. He received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and his Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) in Business Economics and Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Associate

Alyssa practices in the area of data breach and cybersecurity risk insurance law. As coverage counsel, she focuses on privacy regulations, data protection, and information security issues. Alyssa counsels clients on breach response, litigation management, and regulatory defense matters. Prior to joining Atheria, Alyssa leveraged her experience as an intern at the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau and on Twitter’s Trust & Safety team in her role at a privacy consulting firm. There, she used her subject matter expertise to advise clients on GDPR and CCPA issues and provide insights on implementing privacy compliance programs, drafting privacy notices, and developing information security policies and incident response procedures.  Alyssa also is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and volunteers as the Events Committee Co-Lead for Women in Security and Privacy (WISP). Her involvement in these organizations provides her the opportunity to foster her education outside of the office by attending industry events such as DEF CON and the Privacy Security and Risk (PSR) conference.

Senior Counsel

Aishlin advises insurers in connection with errors and omissions and cyber security policies issued to professionals, including law firms, accountants, and real estate professionals. She represents insurers in connection with a broad range of coverages, including general liability, employment practices, and management liability policies. Aishlin also has experience counseling law firms and lawyers regarding risk management, representing insurers in coverage disputes, and defending professionals in malpractice actions. She received her J.D. (cum laude) from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Partner

Joan represents insurers in respect of technology, media, intellectual property and privacy claims, including involving data security and privacy breaches. Her team has worked on thousands of data breach incidents of all sizes and types, ranging from single individual matters to the largest healthcare, retail, hospitality, education, and government incidents reported. She has counseled insurers and their insureds in professional liability matters involving lawyers, architects, engineers, and miscellaneous errors and omissions risks. Joan has been passionate about diversity and inclusion throughout her career, and is proud to have mentored and promoted many diverse attorneys and staff over the years. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from the University of California San Diego.

Senior Associate

Susannah represents insurers in claims involving cyber and privacy issues, including data and security breaches.  She has significant experience litigating insurance coverage cases involving various types of insurance policies, including CGL, Property, E&O and D&O policies.  Susannah has litigated complex cases in state and federal superior and appellate courts in California, as well as jurisdictions throughout the U.S.  She emphasizes achieving client goals in a creative and efficient manner.  Prior to her legal career, Ms. Eichele spent several years negotiating advertising campaigns for one of the nation’s largest wireless companies.  Susannah received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Irvine and her J.D. from Loyola Law School Los Angeles.

Senior Counsel

Kevin represents insurers in technology, media, intellectual property and cyber/privacy claims, including involving errors and omissions claims, and data security and privacy breaches.  He enjoys assisting insurers in developing and implementing successful claims resolution strategies.  Kevin served as in-house coverage counsel for an insurer, has worked for private law firms representing domestic and European insurers and has significant experience in insurance coverage analysis and litigation in matters involving cyber, general liability, business automobile and professional liability policies, catastrophic injury, and environmental and toxic tort litigation.  He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School (cum laude) with a concentration in trial advocacy and his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Pomona College.

Associate

Karen represents London market and domestic insurers in connection with claims involving technology, media and privacy matters.  In 2017 and again in 2018, Karen was seconded to a domestic insurer where she handled general and professional liability claims. She also has experience litigating insurance coverage cases involving various types of insurance policies, including CGL, E&O and D&O policies. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Partner

Julie represents insurers in respect of technology, media, intellectual property, privacy and D&O claims. She has particular focus and experience with complex and high-stakes class action claims in technology and media areas such as IP, defamation, software implementation, advertising, consumer privacy, and right of publicity litigation. Julie is champion for diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace, and actively is involved in numerous organizations that support and provide opportunities to underrepresented groups in the legal profession. She is a true believer that diverse organizations perform better in every way. Julie received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and her Bachelor of Science (cum laude) from the University of Southern California.

Senior Associate

Felicia is an experienced litigator who now concentrates her practice on privacy and technology insurance issues.  Felicia’s strong litigation background includes the supervision of complex cases from inception through trial, and she also has worked with Fortune 500 companies to develop nationwide litigation strategies for novel legal issues in the online commerce space.  She advises on matters concerning all aspects of cyber insurance coverage, including incident response and the defense of regulatory investigations and consumer lawsuits.  She received her J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where she was Chief Editor, Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team.  Felicia received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.

Partner

David concentrates on counseling professional liability insurers and their insureds in matters involving up to billions of U.S. dollars in claimed damages. His professional liability practice includes complex matters across six continents, involving some of the largest architectural and engineering firms in the world. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law and his Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from the University of Alabama.

Of Counsel

Jessica counsels insurers in connection with errors and omission policies issued to professionals, including attorneys, accountants, and other business advisors. She represents insurers in connection with a broad range of coverages, including professional liability, general liability, employment practices, and management liability policies. Jessica also counsels law firms and lawyers regarding risk management, representing insurers in coverage disputes, and defending professionals in malpractice actions. She received her J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Davis.

Senior Counsel

EJ focuses her practice on advice and monitoring of cyber and data breaches and resulting consumer lawsuits and regulatory investigations.  She represents insurers and counsels clients on initial intake, incident investigation and incident response on data security and privacy breaches as well as on related consumer lawsuits and regulatory investigations.  EJ also advises insurers and monitors litigation involving technology and media.  EJ has significant litigation experience, having litigated complex insurance coverage disputes, class actions and commercial business disputes for nearly 10 years.  She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.

Associate

Andrew advises insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to a variety of professionals including architects, engineers, attorneys, real estate agents, and mortgage professionals.  Andrew’s practice includes representation, coverage advice, and coverage analysis of high-profile multi-million-dollar claims.  Andrew has also represented insurers in connection general liability and property insurance policies.  He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) also from the University of California, Berkeley.

Senior Counsel

Josh represents and advises cyber insurers regarding coverage for losses and claims arising from breach events of all sizes, and helps facilitate front-line incident response.  Josh has more than a decade of experience representing insurers in insurance coverage disputes, including litigation arising out of disputes over the nature and extent of insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, equitable contribution between co-insurers, and equitable subrogation between primary and excess insurers. He received his J.D. from the University of California at Davis, School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California at Davis.

Partner

Nick counsels insurers in connection with professional liability policies issued to design professionals. His global practice regularly includes complex matters in which the amount at issue exceeds $1 billion. He represents insurers, and often entire insurance towers, in all aspects of insurance coverage, including the evaluation of coverage, risk/liability analysis of the underlying dispute, and settlement negotiation. He received his J.D. from the UC Davis School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from UC San Diego.

Partner

Tina advises insurers with respect to complex claims reported under policies issued to design professionals doing business globally. She also represents insurers in a broad range of insurance coverage issues arising under professional liability, general liability and excess/umbrella policies. Tina’s practice is resolution-focused, and she has negotiated multi-million dollar claims and coverage disputes for close to 20 years. She received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Santa Clara University.

Associate

Annie represents insurers in respect of cyber security, data breach, and privacy claims. She advises clients regarding first- and third-party coverage of various privacy incidents, including incidents involving cyber extortion, ransomware, malware, privacy lawsuits, regulatory investigations, and resulting data loss and business interruption losses. Annie is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professional since 2014. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (cum laude) and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from the University of Arizona.

Partner

Eric represents insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to professionals, including attorneys, architects, engineers, accountants, real estate agents, insurance brokers, business managers, and mortgage professionals. He also represents insurers with respect to general liability, employment-practices liability and event-contingency policies. Earlier in his career, Eric worked in London, practicing alongside clients and working in-house with several Lloyd’s syndicates. He has litigated on behalf of both insurers and their insureds. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University.

Senior Associate

Josh concentrates on counseling professional liability insurers and their insureds in matters involving up to billions of dollars in claimed damages. His professional liability practice involves some of the largest architectural and engineering and technology firms in the world. He received his J.D. (cum laude) and his Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from the University of Georgia. Earlier in his career, Josh practiced alongside clients working in-house with a major domestic insurer. He also has extensive experience litigating IP matters, employment matters, and insurance coverage matters.

Partner

Jamison represents London and U.S. insurers in claims involving cyber/privacy, technology errors and omissions, media liability, data breach, consumer class actions and IP. He has significant experience litigating insurance coverage actions involving CGL, commercial property, business interruption/extra expense, EPL, E&O and D&O policies. He currently serves as secretary of the Board of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) Northern California Chapter. He received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Associate

Victor advises insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to a variety of professionals including but not limited to architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Prior to joining Atheria Law, he gained significant experience litigating insurance coverage cases involving various types of insurance policies, including Commercial General Liability, Professional Liability, Environmental Liability, Automobile Liability, and Homeowner policies. Victor received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Associate

Alex advises and represents insurers regarding cyber security, data breaches, and privacy matters. His work primarily involves coverage for losses and claims arising from breach events of all sizes. He also helps facilitate front-line incident response. Alex previously spent six years practicing civil litigation, focusing in the areas of general liability, personal injury, health care, medical malpractice, and business and contract disputes. He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Associate

Michael represents insurers in respect of cyber and privacy losses and technology, media, and intellectual property matters.  He regularly counsels clients on a variety of complex legal and coverage issues related to both first- and third-party liabilities arising under errors and omissions and cyber/privacy insurance policies.  His notable experience includes assessing coverage and advising insurers regarding large data breach incidents, regulatory liabilities, and consumer class-action litigation impacting the healthcare, hospitality, and technology sectors, as well as significant business interruption losses impacting manufacturers and service providers.  Michael received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Associate

Matt represents US and London market insurers with respect to technology, media, intellectual property and privacy claims. Matt focuses his practice on cyber security and data breaches, including phishing incidents, cyber extortion/ransomware and fraudulent wire incidents. He also advises insurers with respect to third party claims involving consumer class action litigation, business interruption losses and regulatory investigations. Matt received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law (cum laude) where he was an Intellectual Property Certificate recipient. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Senior Counsel

Kelly T. Nugent has more than 25 years of experience working with both domestic and London insurers.  Her practice focuses on resolving and managing complex insurance coverage issues with particular interest in professional and management liability policies, including directors and officers, employment practices, and fiduciary (ERISA) matters.  She also has experience drafting policy wording.  Kelly has worked in private practice and as senior in-house claim counsel for a Fortune 500 insurance company handling directors and officers and liability claims in the private and public sectors. She frequently speaks on emerging coverage and legal issues.  In addition, Kelly is an active advocate for diversity and inclusion and is a co-leader of the Women At Work Committee for Dive-In America 2021.

Partner

Nikki counsels insurers in connection with errors and omission policies issued to professionals, including attorneys, accountants, and other business advisors.  She began her legal career as a litigator litigating commercial disputes.  Nikki is passionate about pro bono work and giving back to the community and she led her office’s pro bono program at her former firm.  She received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Boston College.

Associate

Cory advises and represents insurers on policies involving lawyers’ and accountants’ liability, errors and omissions, employment practices liability, cyber liability, D&O insurance, and general liability insurance. He received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Gonzaga University. While in law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Larry Burns, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Partner

Christina focuses her practice on technology, IP and privacy law. She represents insurers on a broad range of issues and in claims brought against technology and media companies. She also counsels clients regarding data security and privacy breaches, including evaluation, the issuance of breach notification letters, regulatory investigations, and handling of consumer lawsuits. A major focus for Christina is on working with insurers on the development of new insurance programs and manuscripted coverages for evolving cyber security and data breach risks. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Davis.

Speaking Engagements

(Panel Moderator) “Hot Issues in Class Actions,” NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum, Santa Monica, CA, October 2019

(Panel Moderator) “Cybersecurity Class Action Update: Recent Trends in Certification and Other Issues” NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit, Philadelphia, PA, June 2019

“Cyber Cover and the Implications for the RI market” Lloyds Market Association, Reinsurance Claims Symposium, London, England, September 2019

(Panelist) “Who Let the Data Out? Data Protection and Privacy Law in the 2020s” ND Cal Judicial Conference, Napa, CA, April 2019

“Emerging Exposures – What Do You Know,” PLUS D&O Symposium, New York, NY, February 2018

(Co-Chair and Panelist), NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum, Santa Monica, CA, October 2018
(Panelist) “Brokers vs. Underwriters,” NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit Philadelphia, PA, June 2018

(Panelist) “Business Interrupted: An Alien Concept?” PLUS International Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2017

(Panel Moderator) “Cyber Insurance: Quantifying and Mitigating Risks,” Privacy & Security Forum, Washington, DC, October 2017

(Moderator) “Consumer Protection and Privacy Looking to the Role of Government Actors,” UC Hastings Law Journal Symposium, San Francisco, CA, March 2017

Co-chair and Panel Moderator, “Discovery in Privacy Disputes: Effective Investigation & Evidence Collection,” HB Data Breach Litigation and Regulation Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 2017

“Cyber Insurance: How It Works, How to Select a Policy, and Emerging Trends and Practices,” Privacy & Security Forum, Washington, DC, October 2016

“A Big Year for Regulation and Cyber Litigation,” Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2016

“Recent Settlements and the Picture They Paint,” HB Data Breach & Privacy Litigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2016

“Encryption,” NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum, Santa Monica, CA, October 2015

“Cyber Liability Claims: Trends and Developments in the U.S. and Canada,” RIMS Canada Conference, Québec City, Canada, September 2015

“Apples and Oranges: How to Compare Cyber Policies for the Client,” NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum, Philadelphia, PA, June 2015

“Cyber Crime: Double Clicking for Insurable Losses,” PLRB Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 2015

Associate

Matthew represents insurers in the areas of cyber security, data breach, and privacy claims. He advises clients regarding first and third-party coverage triggered by various cyber incidents, including data breaches, cyber extortion, ransomware, regulatory investigations, and resulting data and business interruption losses. Before joining Atheria, Matthew practiced family law litigation. Prior to practicing law, Matthew was a professional dancer and choreographer. He choreographed and appeared in numerous music videos, commercials, live productions, and television shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance – Poland” (“Po Prostu Tancz”) and an Apple iPod campaign. Matthew is also a SoulCycle instructor. Matthew received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Associate

Chris advises insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to a variety of professionals including but not limited to architects, engineers, and other design professionals. In addition to professional liability insurance, Chris advises both domestic and London-based insurers in connection with general liability policies. He gained significant litigation and insurance coverage experience as an associate at a prominent local insurance coverage firm in the Bay Area. Chris received his J.D. from the Chapman University, Fowler School of Law in 2014, and his B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

Partner

Based in England, Charlotte provides legal advice to insurers with respect to technology, media, intellectual property, and privacy claims under cyber liability, technology, media and professional liability policies.  She is dual-qualified and specialises in handling data privacy and cyber security incidents involving U.S. and UK global corporations and SMEs. Charlotte also regularly advises insurers on the development of new U.S. and UK cyber insurance products. She is a member of the California bar (2009) and a solicitor of England and Wales (2017), as well as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for both Europe and the U.S.  Charlotte also holds an LLM in European Legal Studies and a Master of Arts (Honours) from Glasgow University.  She received her Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law (2004) and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Middle Temple (2005) (Blackstone Entrance Exhibition (2003), Harmsworth Scholarship (2003), Queen Mother’s Scholarship (2004)).