Scott D. Braun

Scott D. Braun concentrates his area of practice in insurance coverage and has experience representing insurers and reinsurers located worldwide with respect to a diverse array of North American exposures. He offers his clients expert counseling on liability coverage for managed care entities, hospitals, nursing homes, legal errors and omissions, employment liability, insurance broker errors and omissions, and environmental and mass tort. Mr. Braun's experience in litigation includes representing clients at arbitration and in Illinois state and federal courts in a wide array of matters. His abilities as an attorney have earned him a number of distinctions including a spot in the 2007 edition of 40 Under Forty, a magazine published by Chicago Lawyer and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin which features 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch. Mr. Braun was also included on the 2011 Illinois Rising Stars list, published by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine which highlights outstanding young lawyers.

Mr. Braun is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

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Presentations:

"Follow the Fortunes - The Current State of the Law," G.E. Reinsurance in-house training seminar, Barrington, IL (February 2006);
"Subrogation, Contribution and Reimbursement" & "Coverage Litiagtion," Challenges in Illinois Coverage Litigation, NBI seminar, Chicago (December 2004);
"Commercial Speech and Advertising," American Acdemy of Implant Prosthodontics' annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 2004);
"Tenders of Defense in Construction Cases: Key Pitfalls to Avoid in Construction Contracts," presented before construction industy professionals, Rockford, IL (November 2000).

Publications:

Co-Author, Insurers' Retention of Outside Counsel, DRI: For the Defense, July 2010;
If Columbus Had Not Discovered Hispaniola, Would Lawyers Need to be Concerned With Multiple Professional Liability Policies?-A Summary of the 7th Circuit's Opinion in James River Insurance Company v. Kemper Casualty Insurance Company, DRI: "Riding the E&O Line," March 23, 2010, Volume 2, Issue 1;
Co-Author, Medical Helicopter Crashes - New Hospital Liability Exposure, Johnson & Bell, Ltd. Health Care Law Alert, Winter 2010;
"Excess Insurance and the 'Selective Tender' Rule: Illinois Appellate Court Addresses Issues of First Impression in Two Recent Opinions," The Critical Path, published by DRI's Construction Law Committee (Spring 2007);
Co-Author: "Claims Against Construction Participants" & "Delay Claims and Damages," two chapters in Illinois Construction Law (Aspen 2003);
"Informed Consent, the Good Samaritan & Malpractice," chapter in Manual of Emergency Medical Treatment for the Dental Team (William & Williams 1999).

Recent Litigation Matters:

Obtained summary judgement on behalf of a large domestic liability insurer in a multimillion-dollar coverage dispute after successfully arguing the absence of any bodily injury or property damage.
Received a defense verdict, following binding arbitration, on behalf of a real estate professional.
Obtained early dismissal of a complaint against an attorney client after successfully arguing that the plaintiff's complaint failed to state a cause of action for legal malpractice.