William K. McVisk

William K. McVisk concentrates his practice in complex insurance coverage litigation and hospital law and medical liability. He has experience in all areas of coverage and bad faith litigation, with particular emphasis on third party bad faith and coverage litigation involving commercial general liability, hospital professional liability and physicians professional liability coverages. Mr. McVisk has authored several articles on insurance coverage. His success as a trial attorney has been recognized by his peers, who have honored him with an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. McVisk is the general counsel for the American Board of Medical Specialties and represents hospitals and physicians in medical negligence litigation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and is the former chairman of its Insurance Law Committee. Mr. McVisk wrote the Insurance Coverage Column for the IDC Quarterly for several years and now serves as the publication’s Editor in Chief. He is also past president of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society.

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Published Articles

Co-author, Risk Shifting in Construction: The Use of Indemnity Agreements and Insurance Coverage to Allocate Risk Among the Parties to Construction Contracts, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1.
A summary of the article is available under the heading Publications in our Resource Center or by contacting Mr. McVisk at mcviskw@jbltd.com.
Author, The Attorney Client and Work Product Privileges in Insurance Litigation, DRI In House Defense Quarterly (Third Quarter 2007).
Coauthor, The IDC Monograph: Insurance Coverage for Defense Counsel: A Primer, IDC Quarterly (First Quarter 2006)
Author, The IDC Monograph: Insurance Law: Defining the Contours of the Duty to Defend, IDC Quarterly (First Quarter, 2002).
Author, The IDC Monograph: Allocating Loss Between Self-Insurance and Insurance, IDC Quarterly (First Quarter 1999).

Articles

Additional Insureds and Targeted Tenders an Anaylysis of Illinois Law
Illinois Supreme Court Holds that Duty to Defend Is Triggered by Insured’s Allegations in Counterclaim & Affirmative Defense, Johnson & Bell Insurance Coverage Newsletter, Spring 2010

Lectures

Legal Risks Presented by Behavioral Health Patients and Strategies to Reduce Those Risks, Clarity Group, Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 2009.
PLRB/LIRB Claims Conference, Extrinsic Evidence and the Duty to Defend, Seattle, Washington, March 23-25, 2009.
Top Ten Ways to Pay More Than You Should For A Claim In Illinois, Markel Insurance Company and Colony Insurance Company, Richmond, Virginia, September 3-5, 2008.
PLRB/LIRB Claims Conference, Wrongful Death – Claims Handling and Defense, Boston, Massachusetts, April 13-16, 2008.
PLRB/LIRB Claims Conference, Risk Shifting in Construction: Third Party Actions for Contribution & Additional Insured Coverage to Allocate Risk Among the Parties to Construction Projects, Orlando, Florida, March 17-18, 2007.
PLRB/LIRB Northeast Regional Conference, New Developments in Case Law Constructing the Commercial General Liability Policy, Schaumberg, Illinois, September 6-7, 2006.
ISBA Medical Malpractice Section Council, Physician, Insurer and Legal Counsel Relationship, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 2006.
NAMIC Claims Conference, Targeted Tenders and Additional Insureds, Savannah, Georgia, January 26, 2006.