McDermott Weaver Connelly Clifford LLP represents HotChalk, Inc. in litigation against the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, Concordia University, and many other related entities.

Dwain Clifford represents Croman Corporation in a dispute with Navigators Specialty Insurance Company regarding coverage for losses stemming from a spill from one of Croman’s refuelling trucks used during remote logging and firefighting operations.

Jim McDermott and Dwain Clifford represented Fortis Construction in a dispute with a school district in Portland, Oregon about whether Fortis or the school district should pay the liability associated with a construction project under Oregon’s new Corporate Activity Tax.

Jim McDermott and Dwain Clifford represent Cambia in its lawsuit to compel Atlantic Specialty to acknowledge and pay Cambia’s covered losses stemming from alleged antitrust violations.

Jim McDermott and Dwain Clifford represented Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC in a case filed in the Idaho Federal District Court asserting several claims by an insurer that allegedly suffered over $55 million in damages stemming from Guy Carpenter’s placement and negotiation of reinsurance agreements.

Jim McDermott, Dwain Clifford, and Ciaran Connelly defended Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. and Marsh Inc. in one of the seminal cases involving Oregon’s plaintiff-friendly securities fraud statute.

Jim McDermott, Dwain Clifford, and Ciaran Connelly defended Johnson & Johnson, McNeil-PPC, Inc., and McNeil Healthcare, LLC (collectively Johnson & Johnson) in a $20 million lawsuit by the State of Oregon for alleged violations of Oregon’s Unfair Trade Practices Act.

MWCC represents Provenance Hotels in seeking business interruption insurance coverage for losses stemming from the COVID pandemic.

MWCC represents the Toy Association in challenging provisions of the Oregon Toxic-Free Kids Act that conflict with provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act.

MWCC successfully defended Marsh USA from broker malpractice claims brought by MaconUSA.