Yosef Itkin

Yosef represents and advises corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage matters. He has handled insurance coverage claims under all forms of policies, including commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, business interruption, and cyber, among others.

Yosef also has experience representing clients in products liability, environmental, mass tort, commercial, construction, employment, and other complex litigation matters in state and federal court. He has overseen the day-to-day management of high-exposure single and multi-party cases, from the pre-litigation stage through resolution. He has been responsible for all aspects of litigation, including initial case analysis, discovery, depositions, mediation, motions, witness preparation, hearings, and trial.

Yosef’s insurance coverage experience is strengthened by his intimate knowledge of the financial sector, having worked at Morgan Stanley and Wedbush Morgan Securities prior to pursuing a career in law. In finance, he gained exposure to the realities of a business and the issues faced both from a legal and business perspective.

While in law school, Yosef served as an extern for the Honorable Victoria Kaufman in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, and served on the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice.

• Counseled the busiest container port in North America on insurance coverage claims involving long-tail, historic environmental contamination to the port’s sediments and surroundings.
• Advised and resolved coverage issues for a publicly traded cloud computing company involving cyber-related insurance claims.
• Litigated on behalf of one of the largest privately held real estate investment and services firms in the United States regarding COVID-19 insurance recovery claims under property insurance policies, including for business interruption losses.
• Litigated appeals in the Third and Ninth Circuits for private equity firms, restaurant management companies, and clothing manufacturers on coverage issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic under commercial property insurance policies.
• Represented a client seeking reimbursement for amounts incurred in defending and settling fire-related claims.
• Advises clients on vendor agreements regarding additional insured, indemnity, and required insurance provisions.
• Represents clients in matters involving coverage for professional liability and error and omission (E&O) claims, including litigation involving broker negligence.

Experience Prior to Hunton:

• Secured defense verdict as second chair in a bench trial in a construction lawsuit involving claims of breach of contract and fraud.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of one of the busiest airports in the world for employment-related claims.
• Defended and resolved catastrophic injury, employment, and indemnification claims against one of the largest public school districts in the United States.

• Recognized as “One to Watch,” The Best Lawyers in America, 2020-2021