Andrea helps companies navigate disasters and swiftly recover insurance funds to restore operations with minimal impact to the bottom line. She leads the Firm’s cyber insurance practice.

With an undergraduate degree focused on crisis communications, Andrea understands the pressures and needs of C-suite executives navigating through cybersecurity events, natural disasters, regulatory investigations, and bet-the-company litigation. She has led clients through insurance claims for some of the most widely publicized international cyber incidents of 2020 through 2024.

Andrea is nationally recognized for her work on behalf of policyholders, being named an “Elite Woman” by Insurance Business America and a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500. Her work has been profiled by Law360, Law.com, and the Daily Business Review. She has also presented at seminars across the country and has published extensively on insurance coverage issues.

She is a member of the Miami-based insurance team ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners in Florida, and Andrea herself has been Chambers-ranked for the past six years. According to clients quoted in Chambers USA, “Andrea is simply the best at what she does. She is my go-to;” she “is technically astute and highly impressive;” and she is “smart, works hard and is very client-focused.”

Andrea has handled arbitrations and trials and appeals in state and federal courts across the country in various types of insurance coverage and bad faith matters.

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Education
JD, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Merit Scholarship Recipient, Scholastic Excellence Award in Contracts and Federal Courts, 2011

BSC, Public Relations and History, University of Miami, Dean’s List, 2008

• Co-Chair, ABA Section of Litigation: Insurance Coverage and Litigation Committee Hurricane Task-Force, 2017 through present
• Member, ABA Standing Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness, 2016 through 2019
• Member, ABA Cybersecurity Task Force, 2017 through 2018
• Member, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section and Section of Litigation, 2012 through present
• Member, ABA Section of Litigation: Insurance Coverage Litigation and Young Advocates Committees, 2012 through present

• “Rookie of the Year,” Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce HYPE Awards, 2017

• Year in Review: Top Insurance Cases of 2020

  By Andrea DeField |January 2021

• The Arrival of Hurricane–and College Football–Season Underscores the Importance of Having Event-Cancellation Insurance in Place
• Fear of the Unknown Cause of Contamination, Food Safety Magazine
• The Privilege of Cooperation: What Insurers and Insureds Need to Know About Preserving the Privilege, FC&S Legal
• The First 60 Days Post-Irma Are Critical to Your Insurance Recovery, Daily Business Review
• Your Liability Insurer May Be Obligated to Provide a Defense in the Chapter 558 Process, Daily Business Review
• Eleventh Circuit Rescinds Prior Restriction on Excess Judgments for Bad Faith Claims, Daily Business Review
• Examining Event Cancellation Coverage As COVID Lingers, Law360
• Ensuring Equity in Private Equity Insurance Coverage: The Top 5 Coverage Issues Private Equity Investors Should Consider, Bloomberg BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report
• The Cyber Threat: Is Your Business Adequately Covered for a Cyber Event?
• Hurricane insurance claims: key causation and coverage issues, WestLaw Insurance
• Delaware Court Weighs In on the CID Coverage Debate
• Cyber and D&O insurance: maximizing coverage for companies and executives from cyber incidents, Westlaw Today
• Harvey Reminds South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Irma, Daily Business Review
• Harvey Reminds South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Irma, The American Lawyer
• Reducing Risks from Cyber Incidents with Cyber and D&O Insurance, The National Law Review
• Ensuring Adequate Coverage for 3D Printing, Sharing Economy and Other Emerging Industries
• Ensuring Equity in Private Equity Insurance Coverage: The Top 5 Coverage Issues Private Equity Investors Should Consider, Bloomberg BNA Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report
• Key Insurance Considerations in a Record Hurricane Season, Risk Management
• The Disparagement Dilemma: Insurance Coverage for the Defense and Indemnity of Product Disparagement Claims, Corporate Counsel
• Florida Supreme Court: When It Comes To UM Damages Verdicts And Bad Faith, “What Is Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander,” FC&S Legal
• Lessons Learned from the Storms of 2017, ABA’s Insurance Coverage, Vol. 28, Issue 3
• Florida Enacts Sweeping Tort Reform Legislation, Raising Barriers to Insurance Coverage Claims, Coverage Law Center
• OFAC Cyber Ransom Guidance Has Insurance Implications, Law360
• Cyberattacks Lead to Increased Scrutiny: How Can Companies Stay Ahead of the Curve?, Daily Business Review
• Guest Post: Court Requires Insurers to Advance Insureds’ Defense Costs, The D&O Diary
• Examining the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance, Risk Management Magazine
• After Matthew, The Insurance Storm Begins, Daily Business Review
• Energy industry: Is Your Insurance Sufficient to Handle a Major Cyber Event?, Electric Light & Power
• Riot-Related Damage, Income Losses Covered Under Most Business Owners’ Policies, Daily Business Review
• E-Discovery’s Threat to Civil Litigation, 63 Rutgers L. Rev. 521
• Insurance Tips For Mitigating DOJ Cyber Initiative Risks, Law360
• Decision: Underwriting Discovery Is Not Categorically Prohibited in Insurance Coverage Cases, Daily Business Review
• Hurricane Claims: Key Tips to Minimize Losses and Maximize Recovery, Risk Management
• Cyber Insurance Lessens the Sting of Corporate Cyber Attacks, Bloomberg Law
• Perspectives: What the best cyber brokers do to help their clients, Business Insurance
• With Zika in South Florida, Questions Remain About How Insurance Can Help, Daily Business Review
• Protecting Treasured Investments: Insuring Art Against Climate Change, Insurance Journal
• Florida Court Finds Fact Issues as to Insurer’s Liability for Excess Judgment, American Bar Association Section of Litigation: Insurance Coverage Case Notes
• A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Navigating Discovery in Coverage and Bad Faith Disputes, ABA Section of Litigation
• Ensuring Your Business Has Adequate Insurance Coverage Before A Hurricane Strikes
• Liability Claims 101: A New Insurance Lawyer’s Guide to Handling a Liability Insurance Claim, American Bar Association
• Uber’s CISO conviction underscores the importance of directors and officers insurance protection, SC Media Magazine
• Damages Available for Insurance Bad Faith Claims in South Carolina and North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation CLE
• How Cyber, D&O Insurance Can Mitigate Risk to C-Suite and Board Following a Cyber Attack, Corporate Counsel
• Protecting Treasured Investments: Insuring Art Against Climate Change, Insurance Journal
• 3 Issues with Insurance for 3D Printing, Sharing Economy and Other Emerging Industries, Legaltechnews
• Protecting Business Income When Disaster Strikes
• 3 issues with insurance for 3D printing, sharing economy, emerging industries, PropertyCasualty360
• Liability Claims 101: A New Insurance Lawyer’s Guide to Handling a Liability Insurance Claim, American Bar Association
• A Cyber Coverage Warning for Hospitality Insureds
• On the Rise: Andrea DeField, DRB