Bio

Matthew Foy is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gordon & Rees and serves both as the National Practice Group Leader of the firm's Property and Casualty Insurance practice as well as the Practice Group Leader of the San Francisco Insurance group. Mr. Foy has more than 20 years experience representing national insurers at the claims stage, in trial, and on appeal. Mr. Foy’s practice focuses on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation and advice involving first party property policies as well as primary and excess liability policies with an emphasis on personal and advertising injury, cyber-liability, complex fire litigation, environmental, asbestos, other mass torts, and construction defect matters. He also regularly handles all aspects of insurance cases involving professional liability insurance, D&O, E&O, inland marine, and life, health, and disability insurance products. Mr. Foy assists clients with drafting policy language and claims manuals. He also provides in-house client seminars on coverage and claims handling issues, as well as litigation planning. In addition to his insurance practice, Mr. Foy regularly represents corporate clients in connection with contract negotiation, dispute resolution and related litigation. He also maintains a professional liability defense practice which focuses on the defense of insurance brokers and legal professionals. Mr. Foy is a frequent speaker on issues confronting the insurance industry and is active with DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar, for which he was the immediate past Chair of its Insurance Law Committee and the current Chair of its ALI Task force, which was formed to address concerns with ALI’s Insurance Restatement Project. Matt is also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel.