Paulette Donsavage specialises in complex insurance coverage matters and her practice includes advising insurers regarding coverage and claim handling under professional liability and technology policies, and representing insurers in coverage litigation.
Paulette has represented clients in several complex trials involving multi-million dollar disputes over the interpretation of insurance policies and bad faith.
She has also handled arbitrations and general civil litigation matters, including cases involving environmental damage, business contract disputes, and commercial landlord-tenant disputes.
Paulette has also represented clients in pro bono cases including landlord-tenant disputes through the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, and assisting on a successful federal petition for writ of habeas corpus based upon ineffective assistance of counsel.
Paulette is a 1991 cum laude, graduate of the Washington College of Law, American University and also has a Bachelors of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
She served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Ugast on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1992.