Full Profile
Andres “Andy” Cordova exclusively represents insurance companies in litigation and non-litigation matters throughout the United States. Andy’s insurance coverage practice is diverse and includes several lines of insurance, including commercial general liability, errors and omissions or professional liability, directors and officers, excess liability, and property and casualty insurance. He has significant experience representing insurance companies at every stage of coverage disputes, including analyzing a claims file, drafting coverage position letters, navigating and responding to settlement demands, drafting coverage opinions, drafting pleadings, serving as lead trial counsel through verdict, and briefing appeals.
Andy’s practice has an emphasis on coverage litigation for construction defect claims, especially in Florida. He also helps oversee a significant coverage practice for construction defect matters.
Andy also routinely provides nuanced and succinct guidance to insurers in complex coverage matters, including bad faith avoidance, coverage opinions, policy interpretation, policy drafting, claims handling, underwriting, and regulatory compliance.
Admissions
- Florida - all state courts
- US District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida
- US Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Florida – Levin College of Law, 2015. General Editor for the Florida Journal of International Law.
- B.S., magna cum laude, Honors College, Florida International University, 2012.
Experience
- Obtained summary judgment in federal court over coverage for a failed injection well.
- Obtained summary judgment in Florida state court based on several policy exclusions in a lawsuit to recover USD 896 thousand plus six-figure defense costs based on a Coblentz agreement.
- Obtained defense verdict at trial in Florida state court over a USD 631,097 Coblentz agreement plus six-figure defense costs.
- Obtained affirmance of a defense verdict at trial in Florida appeal over a USD 631,097 Coblentz agreement plus six-figure defense costs.
- Obtained summary judgment in federal court in a lawsuit to recover USD 241,250 plus six-figure defense costs based on a Coblentz agreement.
- Obtained summary judgment in Florida state court in litigation over a putative additional insured’s claim for defense costs exceeding USD 1 million.
- Obtained default judgment in federal court with respect to the duty to defend and duty to indemnify in based on a tract home exclusion.
Publications
- “International Law: Honoring the Letter and Spirit of International Treaties,” 27 Fla. J. Int'l L. 441 (2015).
