Insurance
Direct Lines
+1 973 210 6722 +1 973 452 4898 alissa.pyrich@clydeco.usMain Office
New Jersey
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Full Profile
Alissa Pyrich focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation and counseling. She has experience in several types of coverage, including commercial general liability, umbrella and excess, professional liability and additional insured coverage. Alissa has worked on both the policyholder side and the insurer side, giving her a unique perspective on coverage issues. She has authored multiple amicus curiae briefs on complex coverage issues.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Alissa was a partner at a start-up law firm in New Jersey and a senior associate with a major regional law firm. Alissa is also co-author and co-editor of a treatise on New Jersey civil practice.
Admissions
- New Jersey
- US District Court for the District of New Jersey
- US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
- US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1992
- B.A., summa cum laude, Fordham University, 1989
Experience
- Prevailed on appeal in New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act case involving realtor misrepresentations in connection with sale of defective luxury home.
- Represented employees on questions of exhaustion of administrative remedies under ERISA.
- Represented employee whistle-blower in ERISA matter.
- Successfully defended corporate parent company against allegations that operating centralized insurance department transformed it into an insurer responsible for losses incurred by former subsidiary.
- Prevailed on summary judgment on behalf of defendant in fraudulent conveyance dispute arising from asbestos injuries. (2004)
- As policyholder counsel, prevailed at trial in insurance coverage dispute arising from asbestos injuries.