Laura Foggan, JD

Ms. Foggan contributed to the CGL Reporter Editorial Board in the area of environmental toxic torts in 2014–2015.

Ms. Foggan is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the firm's LawDragon 500 Magazine as "one of the most successful advocates for the insurance industry to ever practice" and has been named one of Law360's "10 Most Admired Insurance Attorneys." Practicing for more than 25 years, Ms. Foggan has made significant contributions to the development of key insurance law precedents across the country. She serves as lead counsel in trial and appellate matters involving insurance for privacy and technology, environmental and toxic tort, construction, personal and advertising injury, employment, product liability, mass tort, and pharmaceutical claims. She counsels insurers on emerging exposures, including Section 111 Medicare secondary payer compliance, and has participated in more than 200 insurance coverage appeals nationwide. A former cochair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section, Ms. Foggan is included in the Best Lawyers in America directory for insurance law and has been named one of DC's "Top 100 Lawyers" and "Top 50 Women Lawyers," among many other honors.

Ms. Foggan earned her J.D. with high honors from the George Washington University Law School, where she was a member of the law review and elected to the Order of the Coif. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned an M.S. in education.