Philip R. Matthews

United States

Duane Morris LLP · Philip R. Matthews practices in the area of general civil litigation and insurance counseling and litigation with an emphasis on complex cases. He has been involved in some of the largest trials and appeals in California, including the trial and appeal of Shell Oil Co. vs. Accident and Casualty Co. of Winterthur (Rocky Mountain Arsenal case) and In Re Coordinated Asbestos Litigation (Manville, Fibreboard, Armstrong and GAF Coverage cases.) He also has been liaison and trial counsel in numerous complex cases such as Flintkote v. American Mutual, Four Star Oil & Gas Co. vs. Allianz (Texaco Environmental Coverage Litigation), Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc. vs. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. (Texaco Toxic Tort), Exxon vs. Insurance Company of North America (Exxon Environmental Coverage Litigation), and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London. He also has experience in bankruptcy law, asbestos and mass tort bankruptcies, state receiverships involving asbestos claims and corporate transactions. In addition to extensive litigation experience, Mr. Matthews has been involved in resolving complex insurance coverage disputes through alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation and acting as specialist settlement counsel. Mr. Matthews has a successful record in achieving resolution of matters without protracted litigation. One example is working out a procedure to resolve, for a major group of insurers, one Fortune 50 corporations more than 1,000 coverage claims for pollution sites and thousands of toxic tort claimants before the filing of litigation. A decade later, other insurers were still litigating with the Fortune 50 Company over these claims.

United States