DAWN M. GONZALEZ
concentrates her practice on the complex civil litigation field of insurance coverage. She regularly represents insurance companies counseling and litigating the resolution of claims under various lines of coverage and insurance policies. Over the years, these claims have included companies’ requests for coverage for claims of personal injury, construction injury, construction defect, intellectual property and professional liability claims. These claims have also included Fortune 500 companies’ requests for coverage for mass tort liabilities such as multi-site environmental remediation, asbestos, tobacco, and breast implants claims. She also handles insurance defense matters such as representing policyholders through product liability, personal injury, construction injury and construction defect claims.

Ms. Gonzalez received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1991 and her law degree from the DePaul University, College of Law in 1994. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois.

Ms. Gonzalez has moderated and spoken at various conferences on various topics, including: coverage issues for intellectual property claims; discovery and pleadings issues for coverage litigation; excess coverage issues; and Year 2000 claims. She is also the co-author of A Primer on Contemporary Umbrella & Excess Insurance Issues, Glasser Legal Works 8th Annual Institute, Contemporary Reinsurance and Excess Insurance Issues, 1998.

Ms. Gonzalez was named to the 2004 list of “40 Attorneys Under 40 to Watch in Illinois” as compiled by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. She is currently serving as the 2005/2006 President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She is also an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and the insurance industry group previously known as MECA and now known as FETTI (the National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues).