11.04.2024

Elaine M. Pohl, a partner and insurance coverage attorney at Plunkett Cooney, was recently selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (MiLW) as a member of its 2024 Class of  Leaders in the Law.  

The annual Leaders in the Law awards luncheon will be held on Dec. 3 at Petruzzello’s Banquet and Conference Center in Troy. The “Lawyer of the Year,” as selected by a vote of the class members, will be announced live during the event. Each of the 2024 honorees will be profiled in a special section of the Dec. 2 issue of MiLW, an industry publication serving the state’s legal community.

Pohl and the other class of 2024 honorees were selected by MiLW for, among other things, their significant contributions to the practice of law in Michigan, their expertise and leadership.

Pohl maintains a national practice counseling insurers in complex litigated and non-litigated property and casualty disputes. Her coverage experience extends to claims involving professional liability, construction defects, bodily injuries, product liability, environmental contamination, personal and advertising injury, first-party property and allegations of bad faith.

Elected this year to Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors, Pohl is also a member of the firm’s Shareholder Evaluation Committee, and she is Co-chair of Plunkett Cooney’s formal mentoring program.

Her expertise within the legal industry has resulted in Pohl having the distinction of being named a Best Lawyers in America^® for Insurance Law / Insurance Litigation for 2024 – 2025, a Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star in Insurance Coverage, and a Michigan Super Lawyers for several years. Michigan Lawyers Weekly also previously honored her in 2018 with its prestigious “Influential Women of Law” honor.

Pohl is a member of the Oakland County Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan Insurance and Indemnity Law Section (past Chair and former Board officer), Michigan Licensed Beverage Association and DRI, the largest bar association of civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel, where she currently serves as the Vice Chair for its Insurance Law Publications Subcommittee and served as the 2023 chair of the organization’s national Insurance Coverage Practice Symposium in New York City.

A cum laude graduate from the Indiana University School of Law in 1999, Pohl received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Villanova University in 1996. She is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Plunkett Cooney is recognized as one of the nation’s leading law firms for insurance coverage litigation. In addition to their coverage litigation expertise, Plunkett Cooney attorneys work with their clients to develop new insurance products and to address the impact of emerging theories of legal liability on insurance coverage.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business law and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs approximately 120 attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms. The firm has also received Mansfield Rule Certification Plus for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Pohl’s selection by MiLW as a 2024 Leader in the Law, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing & Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008 or via email at jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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