Yelitza Dunham has spent the last 20 years maximizing insurance coverage for policyholder clients in wide ranging areas including cybersecurity, privacy, and intellectual property infringement risks. She has helped clients recover hundreds of millions of insurance dollars by reversing insurer denials of coverage, successfully managing trials and appeals, and cost effectively resolving high stakes coverage disputes short of litigation.
- Litigated and arbitrated medical reimbursement claims on behalf of a major insurance company.
- Advised clients on a variety of insurance issues including recovery for COVID-19 related losses.
- Secured insurance recoveries for among others, a luxury goods manufacturer sued in multiple lawsuits for consumer data privacy violations; an internet services provider sued for copyright infringement; a cosmetics company embroiled in a trademark infringement lawsuit; a nutritional products company facing false advertising and RICO claims; a national clearing firm seeking coverage for various claims, including FINRA claims; an employee targeted by the DOJ in a price-fixing investigation; and an oral care manufacturer for lawsuits involving publicity rights claims.
- Recovered favorable settlements for one of the world’s largest systems integrators seeking more than $100 million in insurance coverage.
- Defended hedge fund client against commodities manipulation, securities, and bankruptcy claims.
- Presenter, Crime Fidelity Insurance: Key Issues in Preparing Financial Loss Claims, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Conference, 2022
- Presenter, Insurance Coverage for Patent and Other Intellectual Property Risks, International Law Association Meeting, 2019
- Presenter, Total Cost of a Claim: How Do You Maximize Recovery from a Non-Data Breach Event?, Advisen Cyber Risks Insights Conference, 2018
Admissions
- California
Education
- J.D., University of California Berkeley, School of Law, 2001
- Specialization in Environmental Law
- Prosser Award in Insurance Law
- B.A., cum laude, English Literature & Language, Harvard University, 1998