David Hungerford is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary's Walnut Creek office. Mr. Hungerford’s practice emphasizes representing primary and excess insurers in disputes over coverage, including pre-litigation matters, declaratory relief actions, and lawsuits alleging bad faith.
Mr. Hungerford has focused on evaluating and resolving insurance coverage disputes on behalf of insurers his entire career. Mr. Hungerford has counseled insurers in a multitude of contexts — including privacy breaches, data theft, cybersecurity claims, intellectual property disputes, employment matters, catastrophic injury, construction defects, and environmental contamination — under property, general liability, and professional liability policies, as well as more specialized policies increasingly used to insure the risks of the 21st Century. Mr. Hungerford understands that the process of analyzing pre-litigation coverage disputes extends beyond initially advising insurers, and involves listening to the insured, evaluating new information, and continually advising the insurer of any changed circumstances.