John Niemeyer represents policyholders across industries in complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes and advises clients on insurance coverage strategies and policy negotiations and renewals.
John’s insurance expertise spans a broad range of commercial lines of insurance, including:
He represents policyholders in federal and state court in some of the most highly visible and largest insurance claims in the country. John also has extensive experience advising clients on insurance-related aspects of corporate transactions and post-restructuring and on strategic management of insurance portfolios, with a particular expertise in evaluating D&O policy terms and negotiating improvements to policy language.
John maintains an active pro bono practice, advising clients regarding a wide variety of legal needs, including immigration, civil rights, and insurance matters.
John also served on Latham’s Associates and Mentoring Committees and as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.
Prior to joining Latham, John worked in Uganda, helping the High Court of Uganda clear judicial backlogs in post-conflict zones and obtaining the first conviction under Uganda’s Anti-Human Trafficking Act.
While in law school, John served as the note and comment editor for the Pepperdine Law Review and was the Co-Chair of Pepperdine’s Interschool Moot Court team.
John’s experience includes advising/representing:
Latham’s success leading the joint defense effort that secured the complete dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims against our client BMW and several other German automakers in the so-called “Circle of Five” emissions conspiracy litigation was chosen among the Top Defense Verdicts of 2020.