David Barrett retired from the partnership in December 2025. He was the Global Chair of the Insurance Counseling & Recovery Practice, representing policyholders in their most complex, highest stakes insurance matters.
David leveraged trusted relationships across the insurance industry with his solutions-oriented approach to counsel clients in a broad range of industries on:
- Corporate transactions
- Insurance placements and renewals
- Recovering claims in connection with billions of dollars in losses and liabilities, both within and outside the context of litigation
He regularly guided clients on negotiating custom insurance products for business-specific risk, including those relating to environmental, tax, litigation, representations and warranties, lost income, punitive damages, general liability, cyber, property, and business interruption.
A recognized leader at the firm, David had served on Latham’s Associates Committee and Ethics Committee.
He is a co-author of The Business Interruption Book: Coverage, Claims, and Recovery (National Underwriter Company, 2004).