The Subrogation & Recovery Department at Butler Pappas handles complex property and casualty losses of all types. Our Subrogation & Recovery attorneys specialize in and devote their entire practice to Subrogation & Recovery. We specialize in Large Loss Recoveries, working as partners with our clients. For some of our clients, Butler Pappas coordinates Large Loss Recovery Programs, typically throughout the Southeastern United States, but in many instances, across the entire country.
A key feature of our practice is early involvement in the claim investigation. We make ourselves immediately available to our clients as their "first call" when they learn of a new claim, even before any determination of recovery potential. Our experience lets us accurately anticipate what our clients need at every step of the way, and makes our clients' recovery job easier. That includes appropriate reporting on files and processing claims as our clients may require. While we handle most cases on a contingency fee basis, we are always willing to consider alternative fee arrangements.
Our Subrogation & Recovery attorneys know the right experts to retain for each case. Retaining the right expert early helps us promptly work with our clients to make good decisions about which cases to prosecute. If a case has poor recovery potential, we will not waste our clients' resources so that our clients can better allot them elsewhere. Our success arises directly from the tremendous amount of time and effort our attorneys spend understanding the scientific and engineering side of our cases.
We work hard to obtain the largest reasonable recovery for our clients in the shortest time and at the lowest cost. To that end, we focus at least as much upon the business practicalities of a Subrogation & Recovery case as we do upon litigation. Sometimes the ordinary inclination to "fight" on a case becomes increasingly at odds with a speedy recovery. Of course, when we must assertively litigate a case we do so, and have done so successfully for our clients many times. We routinely resolve cases for our clients for six, seven and eight figure recoveries through settlement or litigation.
After handling Large Loss Subrogation & Recovery cases for over 25 years, we've learned that there's no such thing as a "typical case." Cases often share common issues, though, and we've handled many cases over the years involving:
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Products Liability Fires
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Products Liability Mechanical and Electrical Failures
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Structural Failures
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Construction Defects
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Sprinkler Discharges
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Vehicle Fires
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"Other" Insurance Claims
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Explosion Cases
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Chemical Releases and Contamination Claims
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Turbine and Generator Losses
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Fidelity Claims
Our experience gives us the opportunity to share what we've learned with our clients. Our Subrogation & Recovery Partners and Senior Associates routinely speak to professional associations. These include the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute, among others. In addition, our clients frequently ask us to conduct in-house training sessions with front line adjusters and recovery personnel. We believe that sharing what we've learned this way provides one of the best ways for us to serve as "partners" with our clients, and to cultivate mutual trust and respect.