Rajbanshi, Scarlett M.

Scarlett, co-leader of the firm’s Coverage Practice Group, focuses on insurance coverage disputes, alleged bad faith claims handling and other business disputes. She represents U.S. and international insurers and commercial enterprises in arbitration and in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. She is an accomplished trial lawyer with a strong courtroom presence during both oral arguments and witness examinations.

Scarlett’s insurance litigation practice encompasses many lines of insurance, including transactional liability, commercial crime and fidelity, cyber, directors & officers management liability, errors & omissions, employment liability, general liability, builders risk, auto, dram shop and first-party property coverage.

Insurance companies, businesses and professionals faced with litigation rely on Scarlett for her tenacity and strong legal advocacy skills to obtain a swift and favorable resolution of the matter. With her insightful legal analysis and practical approach, clients turn to Scarlett for her ability to solve highly complex and difficult disputes in a manner that makes both legal and business sense.

Led the defense team for representation & warranty insurers in baseball-style arbitration, settling the case favorably on the morning of arbitration.
Favorably resolved various Massachusetts bad faith claims handling matters on behalf of insurers with successful use of the “safe harbor” provision of M.G.L. c. 93A.
Modell v. Argonaut Insurance Company, et al., 2024 WL 495135 (S.D.N.Y. 2024): obtained dismissal in favor of directors & officers liability insurer
XL Specialty Insurance Co. et al. v. AR Capital, LLC et al., New York Supreme Court for the State of New York Index No. 650018/2019 (Feb. 2, 2021): summary judgment allowed in favor of directors & officers liability insurers
Hayes v. CRGE Foxborough, LLC, C.A. No. 1:13-cv-12014 (D. Mass. 2016): secured jury verdict in favor of architect sued for negligence
Madden v. 4499 Acushnet Operating Company, LLC et al., C.A. No. 2011-02929 (Mass. Super. 2016): defense verdict in favor of long-term acute care hospital
Chute et al. v. Trustees of 2 Otis Place Condominium Trust, C.A. No. 2014-03054 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2015): successfully defended condominium trustees at bench trial concerning equitable relief claim asserted by a unit owner
Simpson v. Bedford Hills Center, C.A. No. 216-2015-cv-00341 (N.H. Super. Ct. 2015): motion to compel arbitration allowed
Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company v. Visionaid, Inc., 91 F.Supp.3d 66 (D. Mass 2015): insurer is not obligated to fund prosecution of insured’s counterclaim
Haley Charest et al. v. Western World Insurance Company, C.A. No. 217-2015-cv-00126 (N.H. Super. Ct. 2016): auto exclusion applied to preclude coverage under general liability policy
Amponsah v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company, C.A. No. PC2015-5219 (R.I. Super. Ct. 2016): motion to dismiss allowed concerning claimants’ direct claims against insurance company
Lexington Ins. Co. v. United Health Group, Inc., C.A. No. 09-cv-10504 (D. Mass. 2011): insurer was prejudiced as a matter of law where insured failed to adequately notify insurer of multi-million-dollar lawsuit that insured litigated for years

Professional and Civic

American Bar Association, member
Massachusetts Bar Association, member
New Hampshire Bar Association, member
New York Bar Association, member
Rhode Island Bar Association, member
Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, member
Professional Liability Underwriting Society, member
Defense Research Institute, member

Recognition

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, “Top Women of Law,” 2020
Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” 2013-2018

Admissions

MassachusettsNew HampshireNew YorkRhode IslandU.S. Court of Appeals, First CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Second CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth CircuitU.S. District Court, District of MassachusettsU.S. District Court, District of Rhode IslandU.S. District Court, New HampshireU.S. District Court, New York - Eastern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Southern District

Education

Boston College Law School

cum laude

University of Massachusetts

summa cum laude

Scarlett M. Rajbanshi

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“Cyber Liability: An Overview of Corporate/Law Firm Exposure, Preparedness, and Cyber Insurance,” New Hampshire Bar News

Professional and Civic

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Boston College Law School

University of Massachusetts

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