Tamara, co-leader of the firm's Coverage Practice Group, is an accomplished civil litigator who defends businesses, individuals and insurers. Over her 30-year career, she has deep experience handling complex insurance matters and insurance coverage litigation; advising clients on insurance coverage and best claims handling practices; defending medical professionals and others in professional liability, state board and licensure matters; and defending businesses and owners against business, tort and contract claims. She represents clients in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as well as before state licensing bodies, and in private arbitration.
In the area of insurance coverage litigation, Tamara has extensive experience representing insurers in declaratory judgment actions involving interpretation of policy language and determinations of coverage in various courts. She has successfully appealed many matters before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Tamara counsels clients daily on insurance coverage issues, good faith insurance practices and other issues of insurance contract interpretation that often implicate the laws of various states across the nation.
Tamara is the Chair of the Insurance Law Section (2013 – present) of the New Hampshire Bar Association, a position that she has continually held since she petitioned the NHBA to establish the Insurance Law Section in 2012. She is also one of the founding Board members and immediate past Co-Chair of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Insurance Women, a national organization. She is also a mentor for professional women across the business and insurance ecosystems, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry and bar association events.