Insurance bad faith is a tort unique to the law of the United States that an insurance company commits by violating the "implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing" which automatically exists by operation of law in every insurance contract. In common law countries such as Australia and the UK, the issue is usually framed in the context of a failure of the duty of utmost good faith originating in English insurance law, which does not constitute a tort but rather provides the insured a contractual remedy unique to insurance law.
Perkins Coie is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1912, the firm is recognized as an Am Law 50 firm. It is the largest law firm headquartered in the Pacific Northwest and has 20 offices across the United States and in China and Taiwan. The firm provides corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many large technology companies like Google, Twitter, Intel, Facebook, and Amazon. In addition to corporate representation, the firm often represents political clients like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other prominent Democrats. The Firm is known for its strong pro bono work.
Marc Erik Elias is an American Democratic Party elections lawyer. In 2021, he left his position as a partner at Perkins Coie to start the Elias Law Group.
Hogan Lovells is an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington, D.C. Hogan Lovells was formed in 2010 by the merger of the American law firm Hogan & Hartson and the British law firm Lovells. It employs about 2,400 lawyers across 40 offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia. While attorneys general previously were appointed by the mayor, District of Columbia voters approved a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position beginning in 2015.
On November 4, 2014, Washington, D.C., held an election for mayor of the district, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in various states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Irvin Bertram Nathan is an American lawyer from Washington, DC. He served as the Attorney General of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed in 2011 by Mayor Vincent C. Gray. He previously served as the General Counsel of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Nathan announced his resignation the day after the November 2014 election, in which voters chose Karl Racine as the first elected Attorney General of D.C.
Paul H. Zukerberg is an American activist, lawyer, and politician. Through a series of lawsuits and appeals, Zukerberg successfully ensured the direct election of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia in 2014 after the Council of the District of Columbia and incumbent Irv Nathan sought to postpone the vote.
Karl Anthony Racine is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He is the first independently elected Attorney General of the District of Columbia, a position he has held since January 2015. Before that, he was the managing partner of Venable LLP. As Attorney General, Racine has received national attention for his work on antitrust matters, and in 2021 launched an eventually-dismissed antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.
Edward H. "Smitty" Smith II is an American lawyer. He was a candidate for Attorney General of the District of Columbia in the 2014 election and a former adviser to the FCC.
The 2014 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Washington, D.C., concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in various states and elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Robert C. White Jr. is an American attorney and politician who had served on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016.
On November 6, 2018, Washington, D.C., held an election for mayor of the district. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser won re-election, becoming the first Mayor to do so for Washington, D.C., since Anthony A. Williams won a second term in 2002.
Eric David Miller is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
On November 8, 2022, Washington, D.C., will hold an election for mayor of the district. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser is running for a third term.
Brooke Pinto is an American attorney and politician. In June 2020, she won the special election to succeed Jack Evans on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward 2. She is the youngest Councilmember in the District's history.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Loren Linn AliKhan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. She previously served as the solicitor general of the District of Columbia from 2018 to 2022.
The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorney general for the District of Columbia. This will be the third attorney general election in D.C. history.
Cohen Milstein is an American plaintiffs' law firm that engages in large-scale class action litigation. The firm filed a number of lawsuits against Donald Trump during and after his presidency, including a lawsuit which successfully blocked the Trump administration's attempt to roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Cohen Milstein has made the implementation of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs a key part of its litigation strategy. The firm has been hired by various state attorneys general to assist in complex litigation, including by suing ExxonMobil over climate change. Anita Hill was of counsel at Cohen Milstein.
