Selena J. Linde
- Member, Firmwide Executive Committee; Firmwide Chair, Insurance Recovery Practice
- Washington, D.C.
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Selena has recovered more than $7 billion for her clients, who rely on her to both advise and litigate coverage issues against insurance companies.
Selena J. Linde chairs the firm’s Insurance Recovery practice and has led some of the largest insurance recovery cases in federal and state courts throughout the country. She advises boards on insurance issues and risk management strategies and is regularly hired in high-profile natural disaster cases and high-profile bankruptcies to maximize business interruption and property claims as well as the coverage available to debtors’ estates, creditors’ committees, and trust beneficiaries. Selena is an authority on all types of insurance policies. She is currently leading the insurance recovery for Hawaii Electric Industries related to the August 2023 Lahaina Fires.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1997
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
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Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Related Employment
- Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., Insurance Coverage Partner and Deputy Practice Leader
- U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee for Senator Edward Kennedy
Professional Recognition
Ranked by Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyer” for Insurance: Policyholder, 2023-2024; Nationwide: Insurance Dispute Resolution: Policyholder, 2024
Best Lawyers in America: Insurance Law, 2018-2025
Benchmark Litigation Top 250 Women in Litigation, 2014-2019
Benchmark Litigation’s Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys as a National Star 2011-2020, Insurance and Bankruptcy
Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance, 2017-2019
Recommended by The Legal 500: Industry Focus: Insurance – advice to policy holders
Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, 2013-2020, 2024
Business Insurance’s "Women to Watch," 2012
Recipient of the "Women Worth Watching" award by the Diversity Journal, 2012
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Association of Corporate Counsel's "A Policyholder Primer on Insurance," Primary Author and Editor
- The Professionals’ Officers’ and Directors’ Liability Subcommittee, Contributing Author
- American Bar Association, Tort and Trial Insurance Practice Section
- Woman’s Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Pro bono insurance coverage work
- Pro bono adoptions for children in the District of Columbia neglect system
