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Bryant Green
Senior Associate
Washington, DC
1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 375
Washington DC 20006
TEL: (202) 899-4119
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Bryant S. Green

Bryant counsels many of the world’s largest insurers concerning their most troublesome and complex first-party property, business income, builder's risk, inland marine, and excess indemnity claims. He also defends clients in high-value appraisals, bad faith, and liability claims.

Representing insurers in a wide array of sophisticated property insurance coverage matters, Bryant was at the forefront of decisions concerning business interruption claims for COVID-19 losses.

With extensive experience in all phases of litigation, Bryant has argued numerous cases to verdict before federal and state juries and has delivered arguments before several courts of appeal.

Prior to joining Zelle, Bryant served as a law clerk for the Honorable Stuart R. Berger of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Thereafter, he practiced at a regional firm in Baltimore, Maryland, where he tried insurance coverage and general liability cases across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Representative Matters

Represented two prominent insurance industry trade associations in various courts of appeal opposing business interruption claims resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Represented a market of insurers in defense of a $50 million claim to a Miami Beach hotel following damage allegedly resulting from Hurricane Irma.

Prevailed on a motion to dismiss on behalf of a major insurer in a $500 million business interruption claim for COVID-19 losses and argued the subsequent appeal where the case was affirmed.

Prevailed on a motion to dismiss on behalf of a major metropolitan city in a wrongful death case and argued the subsequent appeal where the case was affirmed.

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major insurer in a $2 million insurance coverage matter for damage to an apartment building involving the interpretation of an ensuing loss exclusion, and then argued the subsequent appeal where the case was affirmed.

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major insurer in a coverage matter involving the historic 2016 Ellicott City flood, then argued the subsequent appeal where the case was affirmed.

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major insurer in a case affirming the application of an anti-concurrent earth movement exclusion following a landslide on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major insurer in a case involving the application of collapse coverage following a sinkhole under a complex hotel insurance policy, then argued the subsequent appeal where the case was affirmed.

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major insurer in a federal bad faith claim involving damages to a yacht. 

Articles & Presentations

“Forensic Files:  The Pros & Cons of Forensic Investigations in Property Damage & Construction Defect,” CLM Annual Conference, March 30, 2023, panelist

"Policyholders Should Also Want To Fight Social Inflation," Law360, November 8, 2022, author

Professional Affiliations

Community Service

Noteworthy

Selected by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), the Insurance Careers Movement, and AM Best as a 2023 Emerging Leader in the insurance industry.

Named a Rising Star by Washington, DC Super Lawyers, 2022, 2023

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