People
Tammy Yuen
Partner
- New York
Biography
Tammy Yuen is coverage counsel for domestic and international insurance companies in matters involving professional liability insurance coverage, particularly directors and officers liability. She handles coverage issues involving securities class and derivative actions, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, consumer actions, insolvency and government proceedings and other complex financial matters and disputes.
Tammy also drafts policy forms and endorsements to professional liability policies and litigates insurance coverage disputes. At her prior firms, Tammy represented clients in complex commercial disputes including class action securities claims, anti-trust, patent and copyright infringement and employment discrimination actions as well as representing companies and individuals in government and internal investigations alleging irregular accounting.
Tammy served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Loretta A. Preska, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Tammy is Skarzynski Marick’s Managing Partner, Chief Diversity Partner and a member of the Executive Committee.
Tammy also drafts policy forms and endorsements to professional liability policies and litigates insurance coverage disputes. At her prior firms, Tammy represented clients in complex commercial disputes including class action securities claims, anti-trust, patent and copyright infringement and employment discrimination actions as well as representing companies and individuals in government and internal investigations alleging irregular accounting.
Tammy served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Loretta A. Preska, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Tammy is Skarzynski Marick’s Managing Partner, Chief Diversity Partner and a member of the Executive Committee.
Honors
- New York Super Lawyers, 2017 - 2023
- New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2013 - 2014
- New York-Metro: Women's Edition Super Lawyers, 2022 - 2023
Professional Associations
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Career Advancement and Management Committee, 2013-2016, Member
Experience
experience
- Ali v. Federal Insurance Company, 719 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. June 4, 2013). Obtained dismissal of coverage action brought by insured seeking coverage from excess insurance where a number of the underlying carriers were insolvent.
- Represents a global professional liability insurer in connection with coverage litigation regarding over 200 claims and billions of dollars of alleged losses arising from the credit crisis and related government regulatory actions.
- Represents leading professional liability insurer in connection with coverage litigation concerning over $400 million dollars in settlement payments allegedly resulting from a Ponzi scheme.
- Represents insurer in bad faith action brought by ERISA plan participants on behalf of insureds under fiduciary policy.
publications & presentations
- Hot Topics in D&O Insurance, Bespoke Client Presentation, July 2023, Co-Presenter.
- Guest Post: SEC Enforcement Data: Midyear Review, The D&O Diary, May 2017, Co-Author.
- Guest Post: The Nuts & Bolts of SEC Investigations & Enforcement, The D&O Diary, January 2017, Co-Author.
- Known Unknowns: The Uncertain State of Religious Discrimination Claims in the Wake of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, PLUS Journal, Feb. 2016, Co-Author.
- An Increased Focus on Individual Accountability? What it Might Mean for D&O Insurance, PLUS Journal, Dec. 2015, Co-Author.
- The Nuts and Bolts of an SEC Investigation, Bespoke Client Presentation, 2015, Co-Presenter.
- Underwriters Under Fire, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) Conference, Nov. 2014, Panelist.
- Insolvent Insurers and the Impact on FI Coverage and Reinsurance, American Conference Institute's Financial Institutions Insurance Conference, Nov. 2013, Panelist.
News
Seventeen Lawyers Named 2023 New York-Metro: Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
09/22/2023We are excited to announce that Super Lawyers has named 17 of our lawyers to its 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Thirteen lawyers were recognized as 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers and four lawyers were recognized 2023 New York Metro Rising Stars.