Andrew R. Jones, Partner

ajones@fkblaw.com

Andrew R. Jones, born in Essex, England, is a partner specializing in legal malpractice, professional liability, insurance coverage litigation and directors' and officers' liability. His practice includes the representation of insurers in complex insurance coverage matters and in the representation of law firms in professional liability claims, including legal malpractice. Mr. Jones's practice includes direct defense of lawyers and other professionals, as well as monitoring local counsel and protecting insurers' interests in professional liability matters, including coverage analysis and coverage litigation.

Mr. Jones has drafted various insurance policy forms for international insurers, and has advised on coverage matters both in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Jones also represents the Lloyd's insurance market in the World Trade Center/September 11, 2001 liability insurance coverage litigation in the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Jones is a graduate of Kings College London, School of Law, where he received an LLB law degree with honors. During and after his law degree, Mr. Jones worked for a prominent Lloyd's insurance broker, and insurance defense law firms in both Toronto and New York City. Mr. Jones later spent 4 years with an insurance defense firm in New York before becoming an associate of Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP in 2008.

Mr. Jones is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales (United Kingdom), the Professional Liability Committee of the Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section and the Lawyers Professional Liability and Ethics Committee (Trial Lawyers Section) of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Jones is also a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

Mr. Jones has written and contributed to numerous articles on insurance coverage and insurance defense matters, and has been a speaker at professional liability conferences in both London and New York. Mr. Jones is the co-author of "Professional Liability Insurance," Insurance Law Practice, §37 (3rd Ed 2008, NYSBA).

Mr. Jones has appeared as both a panelist and a lecturer at the Bi-Annual New York State Bar Association-sponsored CLE statewide Legal Malpractice Seminar (2009 and 2011) and is a contributor to the NYSBA CLE Legal Malpractice course-book (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011).

Mr. Jones also drafts insurance policies and represents insurers in coverage disputes involving financial institutions, professional liability, marine and non-marine risks.

Mr. Jones is admitted to practice in the State of New York – Admitted in 2003, and in the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York – Admitted in 2005. Mr. Jones is also a Solicitor and Member of The Law Society of England and Wales (United Kingdom) - Admitted in 2011.

Mr. Jones became a partner of FURMAN KORNFELD & BRENNAN LLP in January 2010.

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