Austin Sutta represents insurers in contested coverage litigation and mass tort bankruptcies, providing counseling on policy language and interpretation, defenses to coverage, and strategic considerations.

Her experience includes representing insurers in complex coverage disputes arising from underlying claims involving exposure to asbestos, environmental liability under CERCLA or similar state statutes, and abuse claims, as well as in multi-district litigation involving COVID-19 business interruption claims. She has significant experience litigating issues such as exclusions, number of occurrences, allocation of liability among insurers, exhaustion of policy limits, choice of law, duty to defend, and Cumis counsel disputes.

Austin has also litigated a broad range of bankruptcy matters, including automatic stay issues, approval of settlements, and plan confirmation objections, and has represented insurers in the bankruptcy cases of Imerys Talc America, Cyprus Mines, and Boy Scouts of America.

Education & Admissions

Education

• University of Oregon, B.A.

• University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D.

Admissions

• California

• Nevada (inactive)