Laura Geiger – Counsel

Phone: 312‑575‑8634
Email: lgeiger@hokellc.com

Education

• J.D., Chicago‑Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1999
• B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign, 1996

Laura helps corporate policyholders with all aspects of their insurance programs. She has negotiated the terms of, submitted claims under and litigated claims involving commercial general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, employment practices liability, commercial crime, cyber, first‑party property and business interruption and pollution liability policies. Because of the breadth and depth of her insurance counseling and litigation experience, Laura is often called upon to advise on insurance issues during corporate transactions.

She works with due diligence teams to understand and limit risks and liabilities regarding pre‑ and post‑transaction claims, occurrences and events. Laura analyzes the sufficiency of insurance for those risks and liabilities, including the scope of coverage and available limits. She drafts and negotiates terms relating to insurance and indemnification in transaction agreements and related documents and the terms of any new insurance policies or endorsements to current policies to provide the broadest possible coverage.

Before joining Hoke LLC, Laura was co‑chair of the Corporate and Transactional Subgroup of the Insurance Recovery Group at a large international law firm. Her representations have encompassed clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to family‑owned businesses and span a wide spectrum of manufacturing and service industry sectors, including energy, financial institutions, media, retail and food manufacturing.