Garrick L. Gallagher

Bar / Professional Activity

• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• Member National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals., 2021
• U. S. Supreme Court
• Member, Maricopa County Bar Association
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• President, State Bar of Arizona, Young Lawyers Division, 1991 - 1992
• Member, Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Board of Governors, State Bar of Arizona
• Member, The Defense Research Institute

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Recovered more than $100 million on behalf of his clients in various jurisdictions
• Assisted insurers is resolving claims in excess of a billion dollars. Regularly retained to assist in evaluating and resolving high exposure claims around the country., 2022
• Recovered $5.95 million verdict on behalf of U.S. Fire Insurance Company in a bad faith, failure-to-settle action against the primary insurance carrier
• Successfully represented one of the heir claimants in securing the client's share of the $600,000,000 estate

Representative Clients

• Arch Insurance Group
• Great American Insurance Company
• Overhead Door Corporation
• RenRe Insurance
• Sorenson Capital
• Trek Bicycle Corporation
• Swiss Re Insurance
• The Burlington Insurance Company
• CHUBB Group

Pro bono / Community Service

• Mr. Gallagher serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for Maricopa County Superior Court., 2022

Educational Background

• University of Pennsylvania, B.A. in Economics, 1981

Honors

• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine., Top Fifty Attorney in Arizona, Super Lawyers, 2020
• Named by Best Lawyers as  2023 "Lawyer Of The Year" in Phoenix for Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs., Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" for Product Liability Litigation- Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers, 2023
• Named by Best Lawyers as  2021 "Lawyer Of The Year" in Phoenix for Product Liability Litigation-Defendants., Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" for Product Liability Litigation-Defendants., Best Lawyers, 2021
• Selected for 10 plus years as a Top Fifty Attorney in Arizona by Super Lawyers., Top 50 Attorney in Arizona, Super Lawyers, 2023
• Selected by Super Lawyers again as Top 50 attorney in Arizona., Top Fifty Attorney in Arizona, Super Lawyers, 2022
• Selected to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Selected to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, 2021
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine., Top Fifty Attorney in Arizona, Super Lawyers, 2021
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorney in Arizona, Super Lawyers, 2018
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2014
• Arizona's Finest Lawyers
• AV® Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America for his work in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation-Insurance, Mediation, Personal Injury-Defendants, Personal Injury-Plaintiffs, Products Liability Litigation-Defendants., Best Lawyers of America, 2019
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2019
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2016
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2013
• Named by Best Lawyers as  2019 "Lawyer Of The Year" in Phoenix for Litigation-Insurance., 2019
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2014
• Recognized as One of Arizona's Top Lawyers, Arizona Business Magazine
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2015
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2018
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2015
• Avvo 10 Superb Rating
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2017
• The National Trial Lawyers - Top 100, The National Trial Lawyers - Top 100
• Named as one of Arizona's Top 50 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2016
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 2017

Industry Groups

• Business
• Construction
• Design Professionals
• Individuals
• Industry
• Insurance
• Product Manufacturers
• Transportation

“Garrick is smart, experienced and creative in solving complex coverage issues and other matters and is a master negotiator.”

“Garrick Gallagher is an exceptional lawyer with both proactive and creative analytical skills that help his clients get great results in a timely and cost-effective manner.”

“Garrick is the most "out of the box" thinker I have ever worked with. His ability to wrangle multi-party cases to settlement is unmatched.”

“Excellent lawyer. Always provides provides prompt and quality service”

“Garrick handles complex insurance coverage and bad faith issues with ease and skill.”

“Superb, ethical lawyer”

“Garrick is one of the finest lawyers in the state. He has an incredible ability to assess and solve problems.”

“Garrick is an exceptional lawyer. He handles complex insurance coverage matters with skill and precision.”

“One of the best in the insurance litigation area”

“Garrick has no peer in Phoenix.”

“Mr. Gallagher has extensive experience and expertise in both analyzing and litigating insurance coverage disputes.”

“Garrick is a coverage genius. He can unravel seven layers of coverage running to the hundreds of millions of dollars, and get the issue dead-on right. He is also a savvy and practical negotiator, whose experience, coupled with his coverage skills, means less headaches, and quicker and better resolutions for his clients and, frankly, everyone else involved in his cases.”

“My law firm has worked with Garrick Gallagher and his law firm for several years. Sanders & Parks, PC, is considered one of the best insurance law firms in the State of Arizona. Garrick has been with the firm for several years and has the highest degree of respect from his peers in the area of insurance law.”

“Garrick handles complex insurance coverage matters with ease. He is a master at getting parties together to resolve disputes.”

“Excellent lawyer of the highest ethics”