Overview
Noel C. Paul is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on insurance and reinsurance recovery and risk management for corporate insureds. His clients range from publicly traded Fortune 500 corporations to small tech and healthcare industry startups. He helps clients navigate complex commercial and insurance coverage litigation in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in arbitrations and mediations.
Noel represents clients in a wide range of industries, including agriculture, banking, distribution and supply chain management, finance, industrial manufacturing, private equity investment, real estate development, retail, and telecommunications industries. He has helped recover insurance for corporate policyholders under general liability, professional liability and errors and omissions (E&O), directors and officers, and media/tech liability policies, as well as under numerous first-party policies.
Noel’s expertise includes managing complex insurance claims for suits against insureds alleging “long-tail” toxic tort/environmental and asbestos liability, significant first-party property damage claims, business interruption losses, and losses due to cyber incidents and employee theft.
Noel is a frequent speaker on insurance and risk transfer topics, advising companies on understanding and negotiating indemnification and insurance provisions in commercial contracts, as well as securing indemnification and additional insured coverage for claims against them. He has spoken on these topics at events hosted by the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and other legal education organizations.
Since 2021, Noel has received recognition from Best Lawyers in America.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Prior Experience
- Reed Smith, Partner
- Pew International Journalism Fellow
Credentials
Education
- Honors at Entrance Scholar
- Rose Marie Russo Scholar
- Loyola Consumer Law Review, Executive Editor
Admissions
- Illinois
Recognition
Awards
- Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2025
- Recognized in practice area of Insurance Law
Professional & Community Involvement
- Chicago Bar Association
- Past Chair of Insurance Law Committee