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Todd A. Rossi

Of Counsel

Phone: 225.382.3434
Fax: 225.388.9133

todd.rossi@keanmiller.com
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Todd is a former Partner and previously served as General Counsel for the firm. He is a seasoned litigator and practices in the insurance recovery, business, and litigation areas.

Todd's experience is varied, and includes representing clients in contract issues, banking matters, shareholder claims, trust disputes, general business disputes, will contests, and tax controversies. Todd's litigation experience extends to representing shareholders, LLC members, officers and directors, executors, trustees, individuals, and others in business liability and economic loss claims.

Todd represents policyholders in numerous insurance coverage and recovery related situations. He provides coverage opinions and policy reviews, and also advises clients on the proper steps to take when insurers issue reservation of rights letters or denial of coverage letters. Todd’s coverage and recovery efforts extend to litigation and matters such as multiple and excess insurance policy disputes, exhaustion of policies, policy allocation issues, additional insured coverage, contractual indemnity related matters, bad faith claims, and disputes with London underwriters. His insurance coverage experience includes business and industrial matters such as pollution issues, property damage claims, bodily injury, business interruption disputes, fiduciary claims, and employment retaliation suits. Todd is a member of the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and has served as an editor of its Annual Insurance Survey. He is co-author of a chapter in the ABA’s “The Reference Handbook on the Comprehensive General Liability Policy.”

Education
  • LSU Law Center, J.D., 1981
    • Member, Order of the Coif
  • Manhattan College, B.S., summa cum laude, 1977
Admissions
  • Louisiana
  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • U.S. Tax Court
Memberships
  • Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association
  • Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
Recognition
  • AV Preeminent-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • "Super Lawyers," Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008-2009, 2011-2016
Articles, Publications, Presentations
  • "Duty to Defend," Baton Rouge Business Report, July 4, 2017
  • "Insurance Checklist if Your Business is Sued," Louisiana Law Blog, April 25, 2014
  • "Taxation of Amounts Received for Personal Injury," 28 Louisiana Bar Journal 409
  • "Professional Advisors: Are They Subject to Fiduciary Liability Under ERISA," 41 Louisiana Bar Journal 28
  • "Business Advice: The Privilege Stops Here," 42 Louisiana Bar Journal 263
  • "Powers of Attorney - Durable Enough to Survive Interdiction?," 44 Louisiana Bar Journal 517
  • "Limited Liability Company Members' Immunity From Claims: Advantages Over Corporate Shareholders," 46 Louisiana Bar Journal 122
  • "Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2007 (42:2)
  • "Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2011 (46-2)
  • "The Reference Handbook on the Comprehensive General Liability Policy," Chapter 7 ("Trigger"), Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, American Bar Association
Community Service
  • Committee Member, Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program
  • President, Board of Directors, Association of Retarded Citizens of Baton Rouge, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
  • Past Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association (High School Mock Trial Competition Committee)
  • Member, Chairman, Board of Directors, St. Aloysius Men's Club (Chairman 2008-2009)
  • Member, Catholic High School Alumni Board of Directors, 2012-2017
  • Volunteer Coach, YMCA and USSSA for various sports 2008-Present
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