Sam Stalker

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD, 2009
• University of Michigan, BA, 2006

Sam Stalker is a coverage partner in Kennedys’ Chicago office and focuses his practice primarily on professional liability claims. Sam has significant experience with a multitude of professional liability lines, including lawyers liability, construction and design professional liability, employment practices liability, miscellaneous professional liability, architects and engineers, and directors & officers. Sam is a trusted advisor to his clients in providing comprehensive coverage opinions and coverage position letters. Sam also has significant experience litigating complex coverage issues in a range of jurisdictions across the country, including lawsuits alleging breach of contract, rescission and bad faith.

Prior to joining Kennedys, Sam was a coverage partner at an AmLaw 100 firm, where he was the Chair of the firm’s Bad Faith Group. Before focusing his practice almost exclusively on professional liability claims, Sam regularly handled coverage matters involving third-party general liability and first-party property claims.

Sam has been a frequent presenter to claims professionals and attorneys on a range of insurance coverage topics, including bad faith, time-limited policy limit demands, food contamination, and coverage exposures under evolving sexual abuse legislation. He has also authored many articles and client-specific surveys and treatises addressing topics such as the duty to defend, waiver and estoppel, general liability coverage for cyberattacks, and coverage exposure under employer’s liability policies resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.