Haley Hinton is smart, savvy and poised while getting to know her clients, their businesses and their aspirations when and if litigation becomes necessary. Haley focuses her practice on insurance recovery on behalf of policyholders, financial and regulatory compliance and litigation, and complex commercial litigation.
OVERVIEW
Haley A. Hinton
Associate
OVERVIEW
Haley A. Hinton
Associate
Haley Hinton is smart, savvy and poised while getting to know her clients, their businesses and their aspirations when and if litigation becomes necessary. Haley focuses her practice on insurance recovery on behalf of policyholders, financial and regulatory compliance and litigation, and complex commercial litigation.
- OVERVIEW
- Experience
- EXPERIENCE
- Publications
- INSIGHTS & EVENTS
OVERVIEW
Haley represents companies, national sports teams and leagues, manufacturers, and other policyholders in claims related to mergers and acquisitions under representations and warranties policies, liability policies, long-tail environmental and toxic torts claims under general liability policies, and losses arising from COVID-19 and natural disasters under first-party and business interruption insurance. Haley also represents and counsels companies and financial institutions in financial and regulatory compliance and litigation, including disputes involving cryptocurrency transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Haley gained unique knowledge and diverse experience in insurance law and corporate and regulatory compliance, from serving as a legal and legislative intern at the Connecticut Department of Insurance, to receiving J.D. certificates in both insurance law and regulation and corporate and regulatory compliance, and interning for a major insurer.
While in law school, Haley served as a student mediator with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and worked as a research assistant to the director of the UConn Law Library, where she conducted research regarding disabilities law, social media as a primary legal source, and the use of Lean Six Sigma in the legal field.
Beyond her client work, Haley is a proud dog mom, a self-declared “foodie,” and a Boston sports fanatic.
Involvement
Member, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Group
Member, American Bar Association Litigation Practice Group, Insurance Coverage Litigation and Securities Litigation Committees
Member, Connecticut Bar Association, Insurance Law Section
Illinois Legal Aid Online, Young Professionals Board Member
Founder and organizer, Rob Carbray Scholarship Fund
Honors
University of Connecticut School of Law Insurance Law Center J.D. Award, 2021
Dennis Mayer Association of Corporate Counsel Connecticut Legal Studies Scholarship, 2020
Hartford County Bar Association Scholarship, 2020
Experience
Insurance Coverage
- Represented a large manufacturer in complex claims regarding long-tail environmental pollution against multiple Insurers, including bad faith claims against the Insurers for failure to defend and indemnify.
- Represented numerous sports industry clients as insurance coverage counsel in connection with allegations of copyright infringements due to the alleged online use of music.
- Represented a private equity firm in negotiating a multi-million dollar coverage settlement with their Representations and Warranties Insurance carrier.
- Represented a major manufacturer in claims of Tenant’s Prohibited Access coverage and property damage arising from COVID-19.
- Represented a property management group in losses arising from COVID-19.
Financial and Regulatory Litigation
- Represented a foreign company in litigation against major cryptocurrency exchanges involving a complex cryptocurrency transaction.
- Represented an investment banking firm in connection with a FINRA investigation.
Pro Bono
- Represented an individual seeking asylum in the United States before the Chicago Immigration Court.
EXPERIENCE
Publications
- “Hot Potato: The Bedivere Insurance Company Liquidation and the Challenges Insurer Liquidations Place on Policyholders,” TIPS Ins. Coverage Lit. Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2 (Fall/Winter 2021).
- "Hedging Your Bets: Is Fantasy Sports Betting Insurance Really ‘Insurance’?,” 11 UNLV GAMING L.J. 153 (2020)
INSIGHTS & EVENTS
