Elizabeth J. Stewart

Elizabeth Stewart is a trial lawyer, principally handling policyholder-side insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. She recovers insurance proceeds and defense costs for policyholders facing large exposures and liabilities. Elizabeth has secured defense costs, judgments and settlements both through negotiations and lawsuits. Elizabeth also handles other types of complex commercial disputes, including antitrust and unfair trade practice claims, shareholder disputes, securities, RICO, breach of contract and various business tort cases. In many of these cases, Elizabeth has gone to court at the outset to obtain or block an injunction or a prejudgment remedy. When it is in the best interest of her clients, Elizabeth has tried these cases to verdict and pursued appeals. She also has resolved matters through arbitration, mediation and private negotiations. Elizabeth was appointed by Connecticut's Chief Justice to Connecticut's Civil Commission.  She also helped draft the District of Connecticut’s Local Rules on E-Discovery. She also served on the Connecticut Superior Court Task Force on Discovery and Expedited Litigation and previously served on the Connecticut Civil Jury Instructions Task Force. Elizabeth served as Murtha Cullina’s Managing Partner from 2009 through 2014 and as Chair of the Firm’s litigation department from 1998 through 2006.