Herrick, Feinstein LLP has promoted Alan R. Lyons to partner. A national coverage counsel for insurers and insureds, Mr. Lyons handles complex coverage litigation involving a variety of lines of insurance, including commercial general liability, directors' and officers' liability, and first party property insurance.

Mr. Lyons represents reinsureds and reinsurers in litigation and reinsurance arbitrations through to awards involving issues such as follow the fortunes/settlements, allocation disputes, the use and accounting of finite reinsurance, interpretation of warranty provisions, reinsurers' collateral obligations, and the scope of contractual offset provisions.

Mr. Lyons earned degrees from the College of Law, York, England, and the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, England.