Caitlin Oswald

Caitlin S. Oswald Associate

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Caitlin S. Oswald is an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles – Century City office, specializing in complex coverage disputes for insured entities and individuals. Her expertise includes bodily injury claims, business interruption claims and disputes arising from the #MeToo movement, under commercial general liability insurance, television production portfolio policies, film producers risk policies, employment practices liability insurance, and property insurance policies.

Caitlin has an impressive academic background, having served as a production editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review and a member of Loyola’s International Human Rights Clinic. She received the Outstanding First Year Brief Award for her legal writing at Loyola Law School. During law school, Caitlin gained valuable experience as a judicial extern for the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the Honorable Franz Miller of the Orange County Superior Court. She also externed for the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California in the Civil Division.

Experience

  • Representing two major California public utilities companies in a complex insurance coverage litigation pending in the Central District of California to seek coverage for claims stemming from an alleged gas leak.
  • Represented and assisted a global media and entertainment company in recovering their production losses under a television production portfolio policy and a production package policy and due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Representing a boarding school and multinational fast-food chain in commercial general liability coverage dispute for losses suffered from alleged sexual assaults and negligent supervision, retention, and hiring claims.
  • Representing an asset management firm in coverage dispute for defamation claim.
  • Represented major hospitality group in coverage dispute for business interruption losses suffered as a result of the COVID-19 shutdowns.
  • Represented famous rock band in coverage dispute for losses suffered as a result of the cancellation of the band’s world tour due to the COVID-19 shutdowns and travel bans.