This event is scheduled for May 18, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (ET).

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https://knowlearninghub.com/courses/insurance-coverage-cle-insurance-webinar/

About Michelle L. Burton, Esq.

Michelle Burton is Managing Partner of Burton Kelley, LLP. Her decades of experience include complex coverage analysis, successful trial and appellate work, Umpiring property appraisals, as well as client training in a range of subjects. Before forming Burton Kelley, she ran the successful practice of Shoecraft Burrton LLP for sixteen years. Ms. Burton has long-term clients who appreciate her tireless dedication to serving their legal needs and consistently delivering excellent legal results.

About Burton Kelley LLP

Burton Kelley, LLP is a women owned California civil litigation firm known for delivering prolonged legal excellence to its clients whether through settlement, trial or, if necessary, appeal. We consistently deliver excellent legal results by working in close collaboration with our clients and constantly adapting to meet the demands of the evolving practice of law. Burton Kelley understands that consistent legal results can only be obtained by drawing on diverse perspectives utilizing advances in technology and building long lasting relationships of trust and confidence with our clients. Burton Kelley lawyers are respected for their judgment, accessibility and tenacity. We handle our clients’ legal matters with the same concern and expertise we would handle our own.

Event Summary

In today’s changing litigation landscape, even carefully written exclusions don’t always prevent coverage. Strategic pleading, new allegations, and changing court interpretations can suddenly create an insurer’s duty to defend, catching carriers and lawyers off guard.

Join Michelle L. Burton, Esq., Managing Partner, at Burton Kelley LLP and Tae Andrews, Senior Counsel, at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP in this CLE insurance webinar as they examine how amended complaints, reinterpreted facts, and detailed policy language can turn a denied claim into one that requires coverage.

What You Will Learn in this Webinar
 How new or amended allegations can trigger a duty to defend despite exclusions
 Identifying policy language that may reopen coverage
 Recent court decisions expanding coverage based on revised pleadings
 Strategies for analyzing and responding to changing complaints
 Best practices for insurers and policyholder lawyers when exclusions are challenged
 Real-world case studies where coverage was unexpectedly granted
 Avoiding common mistakes that lead to reopened claims

About The Knowledge Group

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The Knowledge Group strives to be the best-in-class provider of continuing education by bringing forth relevant content you can’t get anywhere else.

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