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Austin Moody represents insurance companies in complex insurance coverage disputes in state and federal courts. 

Austin advises clients on disputes involving a broad range of coverages including general and professional liability, commercial property, subcontractor default, life, directors and officers, and pollution coverage.

Recognition and Involvement

Recognition & Involvement

While in law school Austin served as a notes editor for the Immigration Law Journal and as an intake volunteer for the D.C. Employment Justice Center Worker Rights Clinic. Austin participated in the Harrison Institute for Public Law Clinic, helping public school districts procure healthy fresh food in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. He also interned with the Federal Immigration Appeals Clinic, helping immigrants seeking asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture.

Austin was named a Massachusetts "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers for 2023 & 2024.

Credentials

Bar and Court Admissions

Massachusetts

California

Connecticut

New York

U.S. District Court for District of Connecticut

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 2016

Trinity College, BA, summa cum laude, 2013

News & Insights

  • First Circuit Finds No Coverage For Subcontracted Faulty Work
    First Circuit Finds No Coverage For Subcontracted Faulty Work
    11.13.24 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group Alert
  • Congratulations 2024 DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, and PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
    Congratulations 2024 DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, and PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
    6.6.24
  • First Circuit Limits Insurers’ Right to Recoup Defense Costs or Settlement Payments
    First Circuit Limits Insurers’ Right to Recoup Defense Costs or Settlement Payments
    2.28.24 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
  • First Circuit Holds That Notice Provisions in Claims Made Policies Must Be Strictly Enforced
    First Circuit Holds That Notice Provisions in Claims Made Policies Must Be Strictly Enforced
    8.11.23 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
  • Congratulations to all of our 2023 Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
    Congratulations to all of our 2023 Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
    5.25.23
  • 11.21.22 | The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter
  • MA Business Court Reverses Itself on Reconsideration; Finds No Right to Defense Cost Contribution From Insureds
    MA Business Court Reverses Itself on Reconsideration; Finds No Right to Defense Cost Contribution From Insureds
    8.15.22 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • MA SJC Rules Attorney’s Fees Awarded Under G. L. c. 93A Are Not Covered by Liability Policy
    MA SJC Rules Attorney’s Fees Awarded Under G. L. c. 93A Are Not Covered by Liability Policy
    7.11.22 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • Massachusetts Federal Court Rejects Adria Towers, Finds Construction Defects Not an “Occurrence”
    Massachusetts Federal Court Rejects Adria Towers, Finds Construction Defects Not an “Occurrence”
    6.1.22 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • Massachusetts Business Court Addresses Defense Cost Allocation and Non-Cumulation Provisions in Long-Tail Context
    Massachusetts Business Court Addresses Defense Cost Allocation and Non-Cumulation Provisions in Long-Tail Context
    2.24.22 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • Coverage College 2021
    Coverage College 2021
    10.21.21
  • 3.30.21 | The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter
  • First Circuit Holds Conflicting Policy Provisions Require Coverage for Petroleum Spill
    First Circuit Holds Conflicting Policy Provisions Require Coverage for Petroleum Spill
    12.22.20 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • Connecticut Supreme Court Finds Duty to Defend When Case Law is Uncertain
    Connecticut Supreme Court Finds Duty to Defend When Case Law is Uncertain
    9.15.20 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • COVID Restrictions Struck in Wisconsin – Other Challenges Likely
    COVID Restrictions Struck in Wisconsin – Other Challenges Likely
    5.14.20 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • First Circuit: No Coverage, No Duty to Investigate Alleged Loss Prior to Policy Period
    First Circuit: No Coverage, No Duty to Investigate Alleged Loss Prior to Policy Period
    4.3.20 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • SJC Addresses the Enforceability of Settlements Entered Without Insurers’ Consent
    SJC Addresses the Enforceability of Settlements Entered Without Insurers’ Consent
    2.19.20 | Boston Bar Journal
  • NY Federal Court Refuses to Consider Extrinsic Evidence of an Insurer’s Claim Handling for a Different Policyholder
    NY Federal Court Refuses to Consider Extrinsic Evidence of an Insurer’s Claim Handling for a Different Policyholder
    8.27.19 | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert
  • Interpreting Prior Knowledge Clauses in Claims-Made Policies: When Knowing Too Much Can Hurt You
    Interpreting Prior Knowledge Clauses in Claims-Made Policies: When Knowing Too Much Can Hurt You
    Summer 2018 | Connecticut Lawyer Magazine
  • Excess Insurer’s Duties Clarified by 9th Circuit
    Excess Insurer’s Duties Clarified by 9th Circuit
    11.2.17 | L.A. Daily Journal
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