Charles W. Browning

Charles (Chuck) W. Browning is a partner and Co-leader of the firm's Insurance Coverage Practice Group, overseeing the firm’s nationwide practice as coverage counsel for several major insurance companies. Mr. Browning is also an experienced commercial and tort litigator, with particular skill in the handling of high exposure tort claims and construction defect disputes.

Mr. Browning has been designated annually as a Michigan Super Lawyer and is annually listed in the publication The Best Lawyers in America. He is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extra Contractual Counsel. Mr. Browning was a member of the 2015 class of the Lawyers of the Year as determined by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

Mr. Browning is co-editor in chief of Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) compendium of the law in all 50 states and Canada on the critical issues surrounding a carrier’s duty to defend. He also is regional editor of DRI’s compendium of the law in all 50 states and Canada on the critical issues surrounding a carrier’s reservation of rights. The 2016 recipient of DRI’s prestigious Albert H. Parnell Award, Mr. Browning has been Program Chair for both of the organization’s flagship insurance seminars – the Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute (held annually in Chicago) and the Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium (held annually in New York City).

Mr. Browning is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and several federal courts, and he has been admitted to practice law pro hac vice in more than 34 states. He is a member of the DRI Insurance Law Committee; International Association of Defense Counsel (Insurance Committee, Chair 2006 to 2008); Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (Insurance Committee); and the American Bar Association (Litigation Section and Torts and Insurance Practice Section). He is a member of the Board of Editors of the Defense Counsel Journal.