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Francine M. Giugno
Attorney
Overview
Francine Giugno is an Attorney at Kelley Kronenberg where she assists in handling matters related to first-party property insurance defense, including coverage and bad faith litigation, as well as third-party defense and general liability.
Francine is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent attorney with over 20 years of experience in insurance defense and coverage, bad faith litigation, premises liability, construction, uninsured motorist, and environmental law. She has significant experience in defending first-party property cases and has handled hundreds of wind and flood lawsuits, including those with extra-contractual allegations filed by plaintiffs after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Francine received her undergraduate degree from John Carroll University and then earned her Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. While in law school, Francine was a judicial extern for the Honorable Steven R. Plotkin and served as a law clerk to The Honorable Clarence E. McManus and The Honorable H. Charles Gaudin.
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Louisiana
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New York
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Tulane University School of Law, J.D. 1996
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John Carroll University, B.A., 1991
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense Litigation
- First-Party Insurance Defense
- Third-Party Litigation | General Liability
Accolades, Associations & News
- Louisiana Bar Association, Member
- The Loss Executives Association, Member
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member
- Defense Research Institute, Member
- Membership Co-Chair of the Construction Law Committee
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Member
- Former Co-Chair of the Education Sub-Committee of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance Construction Committee
- Featured, “Kelley Kronenberg Expands New Orleans Office with Major Additions“, CityBiz, December 2021
- Featured, “Kelley Kronenberg Adds Four Insurance Attys in New Orleans“, Law 360 Pulse, December 2021
Publications
- Co-Author, “Leading by Example,” CLM Magazine, November 2021
- Co-Author, “Business Interruption in the Wake of COVID-19 and Hurricanes Laura and Sally, For the Defense,” Volume 62, No. 12, December 2020
- Co-Author, “Cybersecurity: How Safe Are You,” Louisiana Bar Journal, Vol. 67, No. 4, December 2019/January 2020
- Co-Author, “Be Aware of Significant Revisions to ISO’s 2013 Additional Insured Endorsements,” CLM Litigation Management Magazine, Winter 2015
- Co-Author, “Spreading the Risk: Use of Indemnification Provisions and Commercial General Insurance Coverage,” CLM Litigation Management Magazine, Winter 2014
- Speaker, “Managing the Period of Restoration,” Property & Liability Resource Bureau, Large Loss Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 2021
- Speaker, “Emerging Issues Regarding the Effect of the 2013 ISO Amendments to the Additional Insured Endorsements on Construction Litigation,” Construction & Environmental Conference, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2014
- Speaker, “Pros and Cons of Mediating, Arbitrating and Litigating Construction Claims,” Annual Conference, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, Orlando, Florida, April 2016
- Speaker, “The Emerging Trends in Slip and Fall Jurisprudence,” Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Conference, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, Dallas, Texas, February 2014
- New Orleans City Business, Leadership in Law Award, 2010