Practice Areas & Selected Cases
Matt Cockrell is an attorney licensed in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Oregon and Washington State, with established nationwide experience in the areas of policyholder insurance recover, general litigation, and dispute resolution.
Cockrell was a partner at Rivkin Radler & Kremer, in-house counsel at Waste Management, Inc. participating in its environmental insurance coverage cost recovery efforts, and Of Counsel at Zevnik Horton responsible for handling a wide variety of environmental insurance coverage disputes and other complex litigation.
Representative large corporate clients have included Waste Management, Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, Russell Corporation, Superior Services/Onyx North America, Amsted, Inc., Institute of Gas Technology, and West Shore Pipe Line, Inc.
Representative government clients have included: many cities and counties in Washington State and Oregon as well as the following: Gary, Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; Plymouth, Indiana; the City and County of Denver, Colorado; Miami-Dade County; the City of New Orleans; New Orleans Building Corporation; Deming, New Mexico; and the United States Department of the Interior.
Representative Small Corporate Clients
Cockrell has obtained money from insurance policies in Washington, Oregon, Indiana and elsewhere, for the following types of operations:
- Dry cleaners
- Gas stations and bulk oil facilities
- Manufacturing plants
- Automotive dealerships
- Landfills and scrap yards