Darcy Ibach

Partner

Darcy.Ibach@lewisbrisbois.com

Darcy Ibach is a partner in the Chicago office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Insurance Law, Bad Faith Litigation, and Insurance Coverage Practices. Ms. Ibach has frequently assisted insurers in the drafting of liability policies and best practices guidelines.

During her more than 20 years of practice counseling insurers on coverage issues, she has represented insurers at mediation, arbitrations, trials and in the appellate courts on diverse policies and issues among numerous types of insurance.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Insurance Law
  • Bad Faith Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage
  • COVID-19: Insurance Coverage

Admissions

Illinois

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh

United States District Courts

District Court of Colorado, Northern District Court of Florida, Central District Court of Illinois, Northern District Court of Illinois, Southern District Court of Illinois, Northern District Court of Indiana, District Court of Nebraska, District Court of North Dakota, Eastern District Court of Texas, Northern District Court of Texas, Southern District Court of Texas, Western District Court of Texas, Eastern District Court of Wisconsin, Southern District Court of Indiana

Education

DePaul College of Law

Juris Doctor, 1986

University of Illinois

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management, 1982

Representative Cases

  • International Ins. Co. v. Peabody International Corp., 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5109 (N.D. Ill. May 27, 1988)
  • International Ins. Co. v. Peabody Int’l Corp., 747 F. Supp. 477 (N.D. IL 1990)
  • International Ins. Co. v. Peabody Int’l Corp., 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 5, 1990)
  • International Ins. Co. v. Peabody Int’l Corp., 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7693 (N.D. Ill. June 25, 1990)
  • International Ins. Co. v. Peabody Int’l Corp., 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1959 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 23, 1991)
  • Shriners Hosp. for Crippled Children v. First Sec. Bank, N.A., 835 P.2d 350 (Wyo. 1992)
  • Coregis Ins. Co. v. Frank, 993 F. Supp. 1092 (N.D. Ohio 1997)
  • McDonough v. Westport Ins. Corp. CA Superior Court (CA 2002)
  • TIG Ins. Co. v. Reliable Research Co., 228 F. Supp. 2d 921 (S.D. Ill. 2002)
  • Hatch v. TIG Ins. Co., 301 F.3d 915 (8th Cir. 2002)
  • TIG v. Reliable Research Co., 334 F.3d 630 (7th Cir. 2003)
  • Badger Scaffold, Inc. v. Hartford, 260 Wis. 2d 602 (2003)
  • Greenburgh Eleven School District v. National Union, et al., 758 N.Y.S.2d 291 (N.Y. 1st Dept. 2003), (cert. den. 2004)
  • TIG Ins. Co. v. Lohman & Lohman, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30921 (D. CO July 28, 2004)
  • Harris v. Coregis Ins. Co., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41537 (S.D. Miss. June 2, 2005)
  • Harris v. Coregis Ins. Co., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41607 (S.D. Miss. June 16, 2005)
  • Coregis Ins. Co. v. City of Harrisburg, County of Dauphin, 2006 WL 860710, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20340 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 30, 2006)
  • North River Ins. Co. v. Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 428 F. Supp. 2d 1284 (S.D. FL 2006)
  • Columbia Casualty Co. v. Coregis Ins. Co., 123 Dauph. 1 (Pa. 2006)
  • Nelson, et al. v. Coregis Ins. Co., 2006 Ga. App. Lexis 1428 (Ga. App. 2006)
  • TIG Ins. Co. v. Chapman & Chapman, P.C., 436 F. Supp. 2d 1047 (D.N.D. 2006)
  • Nat’l Guardian Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Cent. Ill. Emergency Physicians, LLP, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46387 (W.D. Mich. July 10, 2006)
  • Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., et al., Docket No. ESX-C-320-02 (NJ 2008)
  • Farmers Elevator, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and Tri State Insurance Co., Docket No. C107-92 (NE 2008)
  • General Security Nat’l Ins. Co. v. North River Ins. Co., Docket Nos. MRS-L-2792-07, MRS-L-2868-07 (N.J. Law Div. Mar. 31, 2009)
  • Farmers Elevator, Inc. V. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and Continental Western Insurance Co., 2009 Neb. App. Lexis 189 (Nov. 2009)
  • Michles & Booth, P.A., et. al. v. Admiral Insurance Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 16087 (N.D. Fla. Feb. 12, 2010)
  • Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, et. al. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., et. al., 2010 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 475 (App. Div. Mar. 8, 2010)
  • U.S. Specialty Insurance Company v. North River Insurance Company, et. al., Docket No.: CAM-L-4901-08 (N.J. Law Div. Mar. 4, 2010)
  • Carolina Cas. Co. v. Rothstein (In re Rothstein), 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 1448, 53 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (LRP) 44 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Apr. 29, 2010)
  • In re Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, P.A., 2011 Bankr. LEXIS 591 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Jan. 24, 2011)
  • Zurich Am. Ins. Co.,  v. IL National Ins. Co. and QBE Ins. Corp.,  Case No: 09 CH 16442, Circuit Court of Cook County, IL (March 15, 2011)
  • Illinois National Insurance Co., v. Temian, et al., 779 F. Supp. 2d 921 (N.D. IN. 2011)
  • Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, v. St. Paul Fire & Marine and Coregis Ins. Co., 206 N.J. 596, 21 A.3d 1151 (N.J. 2011)
  • Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Nanodetex, et al., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90294 (D.N.M. July 27, 2011)
  • Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Nanodetex, et al., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90555 (D.N.M. August 5, 2011)
  • Admiral Ins. Co. v. Adges, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89355 (S.D.N.Y. June 27, 2012)
  • Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Nanodetex, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92614 (D.N.M. July 2, 2012)
  • Admiral Insurance Company v. The Law Offices of Craig J. Martin & Associates, P.C. et al, Docket No. 1:12-cv-11293-WGY (CT. Nov. 6, 2012).
  • Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Law Offices of Robert M. Pears, P.C., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51526 (N.D. AL April 10, 2013)
  • Spec's Family Partners, Ltd. v. Hanover Ins. Co., No. H-16-438, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62753 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 17, 2017)
  • Hanover Ins. Co. v. Retrofitness, Civil Action No. 16-1751-BRM-TJB, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163912 (D.N.J. Sep. 29, 2017)
  • Fallon v. Hanover Ins. Co., 2018 Mass. App. Div. LEXIS 28 (Jan. 26, 2018)
  • Hanover Ins. Co. v. BMOC, Inc., No. 18-cv-325-wmc, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30764 (W.D. Wis. Feb. 27, 2019)
  • Hanover Ins. Co. v. Hurdelbrink Law Office, No. C18-0651RSL, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66482 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 18, 2019)
  • Mass. Bay Ins. Co. v. Preferred Safety, LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174465 (W.D. Ky., October 8, 2019)
  • Mass. Bay Ins. Co. v. Preferred Safety, LLC 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125757 (W.D. Ky., July 15, 2020)
  • Birch v. Hanover Ins. Co., No. A-2490-19, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 453 (Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 19, 2021)
  • Law Office of Drew J. Bauman v. Hanover Insurance Co., Civil Action No. 22-4551 (CCC), 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26938 (D.N.J. Feb. 2, 2023)
  • Law Office of Drew J. Bauman v. Hanover Insurance Co., Civil Action No. 22-4551 (CCC), 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31844 (D.N.J. Feb. 27, 2023)
  • Huang v. Hanover Insurance Co., No. 21-CV-4909(EK)(RER), 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82039 (E.D.N.Y. May 10, 2023)