Peter Garthwaite is a managing associate in Dentons’ Chicago office. He is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, representing domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes and class actions. Peter’s practice focuses on representing insurers in a wide range of insurance-related disputed matters, including claim, coverage and bad faith litigation. He has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation and has drafted and argued motions, handled all phases of discovery, and represented clients in settlement negotiations and mediations.

Prior to joining Dentons, Peter worked at an international law firm where he represented domestic and international insurers in coverage disputes involving sexual misconduct, municipal liability, sports injuries, and directors and officers liability in federal and state court litigation and bankruptcy proceedings across several jurisdictions. While in law school, Peter interned for Judge Nora Barry Fischer in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh.