News
- Super Lawyers MagazineMay 17, 2013
Events
- The Problems of Alcohol Consumption: Liability and CoverageWhite and Williams Coverage CollegeOctober 4, 2012
Publications
- Mealey's Litigation ReportJanuary 10, 2008
Gale White Partner
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Gale White represents major property and casualty insurers and smaller regional insurance companies on a national and regional basis. Her practice includes representation in state and federal courts, as well as significant experience in private arbitrations. She has a broad range of experience in complex litigation, including commercial litigation, insurance litigation, coverage and bad faith. She has handled coverage and bad faith cases involving complex and emerging issues, including construction defect, intellectual property, antitrust, ERISA, successor liability, educator's legal liability and professional liability.
Gale is Dean of Coverage College®, a firm-sponsored annual event that brings together more than 400 insurance professionals to discuss emerging issues and trends in the insurance industry.
She was a faculty member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel’s Litigation Management College, held yearly at Northwestern University, from 1997 through 2004 and served as the Dean of Curriculum for 2005-2006. Gale is also former chair of the Insurance Coverage and Life, Health & Disability Sections.
She is also a member of the Lawyers for Civil Justice, a group that invites only 50 lawyers from across the country to its membership.
Gale has published and lectured extensively on insurance and related issues.
Recognition & Involvement
In 2011, Gale was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania by Law & Politics magazine. Lawyers on this list received the highest point totals in a peer review process. She also received this honor in 2007.
Since 2005, Gale has been selected in a survey of her peers as a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine. Gale has also been AV® rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system.
News
- Super Lawyers MagazineMay 17, 2013
- December 6, 2012
- July 5, 2012
- October 6, 2011
- August 26, 2011
- August 1, 2011
- May 25, 2011
- April 16, 2009
Events
- The Problems of Alcohol Consumption: Liability and CoverageWhite and Williams Coverage CollegeOctober 4, 2012
- More Insurance Challenges and Ethical DilemmasWhite and Williams Coverage CollegeOctober 6, 2011
- September 3, 2010
- October 7, 2009
- September 17, 2008
- White and Williams Coverage College 2007University of PennsylvaniaSeptember 2007
- FDCC Litigation Management College
- Corporate Relationships, Successor Liability and Insurance CoveragePhiladelphia, PAJune 2004
- Construction Defect Claims and Liability CoveragePhiladelphia, PAOctober 2003
- Liability Coverage Construction Defect ClaimsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 2003
- Bad Faith Issues: Defenses in the United States and Around the WorldFederation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (Sun Valley, ID)2002
- Corporate Relationships, Successor Liability and Insurance CoverageEnvironmental Claims Managers Association Seminar (San Antonio, TX)Spring 2001
- A Non-Geek’s Guide to Insurance Coverage in Cyberspace: Intellectual PropertyProperty Loss Research Bureau (Atlanta, GA)March 13, 2001
- Coverage Issues Under Educator’s Legal Liability InsurancePhiladelphia, PAJanuary 2001
- A Non-Geek’s Guide to Insurance Coverage in Cyberspace: Insurance Coverage for Internet and E-Commerce Claims Under a General Liability PolicyLegal Risks in E‑Business and Technology Seminar (Washington, D.C.)November 16, 2000
- Oops - Was that Bad Faith?Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (Napa Valley, CA)July 28, 2000
- Corporate Relationships, Successor Liability and Insurance CoverageDefense Research Institute (Washington, D.C.)June 30, 2000
- FICC Litigation Management CollegeNorthwestern University, Chicago IL
Publications
- Mealey's Litigation ReportJanuary 10, 2008
- Mealey's Emerging Insurance DisputesNovember 7, 2007
Practice areas
Bar and Court Admissions
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1986
Drexel University, MS, 1978
Cornell University, BS, 1973
Memberships
Defense Research Institute
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Philadelphia Bar Association

