Gregory S. Capps Partner

Greg Capps is a well-respected attorney among his peers, clients and co-counsel who is known for his responsiveness, leadership and ability to work collaboratively to obtain favorable results. Greg has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice focusing primarily on complex long-tail insurance coverage, environmental coverage and reinsurance matters. His practice involves counseling as well as trial and appellate work before federal and state courts and arbitration panels. For over twenty years, Greg has advised and litigated on behalf of insurers on a wide range of issues including environmental, asbestos, pharmaceutical, sexual assault, and other types of claims. More recently, Greg has been called upon to represent ceding companies, both in court and before arbitration panels on a myriad of issues, including follow-the-fortunes, accumulation, recovery of declaratory judgment expenses, offset and other allocation-related issues.

Greg is often called upon to take lead on behalf of joint defense groups. He is very effective in managing the day-to-day activities of the most complex insurance coverage matters and is known for being a “team player” because of his ability to work collaboratively with his clients and peers at White and Williams and other firms. Clients routinely call upon Greg for his advice with respect to complex claims handling practices or legal issues, involving environmental policies and/or CGL policies. His clients count on him for his responsiveness and comprehensive, well-thought, analyses.

Prior to joining White and Williams, Greg was a partner at a firm where he, along with other attorneys, acted as national coordinating counsel for a property and casualty insurer on environmental, asbestos and toxic exposure insurance coverage disputes. During that time, Greg gained valuable experience because in addition to his insurance coverage practice, he also represented product manufacturers in product liability and breach of warranty claims and represented medical and other professionals, including accountants, insurance brokers and lawyers, in malpractice cases. Because of his experience defending product liability and malpractice claims, Greg has vast knowledge of the court system and issues underlying the coverage disputes that arise.

Representative Matters

• Won a “renewed” motion for summary judgment dismissing claims for coverage arising out of respiratory devices and asbestos/silica containing products on “justiciability” grounds
• Obtained a favorable ruling on behalf of a cedent in a complex reinsurance arbitration addressing “one event” language in the reinsurance treaty
• Successfully arbitrated a reinsurance dispute on behalf of foreign reinsurers involving premium adjustment dispute under medical malpractice reinsurance contract
• Represented ceding company in reinsurance dispute involving accumulation and recovery of declaratory judgment expenses issues
• Successfully mediated a multi-million dollar claim arising out of a fatal catastrophic trucking accident involving a significant punitive damages component
• Successfully defeated claim seeking more than $4 million in attorney fees and interest before trial and appellate court, including the New Jersey Supreme Court

Recognition & Involvement

Greg has been AV® rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system.

While maintaining a heavy case load, Greg believes strongly in providing pro bono services and giving back to his community at large. Greg is currently represents children through the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia. He has handled numerous cases, including one where his advocacy skills resulted in reuniting a troubled family after obtaining proper Department of Public Welfare services and other social services for them. Greg was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Support Center, where he sits on the Governance and Leadership Committee.

Greg also volunteers by teaching Civics at Roxborough High School one day a month through the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Advancing Civics Education program and provides counsel to senior adults through the Senior Law Center.

Greg has also served as President of the Board of Directors of Cheltenham Sports, a non-profit organization providing recreational and sports activities to residents in Cheltenham Township, and coached a girl’s travel soccer team for 10 years.