Dawn C. Stewart has over thirty years of federal and state court litigation experience. While having deep experience in civil litigation, Ms. Stewart also has extensive insurance coverage experience and similarly extensive experience representing policyholders, including airlines and trucking companies, at the request of the carrier, in a variety of tort actions. She draws not only from her big law firm litigation experience but her extensive experience with bankruptcy matters.

While Ms. Stewart’s home base has always been the Washington, DC area, she has litigated both federal and state court cases in at least 14 states and has served as national and regional coordinating counsel for insurance clients seeking consistent, high-quality representation through central oversight of local counsel.

Ms. Stewart served as Law Clerk to Honorable Ross W. Krumm, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, from 1987 through 1988. She is a 1987 graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she served as oral advocacy and writing instructor for first-year students and participated on the National Moot Court Team, winning the regional finals. She graduated from Washington College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984.

Ms. Stewart is a member of the Virginia Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Maryland Bar. She is admitted to practice before the US Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the District of Maryland, and the US Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the District of Maryland.

Ms. Stewart has authored articles and papers on various areas of the law appearing in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal and the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Newsletter.

Ms. Stewart can be reached at dstewart@hslawyers.com