James P. DuChateau concentrates his practice exclusively on insurance coverage, with an emphasis on first-party property for both commercial and personal lines. For the last 15 years, he has counseled carriers throughout the country on high exposure claims and coverage issues including appraisal, arson, business interruption, collapse, coinsurance, intentional acts, ordinance and law, insurable interest, mortgagee and loss payee rights, assignment of benefits, vandalism, late notice, vacancy, and all manner of questions surrounding direct physical loss.

Mr. DuChateau also devotes a large portion of his practice to litigating these and other emerging insurance coverage issues in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest and Mountain West. He represents insurers in both declaratory matters for non-coverage as well as the defense of contractual and extracontractual liability matters. Clients regularly turn to him to conduct examinations under oath of their policyholders, generate coverage opinions, and provide legal counsel on both good faith claims handling and the resolution of complex coverage issues.