To further complicate matters, about a year later, NY Marine filed a lawsuit against Heard, claiming it isn’t responsible under a policy issued to Heard to help pay for a defense that ended up with a jury verdict in favor of Depp over critical public statements the actor made after their divorce.
Chipman, who worked as an associate attorney in the insurance coverage and bad faith litigation practice group at McCormick Barstow from October 2020 to April 2022, then joined Maynard Cooper and found himself under the direct supervision of Travelers’ attorney, Nicholas J. Boos.
NY Marine argues that an ethical screening to prevent a conflict of interest wasn’t implemented until after the insurer raised the issue with Travelers’ counsel. Consequently, even if Chipman hadn’t represented NY Marine in the suit at hand or possessed the insurer’s confidential information, Maynard Cooper’s failure to implement an ethical screening before undertaking Travelers’ representation does not excuse the firm from disqualification, according to NY Marine.
