Monica Slakey practices in the area of litigation with a focus on insurance law, serving prominent U.S. and European insurer clients in analyzing and resolving their insureds’ most complex professional liability claims involving technology, privacy and consumer rights, media, intellectual property and contract disputes.
Ms. Slakey is a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
Areas of Practice
Insurance Law
Admissions
- California
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1993
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Special Cousel, 2023-present - Tittmann Weix LLP
- Partner, 2020-2022 - Royal Norwegian Consulate General
- Senior Advisor, 2019-2020 - Clyde & Co. LLP
- Senior Counsel, 2013-2019 - U.S. Department of State
- Political and Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy Oslo, 2009-2012 - Severson and Werson LLP
- Special Counsel, 2006-2009 - CNA Financial Corporation
- Senior Litigation Attorney, 2003-2006 - Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP
- Senior Associate, 1993-2000; 2001-2003 - Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
- Robert Bosch Fellow, 2000-2001
Selected Publications
Co-author, “Testing the Waters,” CLM Magazine, November 6, 2020
Co-author, “The ‘Expected or Intended’ Provision and California Insurance Code Section 533 – the Rest of the Picture,” 10 Mealey’s Litigation Reports – Insurance, No. 40