Lawyers

Mr. Cunningham has been with Brown & James since 1986, his entire legal career. He has tried numerous successful trials and appeals in the areas of first-party insurance claims and tort law, including arson and fraud litigation, premises liability, product liability and automobile litigation.

Awards:
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Evidence
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Equity/Injunctions

Publications:
Illinois Alters Defense of Misrepresentation in the Application

Employer's Liability Policy Does Not Cover Claim for Spoliation of Evidence in Illinois

Duty to Act in Good Faith Both Before and After Suit is Filed in Illinois

New Legislation in Illinois May Change the Way Innocent Co-Insured's Claims are Handled

Notice Clause Near Death in Missouri

Bad Faith Refusal to Settle - The Stakes Are Higher

Presentations:
Author and Speaker: "Annual Symposium on Property Insurance Law" Brown & James, P.C., 1992 through 1999.

September 2002: "Mold Litigation" seminar presented to attorneys and the insurance industry in Collinsville, Illinois.

March 2002: "Courtroom Testimony" seminar presented for the International Association of Arson Investigators in Belleville, Illinois.

April 2001: "Legal Issues in the Arson Defense" seminar presented to the National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators at the Advance Insurance Fraud Seminar in Lake Ozark, Missouri.

January 2000: Presented seminar to Hartford Insurance Company in Indianapolis, Indiana on a variety of topics, including duty to defend, premises liability claims, uninsured motorist claims and dram shop claims.

December 1998: "General Liability Coverage Issues in Illinois" seminar presented to Commercial Union Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri.

April 1998: "First Party Claims Practices and Avoidance of Bad Faith Claims" seminar presented to State Farm Insurance Company in Bloomington, Illinois.

January 1997: "Vexatious Delay and Refusal to Pay" seminar presented to the insurance industry in St. Louis, Missouri.

January 1997: "Motive, Means and Opportunity" seminar presented to the insurance industry in St. Louis, Missouri.

Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Illinois State Bar Association
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
East St. Louis Bar Association
St. Clair County Bar Association

Bar Memberships:
Illinois
Missouri
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri