Jocelyn Cubbon DeMars

Full Profile

Jocelyn Cubbon DeMars has spent over a decade representing domestic and global insurers in a wide-range of coverage disputes, including pre-suit and litigated matters. Jocelyn provides her clients with advice involving various types of commercial insurance, with a specific focus on matters involving both first-party commercial property and third-party liability claims. She also has niche experience handling complex claims involving large and layered insurance markets (including London market work), as well as complicated claims involving bespoke and manuscripted policies. In the spring of 2024, Jocelyn spent two weeks in London participating the PICG Claims Academy.

Jocelyn has experience representing insurers in coverage actions involving breach of contract and/or declaratory judgment actions, as well as defending her insurer clients against bad faith and other extra-contractual liability claims.

In recent years, Jocelyn has successfully defended her clients in connection with COVID-19 coverage lawsuits filed in numerous jurisdictions. She also has experience serving as coverage counsel in connection with hurricane claims and claims involving other emerging risks.

Jocelyn also serves as a board member for the FATE Foundation and as a member of APIW (Association of Professional Insurance Women). She has been actively involved in Clyde Atlanta’s Summer Associate Program for the last several years.

Admissions

• Georgia
• Ohio
• US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• US District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
• US Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits

Education

• J.D., cum laude, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, 2010. Editor-in-Chief, University of Toledo Law Review.
• B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2005

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• Ohio State Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Experience

• Counseling clients regarding various types of commercial property claims, including business interruption claims, in connection with emerging rights, including extreme weather events/hurricanes.
• Defending insurers in breach of contract, bad faith, and declaratory judgment actions involving complicated coverage issues.
• Representing insurers in cases involving large and layered insurance programs with multiple insurers.
• Providing coverage advice to clients related to liability policies, including matters related to whether there is a duty to defend.
• Advising clients related to claims involving excess insurance policies.
• Providing coverage advice to domestic and global insurers related to COVID-19 claims.
• Defending COVID-19 litigation in numerous jurisdictions.
• Advising clients regarding coverage issues pertaining to claims related to civil unrest in the United States.