In a long-term disability insurance case against Unum Life Insurance Company of America, Azin Jalali of Pillsbury and Coleman successfully secured insurance benefits for a Big Law partner and litigator who is no longer able to meet the demands of her occupation.  The insured suffers from debilitating migraines, vestibular migraines, visual snow

In this case for disability insurance benefits, Unum Group and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company attempted to evade our client’s state law claims for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by asserting that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) preempted