Pamela L. Signorello

A Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Pam has over two decades of expertise counseling insurers in connection with complicated commercial disputes and regulatory proceedings noticed under a variety of lines of coverage, with a particular focus on cyber/privacy and media matters. She provides practical guidance concerning coverage, liability, exposure, and settlement valuation in matters involving data breaches, privacy laws, commercial contract disputes, and malpractice-related challenges, and she regularly participates in mediated resolutions of such matters.

Pam also counsels global corporations and trade associations on matters relevant to compliance, risk management, and cyber incident response. She advises companies on contract language for vendor, service, and other agreements impacting data security. She prepares comments and assists in crafting advocacy strategies in regulatory proceedings in the area of cybersecurity.

Pam has substantial litigation experience, particularly in complex insurance coverage disputes at the trial and appellate level, resulting in successful declaratory and monetary judgments.

Representative Matters

• Advises insurers concerning potential liability, financial exposure, and settlement valuation in matters involving data breaches, privacy laws, commercial contract disputes, and malpractice-related challenges.Participates in mediated resolutions of consumer class actions, contract disputes, qui tam lawsuits, media-related claims, and malpractice lawsuits.
• Obtained a favorable decision in an appeal and cross-appeal involving the extent of coverage available under an accountant’s professional liability policy for two lawsuits brought by two lenders against the insured accounting firm arising from three separate audits. In an extensive published opinion, the Tenth Circuit adopted the insurer-side view that the applicable “interrelated claims” policy language sweeps broadly to encompass a range of logical and causal connections and that the proper focus is on whether claims have any meaningful commonalities, not on the differences between the claims as policyholders typically argue. American Southwest Mortgage Corp., et al v. Continental Casualty Company, 84 F.4th 910 (10th Cir. 2023).
• Counsels corporations on contract language for vendor, service, and other agreements impacting data security.
• Drafts comments and assists in crafting advocacy strategies in regulatory proceedings in the area of cybersecurity.

Professional Experience

• Private law practice (2001-2016)

Affiliations

• International Association of Privacy Professionals
• National Association of Women Lawyers, Privacy and Cybersecurity Affinity Group

Recognitions

• Included in The Best Lawyers in America directory for Insurance Law (2025)