Carl Metzger is a partner in Goodwin’s Complex Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Financial Services Litigation practices. He serves as Chair of the firm’s global Litigation Department and as Chair of the firm’s Risk Management & Insurance Practice. He also serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He formerly served on the firm’s Executive Committee, and as Chair of the firm’s Partnership Committee. His clients include both public and private companies, major insurance carriers and brokerages, private equity and venture capital firms and non-profit and educational institutions.
Carl is recognized as an expert in advising boards of directors and senior officers on liability and risk management issues, as well as D&O insurance, indemnification and fiduciary duty issues. His experience includes securities litigation defense, financial fraud litigation, insurance claim disputes, governmental and self-regulatory organization investigations, and complex business disputes.
Throughout his career, Carl has played leading roles in a variety of professional and civic organizations. He is currently on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), the American Camp Association and the Squam Lakes Conservation Society. He has also served as a board member of the New England Children’s Foundation, the Massachusetts Appleseed Center of Law and Justice, the John and Anna Newton Porter Foundation and the First Unitarian Society of Newton. He has previously served as co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Subcommittee on Securities and the Internet, and editor of the American Bar Association’s journal, Securities News.
