08.13.2026

Elaine M. Pohl, a partner of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC).

Established in 2012, the ACCC is an invitation-only organization composed of over 470 insurance coverage and extracontractual counsel in the United States and Canada, representing the interests of insurers and policyholders. The purpose of the ACCC is to facilitate and encourage the association of outstanding lawyers who are distinguished for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice or teaching of insurance coverage and extracontractual law, and who are dedicated to excellence in this area of practice.

The ACCC is focused on the creative, ethical and efficient adjudication of insurance coverage and extra-contractual disputes, peer-provided scholarship, professional coordination and improvement of the relationship between and among its diverse members.

Pohl maintains a national practice counseling insurers in complex litigated and non-litigated property and casualty disputes. Her coverage experience extends to claims involving professional liability, construction defects, bodily injuries, product liability, environmental contamination, personal and advertising injury, first-party property and allegations of bad faith.

Pohl has been a member of Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors since 2024 and is also chair of the firm’s Shareholder Evaluation Committee.

Pohl’s expertise within the legal industry and dedication to giving back to the community have resulted in her being named a Best Lawyer in America^® for Insurance Law / Insurance Litigation for 2024 – 2026, a Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star in Insurance Coverage and an Influential Woman of Law in 2018 as determined by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a publication covering the state’s legal community.

Pohl is an active member of DRI’s Insurance Law Committee, serving as Publications Vice Chair and co-editor in chief of the updated Duty to Defend Compendium. She is also a member of the State Bar of Michigan Insurance and Indemnity Law Section (past Chair and former board officer) and the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association.

A cum laude graduate from the Indiana University School of Law in 1999, Pohl received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Villanova University in 1996. She is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, two Ohio cities and eight Michigan cities.

Plunkett Cooney is recognized as one of the nation’s leading law firms for insurance coverage litigation. Several members of the firm’s Insurance Law Practice Group have been awarded the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. In addition to their litigation expertise, Plunkett Cooney attorneys work with their clients to develop new insurance products and to address emergent theories of legal liability.

Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms, and the firm has received recognition by Best Lawyers as one of the nation’s leading law firms since the honor’s inception in 2010.

For more information about Plunkett Cooney partner Elaine Pohl’s election into the American College of Coverage Counsel, contact John Cornwell of the firm’s Practice Development Department at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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