Mr. Shelby Sanders Guilbert Jr.

Shelby Guilbert is an insurance coverage recovery partner at McGuireWoods LLP, where he represents businesses in insurance recovery actions, high-stakes contract disputes and cross-border litigation. His experience includes representing policyholders in coverage litigation involving all major lines of insurance, including CGL/umbrella, Crime/Fidelity Bond, Cyber, D&O, E&O, Marine Cargo, and Property lines.  He has recovered billions of dollars for policyholders in Georgia and around the world, and has taken a lead role in connection with many of Georgia's largest insurance settlements over the last decade.

Shelby has been recognized in Chambers, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, and Legal 500 recognized him as a “Leading Lawyer” for insurance advice to policyholders.  Shelby also has extensive experience in domestic and international dispute resolution and is a past president of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society.

Before joining McGuireWoods, Shelby was a partner at another AmLaw 50 firm in Atlanta, and served as a law clerk to Judge Ed Carnes of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  He earned a BSFS at Georgetown Univerisity, an MSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics, and a J.D. at Yale Law School.