Biography
Alex Creticos is a litigator who focuses on high-stakes insurance recovery, environmental litigation and class actions.
He represents policyholders in insurance coverage matters, both advising clients regarding risk management and representing their interests in litigation. He handles both first- and third-party claims implicating all manner of insurance policies, including CGL, D&O, E&O, EPL, RWI, cyber, environmental, event cancellation, property, crime, life and disability.
Alex also has extensive environmental litigation experience, both defending companies against environmental claims and representing them in cost-recovery matters. He has successfully challenged governmental remedial decisions and obtained contribution from PRPs at sites involving a variety of contaminants, including PFAS, dioxins, PCBs, VOCs, SVOCs, pesticides and metals.
He also regularly represents clients in commercial litigation, including class actions. He has significant experience in matters involving voluminous and sensitive data, including managing complex data matching exercises and related fact and expert discovery.
Alex also has litigated product liability and mass tort cases.
Services
- Coverage Disputes & Litigation
- Environmental Litigation & Enforcement Actions
- Insurance Acquisition, Assessment & Asset Management
- Insurance Recovery & Risk Management
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Manufacturer/ Supplier Cost Recovery
- Products Liability & Mass Torts
- Risk Prevention & Management
- Appellate
- Commercial Litigation
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2011)
- Hardy Cross Dillard Fellow
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2007)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Highest Honors
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 2011
Special Honors
- Best Lawyers in America®: Selected for inclusion in the area of Commercial Litigation - Baltimore (2019-2026)
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch: Selected for inclusion in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Environmental (2021)
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business: Listed in the area of Insurance-Maryland (2021-2025)
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Insurance Coverage (2018-2021)
- Baltimore Magazine "Top Lawyer" for Insurance (2026)
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
