Practice Areas - Insurance Coverage Law
- Commercial Litigation
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| University | State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., 1979 |
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| Law School | Villanova University, J.D., 1982 |
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| Admitted | 1982, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1988, New York, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
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| Memberships | Monroe County and New York State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. |
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| Born | 1957 |
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| Biography | Speaker and Author: Selected as Key Author for Thomson West Publishing Group; Additional Insured Coverage: Hot Topics & Critical Issues, Author and Speaker, New York State Bar Association (2009); Law School for Claims Professionals, Speaker, New York State Bar Association (2006 and 2008); National Errors and Omissions Insurance Conference, Speaker (2008); Legal Malpractice Litigation and Risk Management, Speaker, New York State Bar Association (2007); Legal Malpractice Litigation and Risk Management, Speaker and Chapter Author, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage Issues, New York State Bar Association (2006); Couch on Insurance 3d, Forms, Vol. 3 (2006), Co-Author; Insurance Law Practice, Second Edition, New York State Bar Association (2006), Contributing Author; Commercial Lines: Coverage for the Construction Defect Claim, Speaker, New York State Bar Association, (2006). Past President and Volunteer, Volunteer Legal Services Project, Monroe County Bar Association. Selected by New York Super Lawyers magazine for Insurance Coverage, Business Litigation and Appellate Malpractice, 2007-2008.
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| Reported Cases | Representation of employers in multi-million dollar breach of contract actions brought by self-insured Workers' Compensation Trusts and/or the Attorney General's office seeking judgments for alleged self-insured liabilities; Counsel to national insurance companies, defending insurance coverage, extra-contractual liability, products liability, defamation, and professional liability matters; Graves Bros. v. National Fire & Marine Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5024 (W.D.N.Y. 2007); Jones v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 295 A.D.2d 569, 745 N.Y.S.2d 47 (2nd Dept., 2002); NAP v. Shuttletex and St. Paul, 112 F.Supp.2d 369 (S.D.N.Y., 2000); Gibbs v. CNA, 263 A.D.2d 836, 693 N.Y.S.2d 720 (3rd Dept., 1999); Nationwide v. Allstate, 181 AD2d 1022, 581 NYS2d 955; Weller v. Colleges of the Senecas, 217 A.D.2d 280, 635 N.Y.S.2d 990 (4th Dept., 1995); George A. Fuller Co. v. U.S.F. &G., 200 A.D.2d 255, 613 N.Y.S.2d 152 (1st Dept., 1994); Board of Education of East Syracuse-Minoa v. Continental Insurance Co., 198 A.D. 2d 816, 604 N.Y.S. 2d 399 (4th Dept., 1993). |
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| ISLN | 904435694 |
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