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Gregory S. Katz

Gregory S. Katz

Partner
 
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
150 East 42nd Street
New York, New York  10017-5639
(New York Co.)

Telephone: 212-490-3000
Facsimile: 212-490-3038
http://www.wilsonelser.com

Email: Contact via email

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#55 out of 54,780 lawyers in New York, New York
#663 out of 898,912 total lawyers Overall


Experience & Credentials
 


Practice AreasCivil Litigation; Insurance; Transportation; Environmental Law; Tort Defense; Municipal Liability; Nursing Home Litigation; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Labor Law; Property Law
 
EducationBrooklyn Law School, J.D., 1990, University of Michigan, B.B.A., 1987
 
Admitted1991, New York and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
 
MembershipsNew York State and American Bar Associations; National Risk Retention Association; Vermont Captive Insurance Association; Captive Insurance Company Association; Target Markets.
 
BornNew York, N.Y., March 20, 1965
 
BiographyDeputy Managing Partner, New York Office. Author: "The Bar is Lowered on New York's No-Fault Threshold," Wilson Elser Client Advisory; "Landmark Victory for Risk Retention Groups," Global Risk Management, 1997; "New York Becomes the Newest Onshore Captive Domicile," The CICA Report; "Lead Paint Litigation in the 1990s," New York Law Journal, March 1997; "Defending Lead Paint Poisoning Cases," Outlook in Lead, a publication of Housing Authority Insurance, July 1994; "Lead Liability Clarified," CHIP ADVISOR, July 1996; "Recent Developments in Lead Paint Poisoning Cases," New York Law Journal, 1995.
 
ISLN906006175
 

Articles by this firm on Martindale.com


Handling the Large Loss Fire: An Overview
Gregory S. Katz, Michael J. Vatter, December 24, 2008
In 2006, about 3,675 civilians and 106 firefighters lost their lives as the results of fire, and there were 16,400 civilian injuries.

Lack of Knowledge Insufficient to Insulate Owner from Liability under Labor Law §240
Gregory S. Katz, Brian T. Schwartz, June 22, 2008
The New York Court of Appeals has recently held that a landlord is strictly liable under New York Labor Law §240(1) for injuries to a worker, even though the injury- producing work was conducted without the landlord's knowledge or consent, and in violation of the lease.


 

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