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2004- : Private practice as sole practitioner, concentrating on insurance and reinsurance coverage issues and disputes. 1980-2004: Private practice as associate, partner, and Of Counsel in four New York City law firms. Personal practice concentrated in medical malpractice and product liability defense (1980-1987) and insurance and reinsurance coverage issues and disputes (1987-present). 1976-1980: LT, JAGC, USNR; active duty as naval Judge Advocate. Trial Counsel, Naval Legal Service Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (3/77-5/78). Staff Judge Advocate, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (5/78-3/80). Personal decoration: U.S. Navy Commendation Medal. Education:
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Publications: , Mealey's Litigation Reports: Reinsurance, Vol. 4, #5, July 14, 1993 Fighting Liability Suits Related to Inspections, Best's Review, property & casualty edition, Vol. 94, No. 5, September, 1993 Conditional Liability, reactions, November, 1993 Some Modest [Billing] Proposals, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 1, Fall, 1993, p. 81 Are Policyholders Reading Your Cedent-Reinsurer Communications?, Mealey’s Litigation Reports: Reinsurance, Vol. 5, #2, May 25, 1994 Partial Settlements by Primary Insurers: The Law, Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring, 1994 Insurers' Potential Liability to Third Parties for Negligent Inspections, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 3, Spring, 1994, p. 301 Defense Counsel Dos and Don’ts, John Cooke Insurance Fraud Report, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 5 (May/June 1999) Some Unforeseen Issues Arising From the Mid-term Cancellation of an Excess Policy, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 14, #41, September 6, 2000. Let’s Be Legal: ‘Claim’ must ask for money, services, other compensation, Broker News, December 2000, p. 21. "Dressing Up" A Claim to Overcome the Exclusion, Insurance Advocate, Vol. 112, No. 10, March 10, 2001, p. 18. Certificates of Insurance: What Every New York Risk and Insurance Professional Needs to Know, self-published monograph (2002). When is a Claim not a "Claim"?, self-published monograph (2002), reprinted in FC&S Bulletins, Public Liability, M.16-1 (September, 2002), and reprinted in The Brief, Vol. 32, No. 3, Spring, 2003, p. 58. What Constitutes "Professional Services"?, self-published monograph (2002); reprinted at IIABA’s Virtual University at http://www.iiaba.net/VU/Lib/Ins/CL/CGL/SanbornProfLiab01.htm. Liability Coverage for Mold Claims: a Primer for Lawyers, CLE program prepared under auspices of NYS Bar Association; presented at NYSBA CLE program on May 7, 2004. Painting the Lily, self-published monograph (2005). Defense Counsel's Duties of Professional Independence and Loyalty in the Tripartite Relationship, (with Richard E. Hahn, Esq., Law Office of Richard E. Hahn), CLE paper prepared under auspices of NYS Bar Association; presented at NYSBA CLE program on April 15, 2005 (see above). Insurance Coverage News, APIW Insider, p. 4 (Winter, 2007). |
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