APPELLATE EXPERIENCE

• Prosecuted Seventh Circuit appeal on issue of first impression related to "insider status" of an LLC member under the United States Bankruptcy Code.
• Persuaded appellate court to uphold an "any auto" policy exclusion, precluding insurance coverage for snow removal operations for an accident involving a parked vehicle.
• Negotiated favorable settlement after a successful oral argument, saving millions off of a multi-million jury verdict.
• Obtained affirmance of judgment in favor of defendant based upon the jury’s answer to a special interrogatory which was inconsistent with its verdict in favor of plaintiff in a wrongful death/survival action.
• Obtained affirmance of summary judgment on behalf of insurer under an “other vehicles” exclusion in a commercial auto policy.
• Obtained judgment and finding of no insurance in a marine coverage appeal involving the collapse of an underwater, delaminated structural dock.
• Successfully defended school district on appeal from federal due-process claims related to student gang activity.
• Obtained affirmance of judgment for non-supervisory contractor in an appeal interpreting New York’s Labor Law Code.
• Successfully prosecuted professional liability appeal in which the loss causation doctrine was extended to preclude liability against a financial planner for his client’s stock market losses.
• Obtained affirmance of judgment in favor of insurer in a dram shop action based upon an auto exclusion in the insured restaurant’s CGL policy.

TRIAL MONITORING EXPERIENCE

• Assisted in pre-trial and trial proceedings, and monitored trial in a vehicle roll-over accident resulting in quadriplegia, involving a successful motion for mistrial and subsequent favorable settlement.
• Assisted with trial strategy, and wrote and argued key motions in limine, with trial ending in a defense verdict in a catastrophic brain injury action.
• Assisted in monitoring trial and drafting post-trial briefs resulting in judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of defendant in a paralysis case, affirmed on appeal.
• Monitored numerous personal injury lawsuits to assist insurers in analyzing witnesses and evidence in real-time for exposure and settlement purposes.