Steve's legal career has primarily been focused upon insurance defense litigation. He has insurance coverage litigation experience, including defending reinsurers and excess insurers. His defense practice also focuses on a wide variety of cases, including construction litigation, professional liability, premises, products liability, toxic tort and automobile claims.
Steve is admitted to practice law in New York State Court, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts. Steve has also litigated negligent roadway design cases in the New York Court of Claims.
In 1994 Steve earned his B.A. degree in History from Providence College. He then attended the University of Dayton School of Law earning his J.D. in 1997. During law school Steve was first introduced to the insurance defense industry working as a summer associate for the Law Office of Rumberger, Kirk and Caldwell in their Tampa, Florida, office.
Significant Representative Matters
In a hotly contested insurance coverage litigation action arising from an underlying labor law case, Steve was able to obtain summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance carrier, convincing the Court that based upon the carrier's extremely specific additional insured endorsement, the carrier not only did not have a duty to indemnify the insured seeking coverage, but also most importantly did not have any duty to defend this insured.
Participated in trial involving Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) in Supreme Court, Bronx County case settled favorably following cross examination of plaintiff.
In a wrongful death action arising from alleged medical malpractice venued in Supreme Court, Bronx County, Steve's defense and investigation resulted in locating pertinent medical records regarding the decedent's treatment, which turned a case with significant exposure into forcing plaintiff to accept a nominal settlement.
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