One of the most difficult tasks faced by individuals or businesses is selecting an insurance lawyer. Many factors affect this decision including insurance coverage experience, references, knowledge of the specific legal issues and whether the lawyer is responsive to your phone calls, emails and questions.
After working as a partner in a national insurance firm, David now provides aggressive, focused representation in insurance coverage, commercial contract, general liability, automobile insurance, rental car insurance and professional liability coverage issues to insurance companies, businesses and individuals.
As author of “Illinois Automobile Insurance Law” published by Thomson/West, David “wrote the book” on insurance coverage in Illinois. David is recognized by the Leading Lawyers and is ranked as an A.M. Best Insurance Attorney.
Background and Admissions:
J.D. Michigan State University – DCL, cum laude 1993 M.B.A. Finance with Distinction, Keller Graduate School, Most Outstanding Student in the Country, 2006 Marketing and Communications degrees.
Admitted in Illinois, Michigan and the United States Supreme Court.
I have worked with the largest insurance companies in the United States including AIG, National Union, Lexington, Allstate and others litigating insurance coverage, automobile insurance, toxic tort and other declaratory judgment actions throughout the country. This experience allows me to represent individuals and businesses in insurance disputes with a unique knowledge gained from direct insurance company experience.
Representative Clients:
Representative cases include insurance coverage litigations such as B.G.K. Security Services, Inc. in the Chicago Loop Fire that settled for over $100 million on April 28, 2008. This matter involved 22 victims of the Chicago Loop office high-rise building fire at 69 West Washington in Chicago on October 17, 2003.
Clients include or have included multi-million dollar corporations, insurers in toxic tort litigation with claims approaching $700 million, internationally known music artists, Suburban Cook County Village President and others.
Representative Cases:
Assurance v. General Casualty Insurance Co., No. 1-99-1502 (1st Dist. March 30, 2001), Void indemnification/insurance clause
Farm Bureau Insurance Co. v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, No. 1-99-3096, (1st Dist. February 22, 2001), Rental vehicle insurance coverage priority,
Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 3-99-0282, (3rd Dist. April 6, 2000), Underinsured Motorist’s Coverage,
Northern Insurance Co. v. City of Chicago, No. 1-99-3334, (1st Dist. August 31, 2001), Late notice/Estoppel
Stahl v. Allstate, No. 1-99-3993, (1st Dist. February 12, 2001), Underinsured Motorist’s set-off,
W.E. O’Neil v. Aetna, No. 1-99-3748,(1st Dist.), Institute of London Targeted Tender
Dayton Hudson v. Auto-Owners, 953 F.Supp. 177 (W.D. Mich 1995) ERISA Coordination of Insurance Benefits
Representative Articles:
ISBA, The Policy, quarterly insurance coverage articles, 1998 – 2007 ERISA and Auto Med-Pay Policies in Illinois and Indiana, 2000 Illinois Rental Car Coverage Issues, 1999 Intentional Acts and Declaratory Actions, 2001 Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Survey of Law: Insurance, 2002 – 2007 Targeted Tenders Under Institute of London, 1999, 2nd Ed. 2005 Waiver of Kotecki Limitation, 2000 Dozens of insurance and litigation articles within CM Report of Recent Decisions, 2001 – 2007
Representative Presentations and Seminars:
Illinois State Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Law Update, 2002 Drafting Reservation of Rights Letters, NY CLE, October 2003 Illinois State Bar Association, Uninsured/Underinsured Insurance Coverage, June 2004 Bad Faith and the Claims File, NY CLE, June 2004 PLRB/LIRB National Insurance Conference: Insurance Coverage for Acts of Minors, 2004, 2005 PLRB/LIRB Regional Claims Conferences, PA, GA, IN, IL, TX, 2004, 2005 Illinois State Bar Association, Insurance Law: Everything You Want To Know–And Should Ask, 2006
