Insurance Years Experience

Thomas *********@*******.***

718-***-****/**** West 5 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Litigation Attorney - Specializing in Insurance Defense

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Summary of Qualifications

* Insurance Defense Litigation Attorney with over 20 years experience and a

winning track record.

* Specialized expertise in insurance defense focused on personal injury

lawsuits

* Successful oral and written skills, leading to effective results: winning

defense verdicts and obtaining favorable settlements.

* Successfully tried and settled innumerable cases, saving approximately

$400,000.

* Developed relationships with court personnel and other attorneys.

January, 2012-Present Working as a per diem trial attorney.

Selected Juries and tried cases.

Conducted E.B.T. and argued motions.

|Cheven, Keely & Hatzis |

|1999 - January, 2012 |

Senior Trial Attorney

* Conducted Jury Trials in on over seventy-five cases, winning defense

verdicts or favorable settlements.

* Led strategy and legal defense of auto negligence cases for over eleven

years

* Responsible for caseload of over 250 cases

* Drafted motions, opposition to motions, and corresponded with the Claims

Departments

* Did legal research for trial briefs, motions and appeals

* Argued successful appeals before Appellate Term

* Supervised and reviewed work of paralegal team

* Directed investigators in obtaining statements and affidavits, drafted

pleadings

* Prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial testimony, versed in

coverage issues

* Selected favorable juries, analyzed theory of case, and evaluated case

value

* Researched, prepared and argued Pattern Jury Instructions for trial

|Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company 1993 - 1999 |

Claims Attorney/Senior General Liability Litigation Specialist

* Overall responsibility includes the includes the handling of Commercial

Liability lawsuits

* Worked on cases involving premises liability, labor law, assault, rape,

false arrest, and elevator cases

* Directed investigations and monitored case files, reviewed Bill of

Particulars, set reserves, negotiated settlements

* Directed investigations, monitored case files, set reserves, negotiated

settlements

* Strategized with experts relating to expert reports

* Reviewed Notes of Issue and wrote memo relating to outstanding discovery

* Arranged for scheduling of Independent Medical Exams ("I.M.E.s")

* Communicated with doctors relating to I.M.E. reports

* Reviewed medical records to be forwarded to I.M.E. doctors

|Caulfield, Galvin, Heller & Colligan |

|1989 - 1993 |

Associate Attorney 1992 - 1993

* Managed caseload including trials, corresponded with Claims Departments

* Drafted motions; conducted E.B.T.s of plaintiffs

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Education: JD - Brooklyn Law School, BA - Economics and Political

Science, Antioch College

Admitted in New York,, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Pro Bono: Volunteer Arbitrator in Small Claims Court

Technical Skills: Windows Office, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, E-Law.

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