Vincent Vitkowsky

Biography

Vincent J. Vitkowsky serves domestic and international insurers and reinsurers in litigation, arbitration, and counseling of coverage and claims matters, reinsurance disputes, direct defense, and commercial disputes. He also advises on matters involving cyber risks, liabilities, and insurance. Vince represents clients in direct insurance coverage matters and claims litigation in lines such as professional liability, management and D&O, energy, entertainment, terrorism, life and group health insurance. He represents clients in reinsurance disputes in virtually all lines of business. He also represents insurers, reinsurers and brokers in commercial litigation matters such as post-acquisition purchase price disputes, alleged business torts, breach of trade secrets, matters involving runoff companies and managing general agents, and disputes with state Liquidators of insolvent insurers.

Vince’s background in cyber risks, liabilities, and insurance developed from his distinctive skill set as an insurance lawyer with extensive knowledge of terrorism and national security. He combines the disciplines of insurance law, professional liability, international law, national security law, and the law of war in analyzing cyber issues. These include matters such as data breaches, privacy claims, industrial cyber attacks on SCADA systems and other networks resulting in property damage or bodily injury, risks arising from the Internet of Things, extortion, cyberwar, hacktivism, terroristic threats and attacks, information sharing, legislative proposals, the public-private cybersecurity partnership, and cyber insurance policy and reinsurance treaty wordings.

Vince has served as counsel in over 100 arbitrations involving insurance and reinsurance. He has served as counsel or arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations involving agency, sales, distribution, licensing, technology development, employment, joint venture, shareholder and other contracts, in industries such as financial services, aviation, textile and apparel, telecommunications, entertainment, champagne and real estate development. He is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY