Philip C. Silverberg

Biography

Philip C. Silverberg has more than twenty years of experience in commercial, tort, corporate, insurance, and reinsurance litigation. His litigation practice has included arbitrations, trials, and appeals involving insurance coverage disputes, third-party defense, environmental claims, subrogation, reinsurance, broker liability, property and casualty losses, and fraud claims. Mr. Silverberg has litigated in state and federal courts throughout the United States and has served as national coordinating counsel on matters arising out of 9/11 and other catastrophes, including Hurricane Katrina. He also has lectured on reinsurance and claims-handling practices. He is admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars and is a member of the ABA and New York County Lawyers' Association.

MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS

Member of the Firm's Executive Committee New York County Lawyers' Association American Bar Association Recognized in Chambers USA Recognized in Guide to the World's Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers Recognized in New York Super Lawyers AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

PUBLICATIONS

Quoted, "CPSC Ties Drywall, Corrosion," The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2009.  Co-Author, "'Chinese Drywall' First-Party Coverage Implications," Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, September 2, 2009. Author, "Adjusting the Adjusters: Florida's Proposed Legislation Concerning Public Adjusters," Best's Review, May 2008.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Conference Chair and Panelist, Oil in the Gulf: Litigation & Insurance Coverage, HB Litigation Conferences, November 2010. Conference Chair and Panelist, Oil in the Gulf: Litigation & Insurance Coverage, HB Litigation Conferences, June 2010. Lecturer, reinsurance and claims handling practices. May 2008 Presenter, PLRB Claims Conferences from 1998-07 on arson and fraud claims, first-party mold claims and deposition techniques. Presenter, "Critical Update on Insurance Litigation: Key Strategies for Corporate Counsel," Marcus Evans, November 2006. Presenter, PLRB terrorism conference in January, 2002 on business interruption claims arising out of 9/11.

ADMISSIONS New York, 1985 New Jersey, 1985

EDUCATION B.A., Montclair State University, 1980 J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984

Education

No information available.

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY