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| | Address | | One Battery Park Plaza, 32nd Floor | | New York, New York 10004 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 212-820-7750 | | Fax: 212-820-7740; 820-7788 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bswb.com | | |
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| | Boundas Skarzynski Walsh
& Black LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Insurance, Reinsurance, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Counseling, Directors and Officers Liability, E-Commerce, Internet, Technology, Employment Liability, Environmental Liability, Fidelity Insurance, Fiduciary Liability, Financial Insurance, Financial Institution Liability, Mutual Fund Liability, Finite Risk, Alternative Risk Transfer Products, Insurance Company Professional Liability, Insurance Regulation, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Managed Care Liability, Health Care Liability, Municipal, School Board, Non-Profit Liability, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Securities Liability, Specialty Lines Insurance, Commercial Lines Insurance, Personal Lines Insurance, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Litigation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Compliance, Privacy Compliance. | | Year Established: 2003 | Firm Profile:
Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black LLC is a law firm specializing in the insurance and financial services industry. Our attorneys are experienced and innovative leaders in the industries we serve. We have many years of experience and possess expertise in areas listed in the statement of practice section. Our attorneys have worked with each other for many years, most recently at Peterson & Ross, LLC. With offices in Chicago, London, New York and Princeton, we are well-positioned to meet the needs of your organization. Please contact one of our attorneys for further information. | | Firm Size: 29 |
Other Office Locations of Boundas Skarzynski Walsh
& Black LLC
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PRINCIPALS | | James A. Skarzynski (Principal) born Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1977) Phi Beta Kappa; Columbia University (J.D., 1977). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Articles Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association; Professional Liability Underwriters Society (Co-chair, Annual PLUS D&O Symposium; Subcommittee on Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance, Section of Litigation; Business Insurance Committee, Section of Business Law; Professional Officers' and Directors' Liability Law Committee Section of Tort and Insurance Practice). Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Coverage; Directors and Officers Liability; Professional Liability; Fiduciary Liability; Insurance Products; Commercial Torts; Business Torts; Litigation. Email: James A. Skarzynski | | Michael T. Walsh (Principal) born Queens, New York, January 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1973); St. John's University (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "Why Not Arbitrate Coverage Disputes, The Review," The Insurance Advocate, July 1988; "Reinsurance Aspects of the Model Holding Company Act," Presented at 1987 Summer Meeting of American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Session. Author: "Under the Volcano-1987 NAII Reinsurance Issues," The Review, January 1988; "How Far is the Reinsurer Required to Follow the Fortunes of its Reinsured ?" Presented at 2002 May American Conference Institute Seminar. Moderator, Non-Profit Directors and Officers Liability Issues, Professional Liability Underwriting Society National Convention, 1995. Seminar, Reinsurance Claims and Collections, American Conference Institute, Follows the Fortunes Update, 2003. Assistant Counsel, Skandia America Reinsurance Corp., 1985-1987. Member, Alliance of American Insurers National Task Force, 1985-1987. Approved Arbitrator, Reinsurance Association of America. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Graduate). Member: New York State and American (Member, Legal Malpractice Section) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Eastern Region Steering Committee); Professional Liability Underwriting Society). Practice Areas: Insurance; Reinsurance; Professional Liability; Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts; Arbitration; Employment Law; Commercial Torts; Business Torts; Products Liability. Email: Michael T. Walsh | | Evan Shapiro (Principal) born Rochester, New York, May 3, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Cornell University, College of Industrial and Labor Relations (B.S., 1984); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Legal Research and Writing Instructor, 1985 and 1986, State University of New York at Buffalo. Author: Note, Section 3142(e) of the 1984 Bail Reform Act: Rebuttable Presumption or Mandatory Detention?, 36 Buffalo L. Rev. 693, 1987. Member, Cornell Women's Soccer Alumni Association (Chair, 1995—). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Insurance; Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance); New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Sign Languages. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Directors and Officers Liability; Fiduciary Liability; Litigation; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Evan Shapiro | | Rachel L. Simon (Principal) born Hudson, New York, July 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York and New Jersey. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1992); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, Fordham Moot Court Board. Notes and Articles Editor, Fordham Urban Law Journal. Author: Note, "New York City's Restrictive Zoning of Adult Businesses: A Constitutional Analysis," Fordham Urban Law Journal, Fall, 1995. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Coverage; Professional Insurance Liability; Fiduciary Liability; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Rachel L. Simon | | Maryann Taylor (Principal) born Brooklyn, New York, September 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: Montclair State College (B.S., 1985); Hofstra University (J.D., 1991). Member, Hofstra Law Review. Author: "Ocean Dumping: A Light at the End of the Tunnel," Hofstra Prop. J. Vol. 3, issue 3. Practice Areas: Reinsurance; Insurance; Insurance Regulatory; Arbitration; Professional Liability; Litigation; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. | | Jill M. Levy (Principal) born Brooklyn, New York, October 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 1990); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Risk Management; Securities; Litigation; Excess Coverage; Indemnity. Email: Jill M. Levy | | Michael B. Chester (Principal) born New York, N.Y., November 26, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1998); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Moot Court Society, 2000-2001; Order of the Advocates, 2001. Member: American Bar Association. Email: Michael B. Chester | | Jennifer Dowd (Principal) born Rockville Center, New York, October 16, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, New York and Connecticut; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1996); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Directors and Officers Liability; Professional Liability; Insurance Law; Reinsurance; Litigation; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Jennifer Dowd | | ASSOCIATES | | Edward C. Carleton (Associate) born Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; admitted to bar, 2005, New York and Massachusetts. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1999); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Director's and Officer's Liability. | | Eleftherios Stefas (Associate) born New York, N.Y., April 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Geneseo (B.A., 1998); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Professional Liability. | | Emily J. Barlow (Associate) born August 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Cambridge University, England (B.A. Honours, 1999; M.A., 2003); University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Languages: French, German and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage; International Insurance. Email: Emily J. Barlow | | Ari Magedoff (Associate) born Newport Beach, California, November 17, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(50%); Insurance Coverage(50%). Email: Ari Magedoff | | Fiona McCormack (Associate) born New Rochelle, New York November 1, 1974; (Admission pending). Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1996); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2007). | | COUNSEL | | Maria Moukides (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1997, New York and New Jersey. Education: New York University (B.A., 1985); New York Law School (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Litigation. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Chicago, Illinois Office: 200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 7200, 60601. Telephone: 312-946-4200. Fax: 312-946-4272.
Princeton, New Jersey Office: 212 Carnegie Center, Suite 206, 08540. Telephone: 609-919-6386. Fax: 609-520-1733.
London, England Office: 37-39 Lime Street, 5th Floor, EC3M 7AY. Telephone: +011-44-020-7929-5588. Fax: +011-44-020-7929-5999.
| | (For complete biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at Chicago, Illinois, Princeton, New Jersey and London, England) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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