Chris is a Partner in the New York and Basking Ridge offices and is a member of Kennedys’ Global Strategy Board. He has extensive experience in handling and resolving— through litigation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms — insurance coverage disputes, including those involving environmental, toxic tort, asbestos, construction, advertising liability, products, cyber, technology, property, automobile, and employment issues.

Chris has represented clients in insurance coverage disputes in virtually every state in the United States, on both the state and federal level, as well as in Bermuda, Canada, Puerto Rico, and throughout Europe. He also is experienced in resolution of reinsurance disputes and the drafting of reinsurance contracts. Chris often provides counsel to corporate clients on general business matters, contract negotiation, environmental litigation and compliance, and all types of commercial disputes.

Chris is a frequent lecturer on a myriad of insurance and litigation topics, including mediation and negotiation, bad faith, construction defect, toxic tort, hazardous waste and advertising liability. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Insurance Law & Litigation Week, a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC). Chris also is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's College in New York.

Chris is admitted in: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, US District Court - Northern District of Illinois, US District Court - New Jersey, US District Court - Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York, US District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania, US District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin and US Court of Appeals - First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.

Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of AmericaFellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC)

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St. John's University School of Law, JD, 1992St. Joseph's College, BA (magna cum laude), 1988