Ginsberg, Michael H.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mike Ginsberg is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on the representation of policyholders in disputes with insurance companies regarding coverage for product and environmental liabilities, toxic torts, and bad faith. He advises clients on the insurance aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcies. Mike's practice also involves the trial of environmental claims arising under Superfund and similar state statutes and other business lawsuits. In addition, he assists clients with the evaluation and management of asbestos liabilities.

Mike has served as insurance counsel for Cooper Industries in the Dresser and Federal Mogul bankruptcies, and has served as insurance counsel in a variety of other bankruptcy matters, including USG and Chrysler.  Mike recently resolved insurance coverage issues for Elliott Company and has represented Beazer, Cameron International, Joy Global, Lincoln Electric, McGraw-Edison, Penn Fuel Gas, Tyco, and Weir Group, among others.

Mike chairs the Firm's Lawyer Training Committee and serves as treasurer of the board of trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) for whom he frequently serves as a teacher and team leader, including serving as a team leader at NITA's flagship National Trial Program. In July 2009, Mike traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to teach trial skills to Kenyan lawyers and police inspectors who prosecute gender violence crimes in a program sponsored by Lawyers Without Borders, NITA, and Jones Day.  Mike has taught and been a team leader in Emory Law School's Trial Techniques Program. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Recovery
• Trial Practice
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Insurance Coverage
• Automotive
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Insurance
• Metals & Mining

Representative Cases

• American Longwall obtains summary judgment in insurance coverage action
• American Management Systems pursues suit against liability insurer for refusal to settle underlying litigation , (2009)
• CIT Group wins summary judgment in $13 million breach of contract claim
• Cooper Industries defeats summary judgment motions on lost policy issue
• Cooper Industries negotiates apportionment of insurance policies among policyholders in bankruptcy
• Cooper Industries pursues insurance coverage action arising out of settlement of TCE toxic tort cases , (2009)
• Cooper Industries resolves liability insurance dispute over contaminated ground water , (2009)
• GM and others settle cost recovery action involving METCOA Superfund Site
• Hall Corporation plans strategic transfer of environmental liabilities to environmental risk management entity
• Kenyan magistrate judges and lawyers receive training on the prosecution and trial of cases involving violence against women
• Koppers' claim of insurer's liability for environmental property damage coverage affirmed by Third Circuit
• Lincoln Electric reaches settlement with insurer for past costs and policy coverage for welding product claims
• PCS Nitrogen defends against Superfund cost recovery case involving the Planters Site
• Penn Fuel Gas files insurance coverage claims for environmental cleanup costs at former plants in Pennsylvania
• PepsiCo prevails in precedential insurance coverage dispute over unusable goods , (2009)
• Third parties defend major Superfund litigation involving over 100 parties
• Tyco Electronics resolves multi-site environmental insurance coverage case involving former Pennsylvania plants
• Weir Group resolves TCE and chromium ground water contamination claims in California

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Complex Litigation, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Hazardous Waste, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Harvard University
• Rutgers Univ- New Brunswick

Published Works

• In Corporate Transactions, Will the Insurance Follow the Liabilities?, Practice Perspectives: Insurance Liability & Recovery, 2009

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7919 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com