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Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Litigation
• Directors and Officers Liability
• Professional Liability
• General Liability Defense
• Fidelity and Surety
• Insurance Coverage
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Securities Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Representative Cases

• Serio v. National Union, 18 A.D.3d 319 (2005)
• FDIC v. National Union, 146 F.Supp.2d 541 (DNJ 2001)
• FDIC v. National Union, aff'd. 57 Fed. Appx. 965 (3rd Cir. 2003)
• American Century v. American International, 2002 WL 1879947 (SDNY 2002)
• Silveri v. Mirsky, 1999 WL 182600 (SDNY 1999)
• Svigals v. Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe, 256 A.D.2d 460 (1998)
• Greenwich v. Markoff, 234 A.D.2d. 112 (1996)
• Davis v. Klein, 68 N.Y.2d 1008 (1996)
• Herbert Post & Co. v. Sidney Bitterman, Inc., 219 A.D.2d 214 (1996)
• North American Development v. Shahbazi, 1996 WL 306538 (SDNY 1996)
• Murphy v. Public Employees, 212 A.D.2d 763 (1995)
• Morin v. Trupin, 1994 WL 68307 (SDNY 1994)
• Morris v. Metropolitan Transp. Authority, 191 A.D.2d 682 (1993)
• Alexander v. Evans, 1993 WL 427409 (SDNY 1993)
• Morin v. Trupin, 835 F.Supp 126 (SDNY 1993)
• Morin v. Trupin, 832 F.Supp. 93 (SDNY 1993)
• Morin v. Trupin, 1993 WL 248802 (SDNY 1993)
• Morin v. Trupin, 809 F.Supp. 1081 (SDNY 1993)
• Morin v. Trupin, 799 F.Supp. 342 (SDNY 1992)
• Morin v. Trupin, 778 F.Supp. 711 (SDNY 1991)
• Manny Pollack & Co. v. Shelgem, Ltd., 1990 WL 180170 (SDNY 1990)
• Shumate v. McNiff, 1990 WL 6549 (SDNY 1990)
• Matignon v. Ameritel, 1989 WL 153282 (SDNY 1989)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Personal Injury -- Defense, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987
• New Jersey, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1990

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1986
  J.D.
• Fordham University, 1983
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Address

70 Pine Street
New York, NY 10270-0110

Phones

(212) 269-0927

Faxes

(212) 269-3559

Emails

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Websites

http://www.damato-lynch.com