Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1993

Year Joined Organization: 1987

Lawyer Overview

Olivia M. Gross is the partner in charge of our insurance coverage and appellate practice groups.  She is a 1985 graduate cum laude of Pace University School of Law where she was a Merit Scholar and recipient of other honors for outstanding achievement.  She has been with the firm since 1987, became a partner in the firm in 1993, and has developed expertise in a wide spectrum of claims defense work, insurance coverage matters and cargo litigation.  An expert negotiator and mediator, Ms. Gross is actively involved in trucking/vehicular, premises liability, accident prevention, claims investigation, indemnification, insurance coverage and defense strategy.  She has made her mark in the insurance industry by systematically handling large volume claims litigation while maintaining unsurpassed quality control and cost consciousness and achieving excellent results.  She has been responsible for changing the law in the defense industry’s interests through her appellate advocacy and tenacious litigation.

In recent years, she has handled countless declaratory judgment actions in the state and federal courts and has been responsible for numerous risk transfers and indemnity recoveries in insurance litigation on behalf of our clients.  In one ongoing program involving a major global construction manager, here practice group has effectuated risk transfers resulting in savings and cost recoveries aggregating in the tens of millions of dollars and she has achieved commensurate results for other national clients, state and municipal agencies, and casualty insurers.

Ms. Gross is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Sections, Defense Research Institute, and Professional Women in Construction.

Areas of practice

• Claims Defense Work
• Insurance Coverage Matters
• Cargo Litigation
• Trucking/Vehicular
• Premises Liability
• Accident Prevention
• Claims Investigation
• Indemnification
• Defense Strategy

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

New York, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

New York State Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Sections (Member)
Defense Research Institute (Member)
Professional Women in Construction (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Premises Liability, Accident Prevention, Claims Investigation, Indemnification, Insurance Coverage and Defense Strategy

Education

Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1985
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Merit Scholar

Address

22nd Floor
14 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005-2101

Phones

(212) 619-4350

Faxes

(212) 619-3622

Emails

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