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Holt, Eugene L.
Bivona & Cohen, P.C.
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-1818
Phone: 212-363-3100
Fax: (212) 968-1335
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Gene has extensive scientific, regulatory and legal environmental experience including past work on energy conversion and emission control programs through his involvement in the petroleum industry and organizations such as the American Petroleum Institute, the New Jersey Research Council, the Coordinating Research Council and the Society of Automotive Engineers. He has also handled thousands of underground storage tank claims on behalf of the Pollution Liability Insurance Association and a state insurance fund. In the area of toxic torts, Gene has acted as National Coordinating Counsel on a wide variety of drug and related insurance claims, ranging from latex glove allergies through most of the major drug issues of the past several decades, using his scientific background to coordinate the activities of medical experts. Other representations have included employee fraud against a major international chemical company, the collapse of the largest salt mine in North America, and nationwide damages stemming from corrosive construction materials.
Areas of Practice
- Mass Tort and Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Petroleum Discharges
- Toxic Exposures
West Practice Categories
Oil & Gas, Environmental Law, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1977
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1988
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1988
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Society
- Sigma Xi
Education
- New York Law School, New York, New York,
1976
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - Yale University,
1961
Ph.D.
Major: Chemistry - Yale University,
1959
M.S. - Queens College, New York, New York,
1957
B.S.
Honors: With Honors
Articles
Published Works
- Sigma Xi "Underground Storage Tank claims", Environmental Claims Quarterly, Vol. 1
Office Information
Address
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-1818
Phones
212-363-3100
Faxes
(212) 968-1335