Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna

Internationally known for his successful litigation and arbitration strategies, Adam Ziffer litigates for policyholders and counsels clients on some of the most cutting-edge, precedent-setting insurance coverage cases in trial and appellate courts nationwide, as well as in London and Bermuda arbitrations. His work includes privacy liability, employee dishonesty, first-party, errors and omissions, directors and officers, product liability, asbestos, environmental, and employment coverage matters.

Notably, Adam won a significant ruling for Viacom Inc. (now Paramount Global), establishing that its insurers could not avoid covering a $122.5 million settlement of litigation stemming from the Viacom-CBS merger by relying on a “bump-up” exclusion. Following this decision, Adam won another significant ruling for Viacom, when the Delaware Superior Court ruled on summary judgment that earlier actions are not interrelated to the former Viacom shareholder class action filed following the merger of CBS and Viacom—favorably permitting Viacom to continue its pursuit of D&O insurance coverage.

Before founding Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, Adam practiced at McKool Smith, Kasowitz, and Dickstein Shapiro.

Adam is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Adam received his B.S. from University of Florida in 1992 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1995.