Duane Morris LLP

Max H. Stern is a trial and appellate lawyer, with an emphasis on a result-oriented approach to complex disputes. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in insurance coverage and bad faith cases, business tort and other commercial litigation, consumer and business class actions, and both commercial and high-end residential real estate litigation. Mr. Stern has tried cases before juries, judges and arbitration panels, and he has argued appeals in a number of state (California and Texas) and federal (Second, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits) courts.

Mr. Stern devotes a substantial part of his practice to litigation and counseling services for the insurance industry. He has handled matters in various lines, including general liability, specialty liability, professional liability, excess liability, business interruption, workers' compensation, property, and personal accident. He provides oversight counsel for clients at a nationwide or regional level with respect to issues of coverage, claims handling, litigation management and corporate risk. He has extensive experience in insurance-related litigation, including coverage, bad faith, subrogation and contribution, reinsurance and regulatory disputes. He also provides defense of insureds in complex or high-stakes cases, including class actions and severe injuries, and he is often called upon by insurers when they need a change in direction in the defense of their insureds.

Duane Morris LLP - Partner, 2006-present Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP - Partner, 1999-2005 - Associate, 1991-1999

American Bar Association - Section of Litigation - Insurance Coverage Committee Claim and Litigation Management (CLM) Alliance, Member Association of Business Trial Lawyers Defense Research Institute

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1991