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Chaffetz Lindsey LLP Offices
1700 Broadway, 33rd Floor
New York, NY USA 10019
NEW YORK
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Steven Schwartz
Work Department
Insurance/Reinsurance
Position
Partner
Career
Since the early 1990s, Steve Schwartz has devoted much of his practice to insurance and reinsurance litigation and arbitration. He has handled reinsurance disputes ranging from asbestos allocation matters to disputes involving insurance insolvency, spirals, MGAs, and finite risk reinsurance. In addition, Steve has handled insurance coverage litigation, as well as commercial litigation arising out of acquisitions of reinsurance companies and other corporate transactions. Steve has first-chaired numerous arbitration hearings and trials, and has been recognized by Chambers USA, Legal 500, and the International Who’s Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers. A frequent writer and speaker, Steve is the author of Reinsurance Law: An Analytic Approach, a leading treatise published by Law Journal Press.
Education
- J.D., Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- A.B., Princeton University cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
(Hall of Fame)New York boutique Chaffetz Lindsey LLP is adept at representing clients involved in insurance and reinsurance disputes in the US and those spanning multiple jurisdictions, appearing before courts and in arbitrations. The practice has experience advising clients on multi-national arbitrations and has also handled matters with ties to the UK and Canada. Leadership of the practice is split four ways between Peter Chaffetz
, a highly experienced trial and arbitration lawyer who advises on complex matters including asbestos claims, environmental liability and sports disability, Cecilia Moss, who has advised on COVID-19 losses and construction losses, trial and arbitrations litigator Steven Schwartz, and Charles Scibetta, whose practice encompasses mass tort liabilities in relation COVID-19 claims, pollution, and professional liability.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Advice to insurers United States > Insurance