Practice Expertise
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation
- Reinsurance
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation
- Reinsurance
Profile
Joseph’s practice focuses on complex insurance disputes, bad faith litigation, and advising policyholders on coverage issues.
Joseph has extensive commercial litigation experience, including numerous insurance-related matters. Joseph represents commercial policyholders in matters stemming from all types of insurance policies, including commercial property, E&O, D&O, and reinsurance.
Relevant Experience
- Represented cedent in eight-day jury trial involving facultative reinsurance and disputes over allocation, primary policy limits, and umbrella policy coverage for defense costs.
- Advised policyholders, insurers, and reinsurers on coverage issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular for commercial property insurance policies.
- Successfully defended reinsurance broker and captive manager against allegations of negligence brought by an underlying insured in complex reinsurance dispute involving trade credit insurance policy and facultative reinsurance agreement.
Education
BA, Cornell University, History, cum laude, 2013
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation
- Reinsurance
Professional Career
Articles
Allegations That COVID-19 was Physically Present and Altered Property are Sufficient to Sustain COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit
By Joseph Niczky |June 2021
- Subpoena Defense Cost Ruling Gets Insurance Law Wrong, Law360
- Insurance Coverage for Supply Chain Interruptions, Risk Management Magazine
- State COVID Insurance Rulings Highlight Errors In Dismissals, Law360
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