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Areas of Practice:
Insurance Coverage
Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New YorkU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Second, Third and Sixth CircuitsU.S. Tax CourtU.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1971Long
Island University, B.S., 1964
Professional Affiliations:
New Jersey State Bar Association
(Committee on Insurance)
American Bar Association
(Committee on Tort and Insurance
Law)
Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Committee on Insurance International Association of Arson Investigators National Fire Protection Association
New Jersey Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (Executive Director and General Counsel)
National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
Publications:
Your Rights as a Policyholder Could Be Going Up In Smoke, Insurance Law Alert, November 2006
Proving Bad Faith of an Insurer, Burning Issues, January 2003
Recent Court Decisions, Burning Issues, January 2003
Hot Topics, Burning Issues, January 2003
Presentations:
First Party Insurance Coverage Issues, Professional Insurance Agents Association, October 12, 2006, Somerset, New Jersey
Michael F. Chazkel, a member of the firm, concentrates his practice on complex commercial, environmental and insurance litigation matters in state and federal courts, including insurance company liquidation and rehabilitation proceedings and RICO violations.
Michael’s insurance litigation experience involves all lines of insurance including, but not limited to, comprehensive general liability, products liability, directors and officers liability, accident and health, life, disability, ocean marine, inland marine, and fire and allied lines insurance coverage disputes. He also has extensive experience in handling professional negligence and licensing issues involving insurance professionals.
Michael is a recurring speaker for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and has presented Handling Contested Insurance Claims to members of the Bar since 1980. He has also participated in panel discussions at Investigations of Arson Fires seminars sponsored by Rutgers University. These seminars are given for fire chiefs, arson investigators and prosecutors of the State of New Jersey on insurance coverage issues related to arson fires. | 