Robert Flannery

Profile

Rob’s deep understanding of an insurer’s requirements while in the throes of a complex coverage dispute has been gained over many years of experience and is a significant asset for any client.

An Equity Partner since 1993 and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee, Rob has served as claims and litigation counsel in a wide array of direct and reinsurance matters for his foreign and domestic clients.  When litigation is not the preferred route to complex claims resolution, those same clients have come to rely upon Rob to negotiate favorable settlements or pursue alternative means toward dispute resolution.

Most notably, Rob has extensive experience in the litigation, trial, and appeal of insurance coverage disputes, having been retained as lead counsel in numerous coverage actions and arbitrations throughout the United States involving coverage issues related to athlete disability and loss of value, architects, and engineers, directors, and officers, financial institutions, health hazards, and products liability, lawyers and insurance agents and brokers.

Rob has litigated and settled coverage disputes with numerous Fortune 500 companies within the chemical, energy, entertainment, banking, and product development industries.

Rob is a member of the Torts, Insurance, Trial, and Dispute Resolution Sections of both the New York State and the American Bar Associations.  He is also a member of the New York City Bar Association and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS).  He received formal training as a mediator at the Fordham University School of Law in 2014 and serves as a volunteer Arbitrator in the New York City Small Claims Courts.

Rob is an avid fisherman and enjoys the sports of swimming, cycling, track, and field.  He is a former Board Member and President of the Westchester County Swim Conference, which oversees dual meet and championship competitions each summer for approximately 2,000 age-group athletes from over 30 member clubs.