(Current Update Release 17)
Litigating Insurance Disputes is a necessary and invaluable addition to any lawyer's office library who is either an advocate for insurers or policy holders.
Topics covered in depth include:
• Choice-of-Law
• The Advantages of Seeking a Declaratory Judgment
• Discovery and Trial Techniques
• Case Management
• Arbitration
Litigating Insurance Disputes serves as a starting point for information on a specific topic or as a checklist of one’s general responsibilities and obligations. This comprehensive single-source reference addresses all key litigation issues involving insurance disputes, included are over 20 invaluable forms on CD-ROM dealing with the litigation and arbitration of insurance disputes.
Edward J. Zulkey is Senior Counsel and General Counsel Emeritus to the firm of Baker & McKenzie where he practices in its Chicago office. He has been with Baker & McKenzie for his entire career; having been a litigator in the Chicago Office since 1973 and a Partner since 1980, he became the Firm’s first General Counsel in 1994. He practices primarily in the fields of liability insurance-related issues and professional liability. He is former Vice-Chair of the ABA/TIPS' Committee on Excess and Reinsurance, Co-Chair of the Legal Malpractice Subcommittee of the ABA/TIPS' Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation and Chairman, Casualty & Excess Insurance Committee, International Association of Defense Counsel. He has written numerous articles and lectured extensively in the field of insurance coverage.
"Litigating Insurance Disputes is an important book for anyone who regularly represents the business community .. a critical book for those who do not normally practice in the field of insurance. It is well-researched, comprehensive and readable. I heartily recommend this book as a quick, but authoritative, reference source."
- David J. Beck, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston; Former President, State Bar of Texas; Former Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski
"A timely, meticulously-researched and indispensable resource. Litigating Insurance Disputes identifies the most pressing coverage issues of the day. Whether used to survey a topic or 'kick-start' a project this work is an invaluable research tool."
-Thomas A. Demetrio, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago; former President, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and Chicago Bar Association
"Ed Zulkey, a renowned national expert in insurance law, merges theory and practical knowledge into an invaluable resource. Litigating Insurance Disputes now occupies a place in my office among those works that I keep within arms reach."
- Byron Higgins, University Counsel - University of Illinois, Urbana
