WCM Is Pleased To Announce That Lauren Berenbaum Has Been Promoted To Counsel
With effect as of October 1, 2021, WCM is pleased to announce that Lauren Berenbaum has been promoted to the rank of counsel. A graduate of Villanova University School of Law and Emory University, Lauren is based in WCM’s Philadelphia office. She focuses her practice on coverage work in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Lauren started with WCM as a first-year attorney. Read More
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WCM Partner Named PA Insurance Expert of the Year
WCM Partner Bob Cosgrove — who, earlier in the year was selected by Thompson Reuters as a Pennsylvania SuperLawyer –was just named the 2021 Insurance Expert of the Year in Pennsylvania, USA by Leaders in Law. Leaders in Law is a London based company that vets, selects and recognizes attorneys around the world who are known to be leaders in their respective practice areas. For...Read More
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Reflections On 9/11 From NYC – 20 Years Later
Tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2021, marks, to borrow a phrase from FDR, a day which will live in infamy in our memory. Even voicing the words “September 11” aloud entails an immediate, somber feeling. 20 years. Different media networks have been producing documentaries to commemorate the day. There will memorial ceremonies in lower Manhattan and elsewhere, and the New York Mets and Yankees game...Read More
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WCM Article on Data Privacy Published in DRI’s “For the Defense”
This past week, For the Defense, a publication of the Defense Research Institute, published What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting a Data Breach written by Brian Gibbons and Lauren Berenbaum. In the digital age, law firms need to be every more mindful of their status as data collectors, and their responsibility to protect the data that maintain. Especially in the “paperless” world...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Brian & Georgia Discuss the Courts and new Associates Starting their Careers this Fall
No guest this week — instead, Brian Gibbons and Georgia Coats discuss the seemingly ever-changing impact of COVID-19 and the delta variant on court operations. As recently as a few months ago, the pandemic seemed to be on its last legs, but numbers are trending in the wrong direction again. What does that mean for court operations this Fall and Winter, in NYC and elsewhere? Also, with...Read More
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WCM Philadelphia Partner Becomes Treasurer of Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
On June 21, 2021, WCM Partner Colleen E. Hayes was elected to the position of Treasurer of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, one of the oldest local defense organizations in the country. Colleen is a partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office and serves clients in commercial coverage related matters. Colleen was also recently selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star for 2021. She also...Read More
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WCM is Pleased to Announce that Matt Care has been Promoted to Partner
Effective, July 1, 2021, Matt Care is officially the newest partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office. Matt started working at WCM in 2015. He primarily defends individuals and businesses in a wide variety of general liability, construction defect, premises liability, insurance coverage disputes, bad faith claims, professional liability claims, and product liability lawsuits, from inception...Read More
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WCM Philadelphia Partner Becomes Treasurer of Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
On June 21, 2021, WCM Partner Colleen E. Hayes was elected to the position of Treasurer of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, one of the oldest local defense organization in the country. Colleen is a partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office and serves clients in commercial coverage related matters. Colleen was also recently selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star for 2021. She also is...Read More
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Partner Andy Gibbs Joins WCM’s New Jersey Office
WCM is pleased to announce that Andrew Gibbs, the current President of the Union County Bar Association, has joined WCM as a partner. Andy has almost 25 years of experience representing insurance companies and their insureds in New Jersey State and Federal courts in a variety of cases including insurance coverage, general liability, product liability and toxic torts, construction defect...Read More
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by Brian GibbonsJune 17, 2021 Podcast, Evidence, News & Events, Premises Liability, Uncategorized0 comments
Call Your Next Witness – Angela Levitan of ARCCA Discusses Biomechanical and Human Factors Analysis
Generally, I’m amused by the term “human factors” in the context of expert testimony. Doesn’t everything involving people necessarily involve human factors? When I was a prosecutor, I was similarly amused by the “Anti-Crime” police unit. As opposed to the “pro crime” unit? Apologies for the Faulkner-esque stream of consciousness...Read More
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