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Skarzynski Marick Adds Bankruptcy Team in Los Angeles
Skarzynski Marick & Black is pleased to welcome an experienced bankruptcy team to its Los Angeles office. Led by Russell Roten and Jeff Kahane, the group also includes Timothy Evanston and Nathan Reinhardt who join the firm as Counsel. The bankruptcy group focuses its nationwide practice on representing the insurance industry, complementing Skarzynski Marick’s highly regarded insurance coverage litigation practice. They join from Duane Morris.
“With the proliferation of bankruptcy filings by our insurer clients’ policyholders, we are now able to provide the interrelated coverage and bankruptcy representation our clients need,” said Michael Marick, leader of the firm’s nationwide mass tort and complex insurance coverage litigation practice. “Russell, Jeff, and their team enable us to offer our clients seamless representation under one roof.”
“We are excited to join Skarzynski Marick, which shares our focus of representing the insurance industry in its toughest cases,” said Roten. “The firm’s latent injury and exposure coverage practice aligns ideally with our bankruptcy work for insurers in these areas.”
Tammy Yuen, Managing Partner, added: “While we effectively represent insurers nationwide and internationally, from our New York and Chicago offices, we have long searched for the right opportunity to expand our presence in California. We are excited to be doing so with such an accomplished bankruptcy practice. We expect to continue to grow the Los Angeles office with other attorneys dedicated to representing the insurance industry in high exposure insurance disputes.”
Roten and Kahane have practiced together as a team for decades, representing insurers and secured and unsecured creditors across the United States in complex contested Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Among the matters in which they have represented insurers’ interests are In re Mid-Valley, In re Pittsburgh Corning, In re Federal-Mogul Global, In re Kaiser Aluminum, In re The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland, In re A.P.I., In re C.E. Thurston, In re ASARCO, In re Northwest Airlines, In re Thorpe Insulation, In re the Diocese of Wilmington, In re Champion Homes, In re CFB Liquidation Corp., In re the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, In re the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, and In re Kaiser Gypsum. Roten has tried numerous jury and court cases to verdict. He received both his law and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Carolina. Kahane has been awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief and Chief Technology Editor of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, and California State University at Northridge (cum laude).
About Skarzynski Marick & Black
Skarzynski Marick & Black is a law firm co-centered in New York City and Chicago which represents the global insurance industry in its most complex and challenging matters. The firm is recognized for its industry leading representation of insurers across a diverse range of insurance-related services, including coverage and bad faith ligation, arbitration and counselling, bankruptcy, claims monitoring, and structuring insurance policies and risk transfer programs. The firm has deep experience in all types of insurance, including directors and officers, general liability (particularly for long-tail exposures), aviation, professional liability, cyber, property, and product recall and contamination coverages. The firm also has a significant commercial and complex litigation practice.
“With the proliferation of bankruptcy filings by our insurer clients’ policyholders, we are now able to provide the interrelated coverage and bankruptcy representation our clients need,” said Michael Marick, leader of the firm’s nationwide mass tort and complex insurance coverage litigation practice. “Russell, Jeff, and their team enable us to offer our clients seamless representation under one roof.”
“We are excited to join Skarzynski Marick, which shares our focus of representing the insurance industry in its toughest cases,” said Roten. “The firm’s latent injury and exposure coverage practice aligns ideally with our bankruptcy work for insurers in these areas.”
Tammy Yuen, Managing Partner, added: “While we effectively represent insurers nationwide and internationally, from our New York and Chicago offices, we have long searched for the right opportunity to expand our presence in California. We are excited to be doing so with such an accomplished bankruptcy practice. We expect to continue to grow the Los Angeles office with other attorneys dedicated to representing the insurance industry in high exposure insurance disputes.”
Roten and Kahane have practiced together as a team for decades, representing insurers and secured and unsecured creditors across the United States in complex contested Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Among the matters in which they have represented insurers’ interests are In re Mid-Valley, In re Pittsburgh Corning, In re Federal-Mogul Global, In re Kaiser Aluminum, In re The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland, In re A.P.I., In re C.E. Thurston, In re ASARCO, In re Northwest Airlines, In re Thorpe Insulation, In re the Diocese of Wilmington, In re Champion Homes, In re CFB Liquidation Corp., In re the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, In re the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, and In re Kaiser Gypsum. Roten has tried numerous jury and court cases to verdict. He received both his law and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Carolina. Kahane has been awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief and Chief Technology Editor of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, and California State University at Northridge (cum laude).
About Skarzynski Marick & Black
Skarzynski Marick & Black is a law firm co-centered in New York City and Chicago which represents the global insurance industry in its most complex and challenging matters. The firm is recognized for its industry leading representation of insurers across a diverse range of insurance-related services, including coverage and bad faith ligation, arbitration and counselling, bankruptcy, claims monitoring, and structuring insurance policies and risk transfer programs. The firm has deep experience in all types of insurance, including directors and officers, general liability (particularly for long-tail exposures), aviation, professional liability, cyber, property, and product recall and contamination coverages. The firm also has a significant commercial and complex litigation practice.