Attorney Profile

Scott W. Bermack

Scott Bermack

LeClairRyan
830 Third Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10022
Contact Contact Scott W. Bermack
T: 212-440-8037
F: 212-430-8067

Visit: www.leclairryan.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Defense: Products (40%), Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice (30%), Construction Litigation (30%)
Industry Groups: Construction, Insurance, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Trucking

Profile

Mr. Bermack is a skilled trial attorney who specializes in civil claims involving construction and labor law, professional negligence, products liability, trucking liability, premises liability and personal injury. His client base includes national retailers, trucking companies, medical and legal professionals, self and large retention insureds and liability insurance carriers. He has successfully prosecuted and defended insurance coverage suits on behalf of carriers and insureds and has substantial experience defending federal class action law suits brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Selected to:

New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro

About Scott Bermack

Admitted: 1990, New York

Professional Webpage: www.ckbblaw.com/att_sbermack.html

Honors and Awards: Jury Verdict Reporter's Top Defense Verdicts of 2004, NY JVR Verdict of the Week
Special Licenses/Certifications: New York State Licensed Property and Casualty Insurance Broker, 1982
Bar/Professional Activity: NYSBA CPLR Committee, Note of Issue Subcommittee, 2009, NYSBA - Trial Practice Committee, 2009, NYSBA CPLR Subcommittee on Jury Selection Rules, 2008, Appointed to NYS Bar Association Committee on Civil Practice Laws and Rules, 2007, Risk and Insurance Management Society, 2003
Pro bono/Community Service: Board of Governors, The Deer Lake Club, 2008, Member, Montclair Fair Tax Revaluation Committee, 2006
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: 2009, Featured Speaker - Post Mortem of a complex labor law trial - Hanover Insurance Company - This presentation dissected a complex Labor Law claim involving catastrophic damages and analyzed the ramifications of New York's Labor Law Sections 200, 240 and 241(6) in the context of workers compensation statutes and the associated "grave injury" categories, insurance procurement clauses and contractual indemnificaton issues., Construction, Insurance
Representative Clients: IKEA, Abercrombie & Fitch, Restaurant Depot, Jetro Holdings, Grocery Haulers Inc., Office Max,  Kia Motors of America, Jones Lang Lasalle, Grubb & Ellis Company, First Industrial, Markel Underwriters, Hanover Insurance Company, One Beacon Insurance Group, Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, AXIS Insurance, Argo Group US, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
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