Marc Perrone is an Associate of the firm where he concentrates on commercial, insurance coverage and reinsurance litigation.  Mr. Perrone has substantial experience with complex coverage disputes arising under a spectrum of commercial insurance policies including General Liability, Errors & Omissions, Directors & Officers, Employment Practices, Securities Claims and Excess/Umbrella coverages.  Mr. Perrone also has significant experience litigating and managing sophisticated claims including Class Action, Pharmaceutical Mass-Tort, Antitrust, and Shareholder Derivative lawsuits. 

Mr. Perrone has also successfully represented insurers in complex Environmental and Toxic Tort insurance coverage disputes concerning exposure to asbestos, silica, diacetyl, lead paint and the World Trade Center First Responder Litigation. 

As detailed below, Mr. Perrone has authored numerous articles concerning current issues in insurance coverage and complex litigation which have been published in a variety of prestigious academic and professional journals.  While in law school Mr. Perrone clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office, W.D.N.Y., where he worked directly with the Chief of Civil Litigation.

Education:
University of Buffalo,  School of Law (J.D., 2000)

• Buffalo Environmental Moot Court, Team and Board Member
• Buffalo Environmental Law Journal, Senior Editor
• Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal, Senior Editor
• United States Attorney’s Office, W.D.N.Y., Law Clerk
• United States Attorney’s Professional Mock Court Competition (for law clerks), Winner

Bernard M. Baruch College (B.A., Cum Laude, 1996)

Professional Admission:
State of New York (2001)

State of Florida (2003)

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2002)

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2002)

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2002)

United States District Court for the Western District of New York (2002)

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2002)

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2002)

Publications:

Perrone, Marc (2011) “Allocating Loss in Long Tail Claims: Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Massachusetts Law in Boston Gas,” Massachusetts Law Review, (vol. 93, no. 4).

Perrone, Marc (2011) “The Other Insurance Dilemma: Exhaustion of Other Insurance under New York Law ~ Horizontal or Vertical?,”  New York State Bar Association Bar Journal, (vol. 83, no. 3).

Perrone, Marc (2010) “Second Circuit Reemphasizes Limits to Insurers Obligations under New York Insurance Law § 3420(d), “New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Journal, Summer 2010 (vol. 39, no. 2).

Perrone, Marc (2010) “Limits to Insurers’ Obligations Under §3420(d),” New York State Bar Association Bar Journal, (vol. 82, no. 9).

Perrone, Marc (2002) “ New York Court Opens Door To Damages Beyond Policy Limits,” New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Journal, (vol. 31, no. 2, p. 44).

Perrone, Marc (2002) “The Admission of Expert Testimony at the Dawn of the New Millennium,” Lead Article, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, (vol. 31, no. 4, p. 9).

Perrone, Marc (2002) “Clarifying the Demise of Washington’s Independent Business Judgment Rule,” Washington Sate Bar Journal, (vol. 56, no. 6, p. 20).

Perrone, Marc (2001) “DeFunis v. Odegaard: A Case Study of the Interface between Judicial Politics and Litigation Strategy,” Lead Article, Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal, (vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1).