Mike Ginsberg is a trial lawyer who represents policyholders in disputes with insurance companies regarding coverage for product and environmental liabilities, toxic torts, and bad faith. Mike's practice also involves the trial of toxic tort, environmental claims, construction, and commercial disputes. In addition he assists clients with the evaluation and management of asbestos liabilities.
Mike has litigated insurance coverage cases for Cardinal Health, Cooper, Eaton, Beazer, Cameron, Elliott Company, Joy, Lincoln Electric, McGraw-Edison, PCS, Penn Fuel Gas, Tyco, and Weir Group, among others. He has served as insurance counsel in a number of high-profile bankruptcy matters and frequently advises clients with regard to insurance issues in corporate transactions and captive insurance matters.
Mike is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) for whom he serves as a program director and teacher. He has traveled to Kenya on multiple occasions to teach trial skills to Kenyan lawyers in a program sponsored by Lawyers Without Borders, NITA, and Jones Day and has taught trial skills programs in Japan, Ireland, and Scotland. Mike is an Adjunct Professor at Emory Law School and serves as the Director of the Law School's Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques. Mike served for nine years as president of the board of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and currently serves on the board of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (Chair of the Finance Committee).
Esperienze
Insurance Coverage for Nanoproducts, Practice Perspectives: Nanotechnology
Altre Pubblicazioni
- February 22, 2017
Consensus Returns On Corporate Insurance Transfers In M&A, Law360 - 2007
Insurance Law Settlements and Negotiations, Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds, (chapter entitled "Principled Negotiation Strategies for Dealing with Insurance Companies").
- October 15, 2015
2015 Regional Energy Conference: Navigating Turbulences in Global Oil & Gas Markets - September 17, 2014
Opening Statements: An Advanced Look, 2014 Celesq Webcast Series - July 25, 2014
Jones Day Regional Energy Conference, International Implications of the Marcellus and Utica Shale - May 21, 2014
Experts and Their Role in Case Development, 2014 Celesq Webcast Series - March 26, 2014
Tips for Creating Winning Trial Themes, 2014 Celesq Webcast Series - December 1, 2013
Closing Arguments at Trial-Pulling the Theme Together, 2013 Celesq® Webcast Series - November 1, 2013
Cross Examination at Trial-Picking Your Fights, 2013 Celesq Webcast Series - October 1, 2013
Keys to Dynamic Direct Examination at Trial-Telling the Story in a Compelling Fashion, 2013 Celesq Webcast Series - March 7, 2013
Exhibits at Trial, 2013 Celesq Webcast Series - February 14, 2013
Jones Day Regional Energy Conference, Harnessing Regional Opportunity in the new Energy Economy - January 24, 2013
Voir Dire, 2013 Celesq Webcast Series - December 11, 2012
Tips for Persuasive Motion Argument, Celesq AttorneysEd Center - 2012年11月
美國專利訴訟-台灣公司的對策 - September 6, 2012
Preparing for, Taking, and Defending Depositions, 2012 Celesq Webcast Series - December 15, 2011
2011 Trial Skills Celesq® Webcast Series
Closing Arguments at Trial - Pulling the Theme Together - November 17, 2011
2011 Trial Skills Celesq® Webcast Series
Cross Examination at Trial - Picking Your Fights - October 18, 2011
2011 Trial Skills Celesq® Webcast Series
Keys to Dynamic Direct Examination at Trial - Telling the Story in a Compelling Fashion - September 14, 2011
2011 Trial Skills Celesq® Webcast Series
Effective Trial Opening Statements: Avoiding the Perils and Overcoming the Fears - August 19, 2010
Exhaustion of Limits and Relatated Issues - How Triggered Primary and Excess Policies Respond to Claims in an All-Sums Environment, All Sums Litigation Conference - October 21, 2009
Exhaustion of Limits and Related Issues - How Triggered Primary and Excess Policies Respond to Claims in an All-Sums Environment, All Sums Litigation Conference - June 18, 2009
2009 Speaker Series: Captive Insurance and International Reinsurance - November 7, 2006
The Differences and Similarities in Dealing with Primary v. Excess Carriers, All Sums Litigation Conference
Environmental Business Risks and Insurance Solutions, Cochair, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
NITA's National Trial Program, Assistant Team Leader
Mealey's Insurance 101 Conference, Cochair and Presenter (Insurance Discovery)
Mealey's Insurance 101 Conference, Presenter (Insurance Discovery)
Mealey's Environmental and Toxic Tort Insurance Coverage Conference, Cochair
- Harvard University (J.D. cum laude 1985); Rutgers University (B.A. magna cum laude with general honors and highest honors in Political Science 1982)
- Pennsylvania
Selected by Philadelphia Magazine as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" in the area of insurance coverage (since 2008)
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law, litigation — insurance, and commercial litigation (since 2012), including Pittsburgh "Lawyer of the Year" for litigation — insurance (2021)
Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA for insurance coverage
Selected by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading U.S. Environmental Lawyers (2023 and 2024)