HarrisMartin's Building Code Issues in Property Insurance Claims Conference Speaker Profiles

Steve Goldman is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with 30 years of experience litigating and trying a diverse range of cases throughout the United States. During that time, Mr. Goldman has served as counsel for insurers in many of the country's most significant property insurance coverage cases, including, most recently, Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company (upholding the flood exclusion in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina), Landry v. Louisiana Citizens Insurance Company (holding Louisiana's Valued Policy Law inapplicable to certain Katrina-related claims), and Streamline Capital v. Hartford Insurance (refusing to adopt the time necessary to rebuild the World Trade Center as the "period of restoration" for WTC tenants). As an advocate and advisor for international and domestic insurance carriers and insurance industry organizations, he has handled numerous high-impact cases arising from catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the anthrax scare in 2001. Mr. Goldman has appeared as counsel in trial and appellate courts in 22 states and has aggressively litigated and, in many instances, tried high-exposure cases throughout the Northeast and in jurisdictions as diverse as Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa. He also has significant experience litigating class actions, especially those based on insurance coverage issues and insurer market conduct.

Mr. Goldman is a prolific speaker on insurance coverage, litigation, and ethics matters and has published numerous papers on these subjects. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Insurance Law since 2006 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC). Mr. Goldman has also been named to the Connecticut Super Lawyers® list in the area of Insurance Coverage since 2006 and the Top 50 Connecticut Super Lawyers® for 2010 ( Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.).

Mr. Benrubi is “AV” rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and was voted by his peers for inclusion in Florida Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite” for 2005 and 2008, and “Super Lawyer” for 2006 through 2012, an honor bestowed upon less than 2% of all Florida attorneys. Mr. Benrubi formerly served as the President of the Palm Beach County Justice Association and as Insurance Committee Chair of the Florida Justice Association.

In addition to his expertise as a plaintiff’s attorney, Mr. Benrubi has significant experience in the practice of insurance defense. He previously served as managing attorney of an in-house counsel office of a major insurance company. Mr. Benrubi has lectured locally, statewide and nationally on the topics of insurance bad faith, disability insurance, homeowner’s insurance and trial advocacy.