Kaliner, Bruce R.

Mr. Kaliner has over twenty years of experience involving first-party property insurance coverage issues with a focus on large loss manufacturing and refinery claims, complex on- and off-shore energy losses, flood / hurricane / catastrophe claims, application of deductibles, time element losses and mold claims.  Mr. Kaliner is in charge of the firm's e-discovery task force (electronically stored information) and also handles commercial actions, securities and commodities cases, asset management and employment agreements, and direct mail marketing matters.  His practice includes arbitrations, mediations, administrative hearings, trials and appeals throughout the United States.

Mr. Kaliner has lectured for the Institute for Continuing Education on the subject of advanced litigation techniques. He is a New York Stock Exchange approved arbitrator and a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he serves on the Insurance Law Committee.

Mr. Kaliner is a graduate of American University (B.S., B.A.) and Boston University School of Law.

MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Insurance Law Committee (2002-2005) (2006-2009)
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Consumer Affairs Committee Insurance Law Committee (2002-2005)

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, "Managing Metadata," Best's Review, November 2005.
• Author, "The Expanding Role of Contingent Business Interruption Insurance," Mealey's, December 2003.
• Author, "Electronic Data Need Careful Handling," Business Insurance, June 2003.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Co-Conference Chair, Mealey's Insurance 101 Conference, February 2005.
• Lecturer, Institute for Continuing Education on the subject of Advanced Litigation Techniques.

ADMISSIONS
New York, 1987
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts, New York, 1989

EDUCATION
B.S., B.A., American University, 1983
J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1986