DeAngelis, Frank J.

Frank J. DeAngelis has over fifteen years of experience in domestic and international litigation. His experience includes first- and third- party coverage and claims defense, multi-layered policy defense of complex property losses, reinsurance, fire/arson losses, and property and casualty defense, all-risk and builder's risk policy defense, weather related catastrophic losses, environmental contamination, business interruption, time element, products liability defense, coal mining losses, defense of travel agents and tour operators under errors and omissions coverage, general commercial litigation, and real estate transactions.

Mr. DeAngelis has tried cases and argued appeals in various state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has also authored articles on litigation practice and emerging insurance issues. Mr. DeAngelis is admitted to practice before the state and federal court of New York and New Jersey, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. DeAngelis is a graduate of Elizabethtown College and Seton Hall University School of Law, and a member of the Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Association. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law since 2001, and was selected as the Adjunct Professor of the Year in 2009. Mr. DeAngelis was selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2008-2010, as well as the New Jersey Law Journal’s 40 Under 40 in 2009.  He is also a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, District V-A Ethics Committee.  Mr. DeAngelis completed the Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Inn of Court in 2002.
 

MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS

• New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2008, 2009, 2010
• New Jersey Law Journal's 40 under 40, 2009
• Supreme Court of New Jersey District V-A Ethics Committee
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Essex County Bar Association
• The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
• American Bar Association Advisory Panel, 2008-2009
• Seton Hall University School of Law Adjunct Professor of the Year, 2008-2009
• Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Inn of Court
• Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Council

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, E-Discovery Made Simple, Practising Law Institute (May 2011).
• Author, "We Were on a Break," New Jersey Law Journal, February 28, 2011.
• Co-Author, "Coverage Implications Related to the Eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano," Journal of Reinsurance, Summer 2010, Vol. 17, No. 3.
• Author, "Remove Home Field Advantage: Avoid perceived local biases in state court," New Jersey Law Journal, September 21, 2009.
• Author, “Go Figure: Insurers defend lawsuits arising from their use of loss calcuation
  software,” Best’s Review, July 2009.
• Co-Author, “The Tab For Litigating Results: The enforceability of contractual indemnity
  clauses,” New Jersey Law Journal, June 8, 2009.
• Co-Author, Is Appraisal Sometimes Better Than Litigation? And Some Thoughts From Your Friendly Courts On Builder's Risk Coverage, Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 22, No. 35 (July 24, 2008).
• Author, Suit Limitation Enforceable Even If Absent From Insured's Policy. Insured must be given sufficient notice after loss, New Jersey Law Journal, June 30, 2008.
• Co-Author, The Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Pre-2005 Valued Policy Law Claims, Mealey's Litigation Report: Catastrophic Loss, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Dec. 2007).
• Author, Proof of Nothing? Certificates of insurance may not be worth the paper they're printed on., New Jersey Law Journal, Aug. 14, 2006.
• Author, When is Non-Renewal Permissible? The question of when an insurer may nonrenew a risk based on adverse loss history does not come with an easy answer, New Jersey Law Journal, Apr. 18, 2005.
• Author, Duty of Care Applicable to Participants in Informal Recreation Sports is to Avoid the Infliction of Injury Caused by Reckless of Intentional Conduct. Crawn v. Campo, Seton Hall J. of Sport L., 1995.
• Author, Reproduction in Poster Form of Newspaper Pages Containing Plaintiff's Photograph and Artist's Rendition of Plaintiff, and Subsequent Sale of Posters, Were Protected by the First Amendment from Common Law and Statutory Commercial Misappropriation Claims. Montana v. San Jose Mercury news, Inc., 6 Seton Hall J. of Sport L., 1996.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• New Jersey Civil Trial Preparation, PLI New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon (May 31, 2011)
• Civil Practice Overview: Federal, New York and New Jersey, Chartis Claims (May 6, 2010)
• Duty to Defend and Indemnify: Developments in New Jersey and New York Law, Chartis Claims (August 20, 2009)
• Common Coverage Issues Arising Out of Catastrophic Claims: An Overview, CEU Institute (February 20, 2009)

ADMISSIONS
New York, 1997
New Jersey, 1996
United States Supreme Court, 2009
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006
United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1997
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1997
United States District Court, Northern District of New York, 2008
 

EDUCATION
B.A., Elizabethtown College, 1993
J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1996