Bergman, Ira S.

Ira S. Bergman has over a decade of experience litigating a wide array of insurance and reinsurance disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country. He also has significant experience in general commercial litigation. Mr. Bergman has represented insurers in many of the country's highest profile insurance coverage declaratory judgment actions, including those related to asbestos, lead paint, tobacco, environmental pollution, wrongful acts of corporate directors and officers, libel/slander and construction defects.

Mr. Bergman has written articles on various insurance-related topics that have appeared in Best's Review and Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance and has lectured on first- and third- party coverage issues. Mr. Bergman is admitted to practice in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and numerous federal courts, including the U.S. District Courts for Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Bergman was a law clerk from 1994-1997 at the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida in West Palm Beach.

Mr. Bergman is a graduate of the University of Florida (with honors) and Tulane Law School (cum laude).
 
MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS

• 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, West Palm Beach (1994-1997)

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, "The Sunrise Endorsement: Dark Days Ahead For Unwary Insurers," Mealey's. Author, "A Higher Policy," Bests' Review.
• Author, "Is It Or Isn't It," Bests' Review.
• Author, "Sharing Secrets," Bests' Review.
• Co-Author, "The Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Pre-2005 Value Policy Law," Mealey's.
• Author, "Florida's Misinterpreted, Misguided and Misunderstood Attorney's Fee Statute," Mealey's.
• Co-Author, "Adjusting to Change," Best's Review.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Lecturer, Catastrophic Insurance Claims, American Conference Institute, New York, NY.
• Lecturer, Mealey’s Insurance 101 Conference, Philadelphia, PA

ADMISSIONS
Florida, 1993
New York, 1996
Pennsylvania, 2004
Numerous Federal courts, including the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida

EDUCATION
B.S., University of Florida (with honors), 1990
J.D., Tulane University School of Law (cum laude), 1993