Robert M. Horkovich, Esq.

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Robert M. Horkovich is “the ‘go-to person’ in the area of insurance recovery,” according to a client cited by Chambers USA, which has recognized Mr. Horkovich as a leading insurance recovery attorney every year since 2005. According to Chambers, Mr. Horkovich “has a strong ‘client-first’ attitude” and “is recognized in the market for his leading trial and negotiation skills, with an undisputed national presence.”

Bob has obtained over $5 billion in settlements and judgments from insurance companies for his clients. Bob is a trial lawyer with substantial experience in trying complex insurance coverage actions on behalf of corporate policyholders and governmental entities. His victories include one of the top 10 jury verdicts in the United States, the top insurance recovery jury verdict in the United States, seven landmark state Supreme Court decisions, eight jury verdicts and nine bench trial decisions in favor of the policyholder including: 

• United Nations: Engaged on several significant projects by the United Nations as its general insurance counsel.
• State of California: Anderson Kill served as lead trial counsel for the State of California in the State’s suit against dozens of insurance companies over coverage for cleanup of the Stringfellow Acid Pits (what a federal court described as the most complex environmental clean-up in the world). Trial victories were followed by two landmark decisions in favor of policyholder in the California Supreme Court. The State recovered settlements of $172 million in indemnity plus $60 million in defense costs and $14 million in pre-judgment interest.
• Fuller-Austin: Won jury verdict of $188,793,014 against Lloyd’s and other insurance companies in an asbestos insurance coverage case (a top 10 verdict in the U.S.); subsequently settled. Gross settlements of over $190 million from 14 different insurance companies before trial.
• Weyerhaeuser: Two Washington Supreme Court decisions recognizing joint and several liability of multiple insurance companies on the risk over time and recognizing coverage for environmental clean-ups even without a government lawsuit. Two jury trial victories recognizing coverage for theclean-up of six environmental sites.
• Textron: Two Rhode Island Supreme Court decisions regarding coverage for unintentional environmental contamination despite the pollution exclusion and recognizing the trigger of multiple years of coverage for property damage over time.
• AT&T: Lead insurance recovery attorney against CNA in the successful resolution of AT&T’s environmental insurance coverage litigation for a $300 million site in Pennsylvania.

Bob also has represented The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, San Diego Unified Port District, General Electric, Thiokol, Waste Management, Alcatel-Lucent, Garmin, SCI, Clorox (First Brands), Saks Fifth Avenue, NYU, Princeton University, United Bank, Spalding, Cascade, Tektronix, Maidenform, Bijan and Evander Holyfield.

As to asbestos insurance recoveries, Bob represents the Trusts in the Kaiser-Gypsum, W.R. Grace, Owens Corning, Congoleum, Fuller-Austin, Swan Transportation (Tyler Pipe), and Asarco cases, and represented the Asbestos Claimants’ Committee in the Federal Mogul, PPG/Pittsburgh Corning, and A.P. Green (GIT) bankruptcies.

Bob is also a member of Anderson Kill’s Regulatory, Investigations, and White Collar Group. He has extensive experience in antitrust matters, as well in criminal codes and the recovery of stolen assets, and has published extensively on antitrust matters. As a Captain in the USAF JAG Corp., he was a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and in that role prosecuted more than 200 cases. He also was a Special Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan for the purposes of handling and arguing appeals of criminal convictions and successfully argued People v. Octavio Peck before the New York Court of Appeals winning an issue of constitutional law of first impression.