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Areas of Practice

  • Cross-Border Insurance Coverage
  • Cyber Insurance
  • Insurance Coverage
  • International Arbitration and Transnational ...
  • Latin America
  • Litigation
  • Transactional Insurance
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Profile

Jorge’s practice concentrates on complex insurance recovery disputes on behalf of corporate policyholders. He also counsels clients on risk management and insurance recovery strategy. Jorge has helped clients secure millions in insurance coverage under claims involving a wide variety of losses. Jorge represents commercial and governmental policyholders in all types of complex insurance matters throughout all stages of the insurance process, from pre-purchase policy analysis and review through litigation and settlement of contested claims. Jorge has handled claims involving CGL, D&O, E&O, and Cyber policies, among many others. Through trials, summary judgment, dispute resolution proceedings, and settlements, Jorge has assisted to recover millions of dollars in insurance proceeds for clients.

Jorge regularly writes on insurance topics and has lectured on insurance coverage issues. While in law school, Jorge interned for the US Senate and the New York Attorney General, served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, and received the Archibald S. Murray Award. Jorge is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese.

Jorge is also a contributor to the firm’s Insurance Recovery Blog.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, Fordham University School of Law, Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, 2012

    BA, Harvard University, 2007

    Areas of Practice

    • Cross-Border Insurance Coverage
    • Cyber Insurance
    • Insurance Coverage
    • International Arbitration and Transnational Litigation
    • Latin America
    • Litigation
    • Transactional Insurance

    Professional Career



    Articles

    • Court Concludes That COVID-19 Losses Can Qualify as “Direct Physical Loss,” National Law Review
    • Examining Event Cancellation Coverage As COVID Lingers, Law360
    • How Schools are Approaching the Concussions Crisis Proactively, District Administration
    • Drones May Expose Property Owners to Increased Liability, Risk Management Magazine
    • Getting a Handle on Handheld Risks, Risk Management Magazine
    • How to Defeat an Insurance Company’s Demand That the Policyholder Pay Back Defense Costs, ABA Journal
    • Insurance Coverage for Mass Shooting Events, Westlaw Journal of Insurance Coverage
    • Attorneys’ Eyes Only? Confidential? Really?, New York Litigator
    • As Amazon’s and Walmart’s Drones Take to the Skies, it is Important for Commercial Policyholders to Have a Strategy to Protect Against Drone-Related Risks and to Maximize their Recovery in the Event of a Loss, National Law Review
    • Recent decisions underscore the importance of ‘capacity’ issues in accessing D&O insurance coverage, Westlaw Today
    • A Deeper Dive into the Test Case Decision by the English High Court - An analysis of the Test Case, including potential impacts of the ruling, ongoing negotiations, and potential appeal, Law.com
    • A Deeper Dive into the Test Case Decision by the English High Court — An analysis of the Test Case, including potential impacts of the ruling, ongoing negotiations, and potential appeals, Coverage Law Center

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