Harold Provizer - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Harold Provizer is Senior Counsel to the firm. For the past 40 years, Harold has been one of the nation's leading insurance attorneys representing Brokers, Insurers, Reinsurers, Self Insureds and others in all phases of their business activities. Harold has extensive experience in the management and trial of Product Liability, Toxic Torts, Professional Liability, Environmental litigation, CD, Advertising liability, Medical malpractice, class and Mass tort actions. He has served the industry as National Coverage counsel, national environmental and toxic tort counsel, NCC for Advertising liability, CD litigation, professional liability, national legal fee audit counsel, and National Director of coverage education. During this period, Harold has been involved in a wide range of insurance industry-related issues including (FRT, Sarabond, Breast Implant, Bendecton, Formaldehyde, Asbestos, real estate and insurance brokers, Medical Malpractice, Environmental litigation & coverage, Mold Litigation, LPT, coverage, national mass tort litigation, Insurance Industry M&A). Harold has been a frequent lecturer to the insurance industry and others on a wide range of insurance industry topics and litigation issues. He has presented to Excess & surplus lines claim association, DRI, Meallys, Design Engineers Association, Engineering Society of Detroit, Environmental section of the State Bar of Michigan, Defense management Association, AIG, Reliance national Insurance, The Jefferson Insurance Co, CNA, American RE, Zurich, Prudential Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance company, Chrysler insurance, Chrysler Corporation, General Motors, York Claims, Westchester, Arch, Blackmore, SIGNA, Farmers Insurance Company's, Paul, Lloyds, Alliance, Michigan State Graduate School of Business Administration, The Harmonies group, American Arbritatration Association, State of Michigan Department of National resources.

Harold has a deep understanding of the cost of litigation for all parties and has pioneered the establishment of ADR alternatives and legal fee alternatives to reduce the time and cost associated with litigation and mass tort claims.

Harold has practiced in various State Courts; US Federal districts courts, Federal courts of Appeal and Supreme Court of the United States. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, Oakland County Bar Association, Southfield Bar Association Wayne county Bar Association, American Bar Association Various Federal district Courts, US Court of customs, US Court of Patient Appeals, the Supreme Court of the United States. Federal Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Excess and Surplus lines claims Association, Hammond insurance scholarship Association founding member) Harmonie Group board of directors) Detroit Engineering Society, American Arbitrations Association.