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    Matthew L. Litsky

    Partner

    Tampa
    Houston
    813-472-7558
    matthew.litsky@phelps.com
    Areas Of Focus
    Insurance

    Matt Litsky’s practice focuses on complex first party insurance coverage, litigation, and counseling. He handles various first-party matters including claims involving catastrophes (hurricanes), suspected burning, fraud, theft, construction and collapse losses, business interruption claims, appraisal matters, jeweler’s block and motor losses (physical damage and motor truck cargo). He also specializes in first-and third-party bad faith matters including excess policy claims. Matt has handled and litigated matters for foreign and domestic insurers in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and frequently handles hurricane claims in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he is admitted to practice in both the Territorial and Federal District Courts.

    Matt previously served as the Regional Practice Coordinator of the firm's Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group, which covers seven offices and 50-plus attorneys and is a member of the Policy and Planning Committee.

    He lived with his family in London from September 1997 through March 1998 as part of the Secondee Counsel Program run by the DP Mann (now Faraday) Underwriting Syndicate at Lloyds. He served as in-house counsel to DP Mann and other Underwriting Syndicates at Lloyds and Company Market Insurers.

    He lived with his family in London from September 1997 through March 1998 as part of the Secondee Counsel Program run by the DP Mann (now Faraday) Underwriting Syndicate at Lloyds. He served as in-house counsel to DP Mann and other Underwriting Syndicates at Lloyds and Company Market Insurers.

    Experience

    • Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London Subscribing to Policy No. 328-2037 v. PITU, Inc., 95 So.3d 290 (3rd DCA, 2012)
    • Kiskidee, LLC v. Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London Subscribing to Policy No. NB043060b, 2012 WL 952752 (D. Virgin Islands, 2012)
    • Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Wave Technologies Communications, Inc., 2012 WL 750317 (M.D. Fla., 2012)
    • JPM Investment Group, Inc. a Florida Corporation v. Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, Subscribing to Certificate No. BU04881, Case No. 4D10-1140 (4th DCA, 2011)
    • Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s v. Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc., 65 So.3d 67 (4th DCA, 2011)
    • Jablonski v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 2009 WL 2252094 (M.D. Fla., 2009)
    • Caribbean I Owners' Association, Inc. v. Great American Insurance Company of New York, 619 F.Supp.2d 1178 (S.D. Ala., 2008)
    • Dictiomatic, Inc. v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co., 2000 WL 33115333 (S.D. Fla., 2000)
    • United Capitol Insurance Company v. Kapiloff, 155 F.3d 488 (4th Cir. 1998)
    • Jablonski v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 2009 WL 2252094 (M.D. Fla., 2009)
    • Caribbean I Owners' Association, Inc. v. Great American Insurance Company of New York, 619 F.Supp.2d 1178 (S.D. Ala., 2008)
    • Dictiomatic, Inc. v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co., 2000 WL 33115333 (S.D. Fla., 2000)
    • United Capitol Insurance Company v. Kapiloff, 155 F.3d 488 (4th Cir. 1998)

    Insights

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    Recognition

    • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Insurance
    • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
    • Insurance Law (2009-2025), The Best Lawyers in America
    • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Insurance
    • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
    • Insurance Law (2009-2025), The Best Lawyers in America

    Education

    • New York Law School, J.D., 1991
    • Columbia University, B.A., 1987
    • New York Law School, J.D., 1991
    • Columbia University, B.A., 1987

    Credentials

    • Texas
    • New York
    • U.S. Virgin Islands
    • Florida
    • U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
    • Texas
    • New York
    • U.S. Virgin Islands
    • Florida
    • U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

    Memberships and Affiliations

    • The Florida Bar
    • Texas State Bar Association
    • Virgin Islands Bar Association
    • The Florida Bar
    • Texas State Bar Association
    • Virgin Islands Bar Association
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