M Rosenberg-11aaa

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  mrosenberg@hkr.law

Mark Rosenberg

An associate at HKR, Mark’s practice focuses on advising and representing clients on insurance coverage, class action and bad faith matters. He assists insurers by providing coverage opinions, prosecuting and defending declaratory judgment actions, and defending insurers with regard to extra-contractual claims, including claims for bad faith. He negotiates and litigates disputes involving first- and third-party coverage matters ranging from property damage to complex personal accident and disability claims.

Mark has devoted his entire career to representing the insurance industry. He represents insurers in numerous jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and in alternative dispute forums, such as arbitrations and mediations. Mark also has experience litigating matters involving a variety of other issues, including employment, antitrust, construction defect, aviation liability, personal injury, and bankruptcy matters. He has extensive experience preparing dispositive motions and responses, preparing oppositions to class certification motions, preparing and responding to discovery requests, and taking and defending depositions.

Mark co-authored Extra-Contractual Litigation Against Insurers (Law Journal Press 2009), a treatise that provides a comprehensive view of numerous issues involved in litigating bad faith actions and other lawsuits seeking extra-contractual damages. He also assisted Lawyers for Civil Justice in preparing comments to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference regarding proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on electronic discovery.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Education

  • Notre Dame Law School
  • University of Notre Dame, BA, Government and English

Published Works

  • Co-author, Extra-Contractual Litigation Against Insurers, Law Journal Press (2009).
  • Co-author, Behrend, Knowles, and the Continuing Evolution of Class Actions, Nelson Levine deLuca & Hamilton Class Action Quarterly (Spring 2013).
  • Co-author, The Growing Wave of Data Breach Litigation, Risk Management (Dec. 2009).
  • Co-author, Aftermarket Parting Sorrows, Claims Magazine (Aug. 1, 2009).
  • Co-author, After the Storm: Courts Grapple with the Insurance Coverage Issues Presented by Hurricane Katrina, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Winter 2008).
  • Co-author, A Duty Everlasting: The Perils of Applying Traditional Doctrines of Spoliation to Electronic Discovery, 12 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 1 (2006).
  • Co-author, The Impact of “Prohibitive Costs” of Arbitration Upon The Defense of Class Actions, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (April 1, 2004).
  • Co-author, The Insurance Carrier as Fiduciary: Inappropriate Judicial Lawmaking by Activist Judges in the Context of Regulated Contracts, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Fall 2003).