Richard T. Apiscopa
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 692 1026
Fax: +1 212 202 4613
Email: rtapiscopa@duanemorris.com

Richard T. Apiscopa is an associate in the Trial Practice Group. Mr. Apiscopa focuses his practice on insurance coverage matters, representing domestic and foreign insurers as coverage and monitoring counsel in the areas of financial institutions, directors and officers insurance, employment law, and environmental matters. Mr. Apiscopa is an experienced litigator, managing all facets of litigation, from pre-litigation claims to trials and appeals.

A member of the New York State Bar Association, Mr. Apiscopa is a 2000 graduate of Boston University School of Law and a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation and Trials
• Insurance Coverage
• Professional Liability
• Environmental

Representative Matters

• Represented insurers of global financial institutions in coverage disputes arising from securities class actions, major financial scandals and regulatory investigations.
• Represented insurers in coverage disputes arising from litigation concerning the conduct of corporate directors and officers.
• Provided advice to insurers on matters involving subprime mortgage securities and credit crises, technology company IPO litigation and collapses of significant public corporations.
• Represented SIPC excess insurers in disputes arising from insolvency of broker dealers.
• Represented insurers of regional and national energy providers in coverage disputes arising from various environmental matters.
• Handled insurance coverage matter involving professional liability policy and dispute among project owner and contractors on large transportation project. Used effective advocacy and discovery regarding notice and claims to avoid $15 million in exposure through summary judgment win for client. Southern New Jersey Rail Group v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Corp., 2007 WL 2296506 (S.D.N.Y.).
• Represented insurer subrogated to policyholder's claims in environmental coverage dispute. Dealt with legal issues related to potentially responsible parties and state and federal environmental regulations. Won summary judgment ruling for client. State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Stonington Ins. Co., et al.

Professional Activities

• New York State Bar Association

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2000
• State University of New York at Albany, B.S., 1996

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2006-present
• Mendes & Mount, LLP
  - Associate, 2002-2006
• O'Connor, McGuinness, Conte, Doyle & Oleson, LLP
  - Associate, 2001-2002

Honors and Awards

• Granted the New York City Legal Aid Society's 2003 Outstanding Work in Pro Bono Services award for representing an indigent tenant in New York Housing Authority Termination of Tenancy Proceeding.