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FN:Max H. Stern
TEL;WORK:415.957.3129
TEL;FAX:415.276.5887
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N:Stern; Max
TITLE:Partner
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Max H. Stern is co-head of the Insurance division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Mr. Stern is a trial and appellate lawyer practicing in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on a result-oriented approach to complex disputes. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in suits involving issues of contract, real estate, business tort and consumer class actions.  Mr. Stern has tried cases before juries, judges and arbitration panels, and he has argued both state and federal appeals.

Mr. Stern devotes part of his practice to litigation and counseling services for the insurance industry.  He has handled matters in various lines, including general liability, specialty liability, professional liability, excess liability, workers' compensation, property, and personal accident. He provides oversight counsel for clients at a regional or nationwide level with respect to issues of coverage, claims handling, litigation management and corporate risk. He has extensive experience in insurance-related litigation, including coverage, bad faith, subrogation and contribution, reinsurance and regulatory disputes, and he has defended insurers in some of the largest-dollar jury trials in California and Oregon.

Mr. Stern was recently named as one of "The Best Lawyers in the Bay Area: Appellate" by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine.

Mr. Stern is a 1991 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a cum laude graduate of Princeton University.

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