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FN:Max H. Stern
TEL;WORK:+1 415 957 3129
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1 415 276 5887
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N:Stern, Max H.
TITLE:Partner
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP | Suite 2200 | One Market Plaza, Spear Tower | San Francisco, CA  94105-1127 | USA | 
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Max H. Stern is 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, commercial litigation 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 a substantial 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. He also provides defense of insureds in complex or high-stakes cases, including class actions and severe injuries, and he is often called upon by insurers when they need a change in direction in the defense of their insureds.

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business included Mr. Stern in its 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions as one of California's leading insurance attorneys, stating that he "has displayed excellent litigation and negotiation skills in professional liability and construction matters.  Sources are particularly impressed that he 'looks at the practicalities of doing business as opposed to sticking to a set way of doing things.'" Mr. Stern also has been 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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