NEW YORK, July 11, 2024—Thomas R. Newman is a recipient of the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors an attorney’s accomplishments and impact on the legal community and the practice of law over an entire career. The honor is part of the publication’s 2024 New York Legal Awards, which acknowledge attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in New York – whether in shaping the law, achieving outsized results for their clients, being an outstanding jurist or assisting those in need of legal services. The honorees will be recognized at an awards dinner on September 5 in New York.

Newman practices in the areas of insurance and reinsurance law, including coverage, claims handling and arbitration. He has served as lead counsel in more than 60 reinsurance arbitrations, representing both cedents and reinsurers, and often as an expert witness on insurance claims handling. Newman has participated as an expert witness or co-counsel in more than 20 insurance related arbitrations and court proceedings in London and has served as an arbitrator in insurance cases in the United States and London. He also has wide experience in appellate practice. Newman has handled hundreds of appeals in both state and federal courts in New York and elsewhere, including 80 appeals in the New York Court of Appeals.

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