The Authors

Robert D. Chesler
Robert D. CheslerAnderson Kill
Robert D. Chesler (rchesler@andersonkill.com) is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s Newark office. Bob represents policyholders in a broad variety of coverage claims against their insurers and advises companies with respect to their insurance programs. Bob is also a member of Anderson Kill’s Cyber Insurance Recovery group.

Bob has served as the attorney of record in more than 30 reported insurance decisions, representing clients including General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, Westinghouse, Schering, Chrysler, and Unilever, as well as many small businesses including gas stations and dry cleaners. He has received numerous professional accolades, including a top-tier ranking for Insurance Litigation: New Jersey in Chambers USA: American’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which dubs him a “dominant force in coverage disputes” and cites a client who calls him “a dean of the insurance Bar; one of the brightest in writing about and analyzing insurance coverage.”

Amy Weiss
Amy WeissAnderson Kill
Amy Weiss (aweiss@andersonkill.com) is a law clerk pending admission in Anderson Kill’s New York office. She focuses her practice on insurance recovery, exclusively on behalf of policyholders.

While attending the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Amy worked as a Summer Associate at Anderson Kill and a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

She served as Senior Articles Editor for the Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, participated in the Cardozo Visual & Performing Arts Law Field Clinic, was a teaching assistant for the Lawyering & Legal writing course, and was a research assistant for Professor Stewart E. Sterk. Amy received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and graduated with Honors.

Jade Sobh
Jade SobhAnderson Kill
Jade W. Sobh (jsobh@andersonkill.com) is an attorney in Anderson Kill’s New York office. Jade focuses his practice on both insurance recovery, exclusively on behalf of policyholders, as well as Government Enforcement, Internal Investigations, and White Collar Defense. Jade’s practice also encompasses regulatory and complex commercial litigation matters.

Prior to joining Anderson Kill, Jade was an associate at a leading New Jersey law firm, where he concentrated his practice in commercial litigation and criminal defense. His work there focused on corporate disputes, complex commercial litigation, real estate litigation, and appellate litigation. In his previous role, Jade also assisted in representing clients facing federal drug possession charges, and healthcare fraud allegations, among other criminal matters.

Previously, Jade was a law clerk to The Honorable Robert C. Wilson in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division. Jade worked with Judge Wilson on cases in Bergen County’s Complex Business Litigation Program including insurance recovery disputes, construction litigation, corporate ownership issues, breach of contract, arbitration agreements, and franchise agreements.

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How Insurance Companies Defraud Their Policyholders 

What Courts and Legislators Should Do About It

“By its very nature, fraud involves concealment and is difficult to detect. The overwhelming majority of victims of fraud do not even know that they have been defrauded when an insurance company denies their claim or cancels their policy, and have no recourse.”

Abstract: Insurance companies have legitimate reasons for denying claims, but sometimes denials or significant delays are the result of unfair practices or even fraud. Such actions may be systemic or undertaken by an individual. What rights do policyholders have? What can they do to combat illegitimate denials? What are the barriers individuals face when they are wrongfully denied coverage? Should there be a private right of action under the Unfair Trade Practices Act? Should policyholders’ attorneys’ fees be covered? What should courts and legislatures do to protect insurance consumers? In this article the authors answer these questions and more.