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Professional Activities:

Connecticut Bar Association, Member • American Bar Association, Member • D.C. Bar Association, Member • Association of General Contractors of America, Member •
ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (ICLC) Construction Sub-Committee Co-chair ABA ICLC Program Committee Co-Vice-Chair

Experience:
Tracy Alan Saxe is a skilled commercial litigator with more than 25 years of trial experience. Since 1990, he has focused his practice on insurance coverage issues, disputes, litigation, and trials on behalf of policyholders, handling cases involving coverage for comprehensive general liability, directors & officers, professional liability, builders risk, subguard, first party property damage, additional insured, business interruption claims and crime bonds. Mr. Saxe has handled cases involving coverage for construction defects, completed operations, product liability, property damage and bodily injury related to mold and asbestos, bodily injury related to construction, "sick building" syndrome, environmental claims, business interruption, employment disputes, patent infringement, contempt, RICO, unfair practices, breach of fiduciary duty, bad faith and professional malpractice. Mr. Saxe is well versed in issues relating to late notice, allocation, subrogation, contribution, indemnification and the duty to defend.

Mr. Saxe was a principal at the law firm of Sachs, Berman, Rashba & Shure, P.C. from 1987 to 1994. He joined that firm following four years with Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky in Stamford, Connecticut. During which time Mr. Saxe tried numerous civil and criminal trials, including a murder trial in which his client was acquitted based upon self-defense. He left in 1994 to open the Connecticut office of Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, a firm specializing in insurance coverage on behalf of policyholders. In 1996, Mr. Saxe founded Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

Mr. Saxe has successfully tried numerous jury and court trials in state and federal courts, has litigated cases before the federal, state trial and appellate courts in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Delaware and Michigan and has successfully mediated and arbitrated many disputes. Mr. Saxe has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law where he has taught courses in Insurance Law. He is also a frequent lecturer nationally on insurance coverage topics.


 

Email: tas@sdvlaw.com

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Education:
J.D., Georgetown University
Law Center, 1983

B.A., Policy Studies, Magna
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
Syracuse University, 1980

 

Admissions Federal Court:
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan • U.S. District Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit • U.S. Supreme Court

Admissions State Court:
Connecticut State Court • New York State Court • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • Washington State Court • District of Columbia

Selected Publications and Events:

One Way to Eliminate the Finger-Pointing
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Securing Coverage for Boston's Big Dig Collapse
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Catastrophic Injuries: Trial Strategies & Insurance Coverage Conference
HB Litigation Conference

Construction Law Handbook, Second Edition

Construction Risk Management Series

Navigating the Minefield of Contractual Indemnity Coverage and Additional Insured Issues
RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition

Accurate Business Interruption Values – How Important Are They, Really?
RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition

Coverage Issues Under Builders Risk Policies
American Bar Association Annual Meeting

Making Insurance Part of the Deal
The Connecticut Law Tribune

The Science of Policy Archaeology
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Lessons Learned on Wrap-Ups
Builders Risk Insurance

27th IRMI Construction Risk Conference

Going the Extra Mile to Ensure Coverage
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Wrap-Ups: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Using Best
Practices to Make OCIPs and CCIPs Succeed

IRMI Construction Seminar

Construction Defects
Mealey’s Construction Defects Insurance Teleconference

Navigating the Minefield of Contractual Indemnity Coverage and Additional Insured Issues
American Bar Association Annual Meeting

Proactive Preparation for Effective Mediation
Mealey’s Insurance Coverage Disputes Concerning Construction Defects Conference


Design Build Coverage for General Contractors
26th IRMI Construction Risk Conference

Risk Transfer and Insurance Coverage: Contractual Indemnification and Additional Insured Issues
HRH Insurance Brokerage

Insurance Coverage Disputes in Bankruptcy Cases
CT Bar Association Annual Meeting

Wrap-Up Insurance Programs: An Innovative Approach
Mealey’s Insurance Coverage Disputes Concerning Construction Defects Conference

Current and Emerging Insurance Coverage Issues
HRH Insurance Brokerage

 
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