James W. Carbin

concentrates his practice in international Insurance, Reinsurance, Marine, Transportation and Logistics. He regularly litigates throughout the United States and overseas, and has successfully litigated such high profile disputes as In re Ins. Brokerage Antitrust Multi-District Litigation and the World Trade Center 9/11 Liability Coverage litigation. He secured complete dismissals for the client in each. He has litigated some of the largest Marine casualties and pollution incidents in history and has successfully argued numerous reported precedents.

In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Carbin regularly advises clients on U.S. and international insurance, trading and logistics matters. He has acted as U.S. general counsel for foreign insurers and reinsurers doing business in the United States, has reviewed existing and crafted new insurance products, drafted transportation and logistics agreements, and presented as an expert witness in foreign courts on United States law. His experience provides clients with sound legal guidance tempered by commercial practicality.

Mr. Carbin has been accredited as a lecturer for the New York State Insurance Department, taught at the World Trade Institute, and spoken before Lloyd's of London, The Institute of London Underwriters, the Assurance Societe des Francaise de Space Aviatione et Transports, The American Institute of Marine Underwriters, the French American Chamber of Commerce and multiple other fora. He has published articles in Lloyd's List, The Federal Lawyer, Insurance Day, The Journal of Commerce, Review Magazine and Mealey's Reporter, amongst others.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2000-present
•Donovan Parry Carbin McDermott & Radzik, New York, New York
- Partner, 1997-2000
•Kroll & Tract, New York, New York
- Partner, 1989-1997
•Donovan Maloof Walsh & Repetto, New York, New York
- Partner, 1985-1989
- Associate, 1979-1985

Honors and Awards

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

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Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Contributor, Duane Morris Insurance Law Blog
• New York Appeals Court Reverses Itself in K2 Investment Group Decision; Reaffirms Earlier Ruling in Servidone, Duane Morris Alert, February 19, 2014
• Enforcing an International Arbitration Choice of Law: What Law Governs? Mealey's International Arbitration Report, August 2012
• Pirates: Hostis Humanis Generis, Federal Lawyer, September 2009
• An Insured's Obligation to Reimburse Its Insurer for Costs Expended in the Defense of Non-Covered Claims, Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, November 3, 2011
• New York's Highest Court Permits Consequential Damages for Breach of Commercial Property Insurance Policy Despite Policy Exclusion for Consequential Loss, Duane Morris Alert, March 5, 2008
• Punitive Damages and the Significance of Recent Trends for Insurers, International Insurance Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue, 4, April 1998.
• Constitutional Law-Lawyer Advertising, 23 New York Law School Law Review, 763, 1978.

Selected Speaking Engagements

• What Insurance Executives Need to Know About Business Interruption Updates for 2011 webinar, February 23, 2011
• The Law of Piracy and Coverage for Ransom Under Marine Insurance, MICA, October 2009
• The Legal and Regulatory Fight against Insurance Fraud, NJ ICLE, October 2013