Dan D. Kohane

Experience

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  Hurwitz Fine P.C.

  Jul 1977 - now

  Insurance Coverage Chair. Coverage/Commercial Mediator, Educator, and Expert Witness

  I serve as coverage litigator, crafting coverage opinions, litigating and handling appellate insurance coverage matters through New York State and the country, and serve as a mediator with a special concentration in resolving insurance, personal injury, commercial and, of course coverage disputes, often between and among insurers. I have provided well over 250 training programs for lawyers and insurers. I have also been retained, in the US, Canada, and the U.K., as an expert witness on coverage and bad faith. Show less

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  University at Buffalo Law School

  Jan 1988 - now

  Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law

  I have been teaching Insurance Law to second and third year law students at the University at Buffalo School of Law for many years.

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  DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Board Member

  I served on the Board of Directors of the nation's largest organization of defense lawyers for three years.

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  Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  President

  I was honored to serve as President of the FDCC, an internationally respected defense organization, in 2006-2007.

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  Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Foundation

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  President

  Charitable foundation supporting the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Ladder Down and the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, along with other worthy causes.

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  American College of Coverage Counsel

  Jun 2012 - now

  Fellow and Founding Regent
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  American Law Institute

  Jul 2017 - now

  Member

  The American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.

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  NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  President

  The National Foundation for Judicial Excellence supports a strong, independent, responsive judiciary by providing officers of the courts with educational programs and other tools that enable them to perform at their highest level.