Patrick B. Omilian

Patrick B. Omilian

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Patrick Omilian is an associate attorney who focuses his practice on complex environmental insurance coverage matters and environmental and reinsurance coverage matters, as well as toxic tort litigation. Patrick provides insurance coverage analysis and advocacy on matters involving environmental, reinsurance, and other complex claims. His experience and successes include defending a variety of claims in state and federal courts relating to industrial solvent contamination in groundwater, Superfund contribution actions, agricultural operations, and asbestos exposure claims. Beyond environmental and insurance matters, Patrick has defended such diverse matters as copyright infringement relating to EMR software licenses, defamation in the context of political speech, and an architect in a design defect case involving catastrophic injuries.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Patrick combines his educational training—a masters in environmental science—with real-world experience in an industrial wastewater treatment facility and a fisheries research laboratory in the Adirondacks as well as legal experience in insurance, regulatory and litigation regimes to provide effective advocacy in complex environmental matters. Patrick is SCUBA-certified and an avid fisherman; enjoys hiking, kayaking and camping; and volunteers with the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper as a Riverwatch captain and a site captain for biannual shore clean-ups.

Professional Affiliations
  • Defense Research Institute: Excess Umbrella Subcommittee, Insurance Committee
  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • New York Bar Association
Admitted to Practice
  • New York
  • Indiana
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Civic Activities
  • Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Riverwatch Captain
  • Smallwood Elementary School, PTA
Education
  • Cornell University, B.S., 1995
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, J.D., 2002
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, M.S.E.S, 2002
Publications/Presentations
  • Author, “Court Rules That Diminished Value Auto Loss Covered,” Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, February 10, 2012
  • Author, “Party Host Not Covered for Drunken Guest's Auto Accident,"Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, December 16, 2011
  • Author, "Court Rules that Circumstantial Evidence May Prove Arson,"  Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, October 14, 2011
  • Author, “HO Policy Covers Claim for Insured’s Death,” Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, August 12, 2011
  • Author, "For Multiple Loss Causes, Predominant Cause is Key," Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, May 2011
  • Author, "Insurer Not Required to Employ Uniform Claims Test," Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, March 2011
  • Co-Presenter, "To Cover or Not to Cover: An Update on Insurance Litigation and Legislation Related to Claims Arising from Chinese Drywall," Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, February 26, 2011
  • Author, "No HO Coverage for Chinese Drywall Damage," Personal Lines Pilot Case of the Month, International Risk Management Institute, January 2011
  • Co-Author, Chapter on Construction Defect Damages, DRI Construction Defects-Claims and Coverage, 2007
  • Author/Presenter, "Indiana Case Law Update," Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, 2003-2007
  • Author, "Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert in Indiana: A Road Map to the Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Federal and State Courts," Indiana Civil Litigation Review, Spring 2005
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