Verne A. Pedro

Verne A. Pedro

Special Counsel

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Verne Pedro is special counsel in the firm's Princeton, New Jersey office. Verne's practice focuses principally on complex insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation and products liability litigation. He has handled insurance matters in various disciplines, including construction defect claims, environmental claims, international arbitration of pharmaceutical coverage claims, professional liability claims, directors and officer's liability claims, and personal injury litigation.

Verne has a full range of civil litigation experience in New Jersey and New York courts from initial pleadings and discovery through appellate review.

Before practicing law, Verne was a Claims Analyst for American International Group, where he gained extensive insurance industry experience handling high-level exposure toxic tort matters.

Honors
  • Named Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (August 2008), by the ReLeSe Network
Professional Affiliations
  • New York State Bar Association: Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section (Executive Committee 2009, Newsletter Vice-Chair 2009, Newsletter Co-Chair 2010)
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Admitted to Practice
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
  • Rutgers University, B.A., 1995
  • Seton Hall Law School, J.D., 2001
Publications/Presentations
  • Author, “Fundamental Insurance Principles: A Primer for Managing Risks,” DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Winter 2012
  • Presenter, "Slippery Slopes and Slaloms: Emerging Claims and Coverage B," DRI Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium, December 15-16, 2011
  • Presenter, "Insurance Coverage Issues," DRI Strictly Hospitality Seminar, September 22-23, 2011
  • Presenter, "Additional Insured Issues," NYSBA Law School for Claims Professionals, Westchester, NY
  • Author, "Willful Destruction of Electronic Evidence Can Lead to Jail Time," E-Discovery Law Alert, October 6, 2010
  • Author, "Weighing in on manual collection methods," The National Law Journal, March 22, 2010
  • Author, "First Department Holds That Plaintiffs Cannot Sue Design Professionals for Negligent Misrepresentation Absent Functional Privity," New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Newsletter, December 2009
  • Author, "Changes in Medicare Laws May Change Your Practice," New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Newsletter, December 2009
  • Author, "Court of Appeals Holds That Martin Act Preempts Condo Owners' Fraud Claims Based Solely On Omissions From Offering Plan," New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Newsletter, September 2009
  • Overall Planning Chair, New York State Bar Association, "A Comprehensive Review of Additional Insured Issues, Developments and Trends," New York, NY. May 8, 2009
  • Author, "Practice Tip: Balancing the Tripartite Relationship Under New Ethics Rules," New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Newsletter, March 2009
  • Author, "Co-insurance and Primacy of Coverage - Principles and Developments," New York State Bar Association, Law School for Claims Professionals, September 2008
    "Note, Still Hazy After All These Years: New York City's Local Law 38 and the Legislative Debate Over Landlord Liability in Lead Paint Poisoning Cases," 24 Seton Hall Legis. J. 541, 2000
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