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Sean P. Hvisdas

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shvisdas@goldbergsegalla.com
267.519.6841
Philadelphia

Sean P. Hvisdas focuses his practice on a wide range of insurance coverage and contractual risk transfer matters. Sean regularly consults with his clients regarding the availability of insurance coverage and is experienced in all aspects of coverage litigation, including dispositive motion practice, discovery, and pretrial procedures in state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His background includes casualty defense litigation, including medical malpractice, premises liability, and motor vehicle liability actions.

For more than half a decade, Sean was the executive director of a national association of accounting firms where he routinely advised his clients on wide-ranging practice management and marketing issues. Consulting closely with firm partners and other stakeholders, Sean developed and helped to implement short- and long-term advertising, marketing, succession, and growth strategies. Following law school, Sean served as a law clerk to the Hon. Janet Z. Smith in the Civil Division of Burlington County Superior Court.

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Global Insurance Services

Admissions

  • Florida
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Rutgers School of Law, J.D., 2014
    • Journal of Law and Public Policy: Member
    • Hunter Moot Court
    • First-Year Writing Award
  • Rowan University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006
    • The Whit: Managing Editor
    • Golden Key International Honour Society, Vice President Communication

Community Involvement

  • Haddonfield Friends of the Library: Treasurer
  • Cooper River Film Festival: Member

Publications & Presentations

  • “Construction Defect Claims: A 2020 Update—Part I” (Co-Author), Mealey’s Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, November 2020
  • “Supreme Court Hands Insurers ‘Small Victory’ on COVID-19 Litigation,” Claims Journal, May 17, 2020

Recent Insights

Pennsylvania Court Rules Carrier Has No Duty to Defend or Indemnify Security Company Named in Sex Trafficking Suit

November 30, 2020

"Construction Defect Claims: A 2020 Update—Part I," Mealey's Litigation Report

November 13, 2020

D.C. Court Rules No Coverage for COVID-19 Losses Because of Lack of Any “Physical Loss”

August 10, 2020

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hands Insurers ‘Small Victory’ on COVID-19 Litigation”—Sean P. Hvisdas in Claims Journal

May 18, 2020

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declines to Exercise Jurisdiction Over All COVID-19 Insurance Litigation in Pennsylvania

May 15, 2020

South Carolina, Pennsylvania Propose Mandating Coverage While New York and New Jersey Expand Existing and Proposed Policyholder Protections

April 15, 2020

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