Tracy Alan Saxe

Mr. Saxe is copresenting Workshop W6, “Builders Risk Claims and Coverage Issues,” on Wednesday morning. He is a skilled commercial litigator with more than 20 years of experience in insurance coverage issues. Since 1990, he has focused his practice on insurance coverage litigation on behalf of policyholders, handling cases involving coverage for comprehensive general liability, directors and officers, professional liability, builders risk, Subguard, first-party property damage, additional insured, and business interruption claims. Mr. Saxe has handled cases involving coverage for construction defects, completed operations, product liability, property damage and bodily injury related to mold and asbestos, bodily injury related to construction, “sick building” syndrome, environmental claims, business interruption, employment disputes, patent infringement, contempt, RICO, unfair practices, breach of fiduciary duty, bad faith, and professional malpractice. Mr. Saxe is well versed in issues relating to late notice, allocation, subrogation, contribution, indemnification, and the duty to defend.

Mr. Saxe was a principal at the law firm of Sachs, Berman, Rashba & Shure, P.C., a well-respected New Haven-based firm, from 1989 to 1994. He joined that firm following 4 years with Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky in Stamford, Connecticut. He left in 1994 to open the Connecticut office of Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, a large New York-based firm. In 1996, Mr. Saxe founded Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

Mr. Saxe has successfully tried numerous jury and court trials in state and federal courts, has handled cases before the federal, state trial, and appellate courts in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, Washington State, Texas, Florida, Delaware, Indiana, and Michigan and has successfully mediated and arbitrated many disputes. Mr. Saxe has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law where he has taught courses in Insurance Law. He is also a frequent lecturer nationally on insurance coverage topics.

He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1983 and a B.A. in Policy Studies, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Syracuse University in 1980. His admissions include: Connecticut State Court; New York State Court; District of Columbia Court; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Washington State Court; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; and U.S. Supreme Court.

His professional activities include: Connecticut Bar Association, member; Insurance Law, Bankruptcy Sections, participant; Insurance Coverage Section of the American Bar Association, member; D.C. Bar Association, member; and Association of General Contractors of America, member.