Background
David Knapp contributes articles on courts and coverage issues to
IRMI.com.
A partner in Ward Greenberg's Insurance Recovery and Counseling Group,
Mr. Knapp's experience includes a broad array of coverages, including
general liability, excess/umbrella, pollution, builder's risk, auto,
property, employee dishonesty, professional, tech errors and omissions, and
cyber. He counsels clients on insurance coverage issues, performs detailed
policy and insurance program reviews, drafts insurance procurement requirements
in contracts and subcontracts, and works with insurance brokers to optimize
coverage for clients. When a matter must be litigated, Mr. Knapp is a dedicated
and outspoken advocate for his clients. He has litigated complex insurance
coverage issues, such as environmental, asbestos, personal and advertising
injury, trigger of coverage, allocation, priority, antistacking, late notice,
bad faith, and more.
Mr. Knapp also frequently writes and presents on various insurance-related
topics. In 2017, Mr. Knapp was recognized by the Torts, Insurance, and
Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association with the Sheldon
Hurwitz Young Lawyer Award for outstanding contribution to the practice of law
in the field of insurance.
He is a member of the New York State and Monroe County Bar Associations, and
the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section,
and is an Associate Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In addition,
Mr. Knapp actively volunteers for the Pancreatic Cancer Association of Western
New York.
A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Knapp served as articles editor for
the Brooklyn Law Review. He received his bachelor of arts in political
science from the State University of New York at Geneseo.