Contact Info
Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.
851 5th Avenue N., Ste. 301
Naples, FL 34102
(239) 316-7244 Main
(239) 315-4215 Direct
www.sdvlaw.com/
Background
Greg Podolak writes the commercial liability additional
insured issues column for IRMI.com.
Mr. Podolak is the managing partner of SDV Southeast, and a member of the
firm's Executive Committee having practiced his entire career at SDV as a
policyholder coverage lawyer. He has been with SDV his entire career and
relocated to Florida in 2016 to establish the firm’s southeast office.
Mr. Podolak handles issues involving all lines of coverage. He has extensive
experience in strategic risk transfer and assists his clients in all manner of
concerns, from coverage placement and drafting contracts to complex litigation.
His litigation practice includes successful arguments in courts in multiple
jurisdictions, including a $40 million builders risk claim in New York federal
court involving previously unsettled issues of law related to coverage for
construction scheduling impact costs; a Florida Supreme Court case ruling that
a notice of right to repair is a “suit” and placing the burden on insurers to
show why the defense of such a process should not be provided; and a case
before the New Jersey Supreme Court holding that damages caused by construction
defects trigger commercial general liability insurance.
Mr. Podolak also leads the firm’s Cyber Risk concentration, advising clients
in all industries facing exposure in this emerging market and, most notably,
successfully argued on behalf of his client in a seminal case before the
Connecticut Supreme Court involving a $6 million claim in data breach-related
damages that may shape the future of available CGL coverage for cyber-related
incidents.
In addition to an active practice, Greg frequently collaborates with national
insurance brokerage firms and regularly speaks and authors articles on a
variety of insurance coverage topics.
Mr. Podolak has also been named as a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star for six
consecutive years (2012 - 2018) and was a recipient of the 2015 Connecticut Law
Tribune New Leaders in the Law award.
Mr. Podolak received his bachelor of arts magna cum laude, from Iona College
and his juris doctor cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law.