Background
Shusterman, Richard M. was born on April 20, 1939.
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Richard M. Shusterman
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Lafayette College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1961). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1964).
Career
Worked at White and Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice, Civil Litigation (Business and Casualty), Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Director and Officers Liability, Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation, Finance and Banking, Health Care and Medical Malpractice, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance, Labor (Management), Products Liability, Professional Liability, Property and Subrogation, Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation and Estates, Workers Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Pennsylvania. 1996, New New York
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif.
Company-Author: "Environmental Coverage Disputes" and "Practical Strategies for Handling the Investigation, Negotiation and Litigation of Environmental Coverage Disputes," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1987. "General Liability (GCL) Policy Issues," Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1987. "Use Of Judgement/Settlement Sharing Agreements In Multi-Party Mass Disaster Litigation," Volume 42, Number.
1, FICC Quarterly (Fall, 1991).
"Advertising Injury Since Bank of the West," Volume 44, Number. 2, FICC Quarterly (Winter, 1994).
Lecturer, Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation Disputes for Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, 1977, 1981, 1984 and 1987. Federation of Insurance and Insurance Counsel, 1991, 1995 and 1996.
And Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 1996.
Member of Advisory Board of Code of Professional Responsibility Institute for Dispute Resolution"s Insurance Mediation Forum. Sustaining Member and Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Founding Member, AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance and Casualty Arbitration/Society (ARIAS-United States of America).
Member: Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Past Chair, Insurance Coverage Section.
Vice Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. 1997-1998 Roster Editor).
International Association of Defense Counsel (Member: Business Litigation Committee. Excess and Reinsurance and Casualty Insurance Committees).
Defense Research Institute.
Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances. Pennsylvania Defense Counsel Association. Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.
American (Member: Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Tort and Insurance Practice and Business Law Sections) and International (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations.
Military: Captain, United States. Army Judge Advocate General"s Corps, 1965-1968.
White and Williams is a large, diversified law firm engaged in substantially all aspects of civil practice for a wide range of sophisticated clients. The firm provides high quality, specialized services in a variety of disciplines, with particular emphasis on litigation, transactional matters, and general corporate representation.
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Membership
Member, AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance and Casualty Arbitration/Society (ARIAS-United States of America). Member: Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Past Chair, Insurance Coverage Section. Vice Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.
1997-1998 Roster Editor).
International Association of Defense Counsel (Member: Business Litigation Committee. Excess and Reinsurance and Casualty Insurance Committees).
Defense Research Institute. Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances.
Pennsylvania Defense Counsel Association.
Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel. American (Member: Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Tort and Insurance Practice and Business Law Sections) and International (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations. Military: Captain, United States.
Army Judge Advocate General"s Corps, 1965-1968.
