Michael S. Komar - Profile Page

With nearly twenty-five years of experience, Michael S. Komar specializes in navigating intricate insurance coverage and commercial litigation issues. His expertise includes handling a multitude of cases involving pollution, asbestos, silica, lead paint, toxic tort, construction defect, general liability, and California Prop. 64 and 65 claims. In addition to representing insurance clients in prepackaged bankruptcy, reinsurance, broker liability, and first-party property disputes, Mr. Komar has defended numerous coverage actions encompassing declaratory judgment, breach of contract, bad faith, and unfair claim handling practices. He possesses in-depth knowledge of various liability insurance policy forms such as M&C, OL&T, Garage Keepers Liability, CGL, Spectrum Business Liability, umbrella, excess, and claims-made coverage forms. Mr. Komar has conducted and defended numerous fact witness and expert depositions, argued various motions, participated in trials and arbitrations, handled appeals, and engaged with industry professionals involved in underwriting, policy development, claims handling, and loss control services. Beyond his insurance coverage work, Mr. Komar has a wealth of experience representing banks and other clients in securities actions, offering litigation advice on corporate transactions, and defending commercial contract disputes, product liability cases, toxic tort claims, and environmental lawsuits involving government entities, class actions, and individual claimants.