MILTON THURM serves as Of Counsel to the firm and is resident in our West Palm Beach office. He has over 35 years of experience as a practicing attorney specializing in insurance defense and coverage law. Mr. Thurm focuses on complex insurance coverage litigation involving primary, excess, umbrella and reinsurance issues. He has tried cases involving professional errors and omissions, governmental liability, employment practices and bad faith claims. Mr. Thurm is also adept at assisting insurers in developing manuscript endorsements dealing with contractors' and subcontractors' exposures. His extensive and highly relevant expertise serves him well as a key member of our Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Litigation Division, as well as in our litigation defense practice generally.

Mr. Thurm is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest distinction afforded by this leading legal publication based on recommendations of one’s peers. He is admitted to practice in both Florida and New York, as well as before all the federal district courts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Thurm is a frequent speaker to insurance-oriented groups and has authored a number of articles for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) Quarterly, and for Declarations, the publication of the International Association of Claims Professionals (IACP) formerly the Excess & Surplus Lines Claims Association (ESLCA). He is a member of FDCC and an associate member of IACP. Mr. Thurm serves as Vice Chairman of both the FDCC’s Admissions Committee as well as its Insurance Coverage Section. He has also served as a panelist in presentations made by the Excess Line Association of New York to its member broker groups and has been a frequent presenter at New York State Bar Association Insurance Section Seminars. Mr. Thurm is also a member of DRI, the Voice of the Defense Bar, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.