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Christopher L. Troy is admitted to the Pennsylvania and California Bars, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. For more than 20 years, he has maintained a practice focused on analysis of insurance and reinsurance coverage issues arising under various first party property insurance and reinsurance agreements in various commercial and industrial sectors (e.g., energy/power generation; pipeline; transportation; refinery; construction; heavy equipment/machinery); subrogation/recovery actions; appraisals of property damage and "time element" valuations; and defense of business/property owners, contractors, design professionals and manufacturers. Mr. Troy has tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal court in several jurisdictions, and has served as both Umpire and Appraiser in Appraisal proceedings.
He is a member of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Sections of the American Bar Association, serving in the following leadership roles: Property Insurance Law Committee, Chair (August 2003-present); Vice-Chair (1998-2003); and Newsletter Editor (1997-1998). He serves on the Editorial Board for the Insurance Law Reporter and is a member of the Philadelphia, Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, and the Loss Executive Association. He has lectured frequently on insurance coverage and trial practice issues for various bar and property claims associations, insurance industry clients, and forensic consultants.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Christopher L. Troy, Esquire
BNY Mellon Center
1735 Market Street, 29th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
ctroy@chartwelllaw.com
(Direct) 215.972.5465
(Mobile) 610.639.6547
BAR ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
California
United States District Court for the Eastern District of PA
United States District Court for the Middle District of PA
United States District Court for the Central District of CA
PRACTICE AREA
First Party Property Insurance Coverage
Energy
Subrogation/Recovery
Property and Complex Liability Defense
Commercial Litigation
EDUCATION
Suffolk University School of Law (J.D., 1987)
Villanova University (B.A., 1984)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association
Loss Executive Association American Bar Association: Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section
PRESENTATIONS/ PUBLICATIONS
Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, Annotations to First-Party Insurance Cases, Statutes and Regulations, Second Edition (2000), ABA Publication
Recent Developments in Property Insurance Law, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2
The Sue and Labor Clause: Coverage for the Near-Miss Catastrophe, presented at the ABA Property Insurance Law Committee Mid-Year Meeting, April 2001, St. Thomas, V.I.
“Electrifying” Changes to Federal Discovery Rules, The Brief, Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Spring 2007, Vol. 36, No. 3
Symposium on LEG 2 Wording in Builders’ Risk Policies, Liberty International Underwriters Claims and Underwriting Conference, London, 2007
Post-Loss Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Issues in First Party Coverage Proceedings, London Market Presentation, May 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Market Exposures, London Market Presentation, August 2010
Impact of Lease Provisions on Insurance for Landlords and Tenants, London Market Presentation, March 2011(more)
