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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Western New England University School of Law
Stephen H. Broer brings more than 25 years of experience representing insurers and businesses in coverage disputes, commercial litigation, and business tort matters. He focuses his practice on insurance coverage, commercial litigation, and appellate matters, helping clients manage challenging legal issues while developing solutions that align with their business objectives.
Throughout his career, Stephen has represented insurers and corporate clients in state and federal courts nationwide, handling matters involving first-party insurance claims, contractual disputes, bad faith claims, fraud, trade secrets, employment issues, privacy, and regulatory investigations. He has extensive experience managing litigation from inception through appeal, drafting pleadings, dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and coverage opinions, and negotiating favorable resolutions for his clients.
Before joining Chartwell, Stephen served as litigation counsel for a national insurance company, where he managed litigation involving life, health, disability, and other insurance products. In that role, he collaborated closely with senior executives and business leaders to develop litigation strategies, oversee significant disputes, and identify opportunities to improve litigation management and reduce costs. He also provided legal guidance during governmental investigations, developed companywide legal training programs, and earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification for leading an initiative that reduced litigation expenses and improved case management.
Earlier in his career, Stephen represented clients in insurance coverage and commercial litigation, serving as lead counsel in matters involving securities, employment, and white-collar litigation. He also served as a law clerk for the Connecticut Appellate Court.
Stephen is a frequent speaker on insurance coverage, litigation management, attorney-client privilege, bad faith, and claims handling, and has authored articles on insurance and litigation-related topics for national legal publications.
He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Western New England University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut.
Stephen is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.
Author, “Understanding the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege," For the Defense, Vol. 56, No. 12, December 2015
Network of Trial Law Firms (NTLF), internal executive investigations, August 2018
NTLF, controlling legal costs, August 2017
Defense Research Institute (DRI), Special Investigation Unit investigations, April 2016
American Law Firm Association (ALFA), emerging ERISA issues, June 2015
DRI, corporate attorney-client privilege, April 2014
Eastern Claims Conference (ECC), corporate attorney-client privilege, February 2014
ACI Bad Faith, claims management best practices, November 2013
ACI Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, contestable life claims, July 2013
ALFA, bad faith and punitive damages, June 2013
ECC, contestable life claims, February 2013
Connecticut
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Western New England University School of Law
J.D., cum laude
University of Connecticut
B.A.
Stephen H. Broer brings more than 25 years of experience representing insurers and businesses in coverage disputes, commercial litigation, and business tort matters. He focuses his practice on insurance coverage, commercial litigation, and appellate matters, helping clients manage challenging legal issues while developing solutions that align with their business objectives.
Throughout his career, Stephen has represented insurers and corporate clients in state and federal courts nationwide, handling matters involving first-party insurance claims, contractual disputes, bad faith claims, fraud, trade secrets, employment issues, privacy, and regulatory investigations. He has extensive experience managing litigation from inception through appeal, drafting pleadings, dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and coverage opinions, and negotiating favorable resolutions for his clients.
Before joining Chartwell, Stephen served as litigation counsel for a national insurance company, where he managed litigation involving life, health, disability, and other insurance products. In that role, he collaborated closely with senior executives and business leaders to develop litigation strategies, oversee significant disputes, and identify opportunities to improve litigation management and reduce costs. He also provided legal guidance during governmental investigations, developed companywide legal training programs, and earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification for leading an initiative that reduced litigation expenses and improved case management.
Earlier in his career, Stephen represented clients in insurance coverage and commercial litigation, serving as lead counsel in matters involving securities, employment, and white-collar litigation. He also served as a law clerk for the Connecticut Appellate Court.
Stephen is a frequent speaker on insurance coverage, litigation management, attorney-client privilege, bad faith, and claims handling, and has authored articles on insurance and litigation-related topics for national legal publications.
He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Western New England University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut.
Stephen is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.
Author, “Understanding the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege," For the Defense, Vol. 56, No. 12, December 2015
Network of Trial Law Firms (NTLF), internal executive investigations, August 2018
NTLF, controlling legal costs, August 2017
Defense Research Institute (DRI), Special Investigation Unit investigations, April 2016
American Law Firm Association (ALFA), emerging ERISA issues, June 2015
DRI, corporate attorney-client privilege, April 2014
Eastern Claims Conference (ECC), corporate attorney-client privilege, February 2014
ACI Bad Faith, claims management best practices, November 2013
ACI Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, contestable life claims, July 2013
ALFA, bad faith and punitive damages, June 2013
ECC, contestable life claims, February 2013
