Kaufman Dolowich Welcomes Professional Liability Team to Westchester Office: Four Lawyers are ‘Go-To’ for Insurance Brokers and Agents, 8-1-2024

(Aug. 1, 2024, Westchester, N.Y.) — Kaufman Dolowich, a leading national law firm, today announced that partners Stephen Cunningham, Robert Grande, Howard Kronberg, and associate Belino Voshtina are joining the firm’s Westchester office. The four join from Keidel & Cunningham and are widely recognized as leading the state in representing insurance brokers and agents.

“This group is the perfect complement to our practice and their client base and capabilities are well-aligned with ours,” said John Mancebo, the Westchester office managing partner. “They expand our ability to represent insurance agents and brokers, an area of great demand, and we are honored to call them our colleagues.”

Partners Cunningham, Grande and Kronberg have worked together for nearly two decades in the professional liability and errors & omissions arena, and the whole team has focused the bulk of their careers covering a wide spectrum of insurance law matters.

“We spent more than 10 years litigating a major case for a retail broker working alongside Kaufman Dolowich lawyers who were representing another broker involved in the case,” Kronberg said. “Having a front row seat to the quality of Kaufman Dolowich’s work for a decade made the choice of where to take our practice extremely easy. We are thrilled to be joining KD.”

The group, whose clients are primarily in New York, Connecticut, and surrounding states, also advise clients on regulatory matters, including those under the scope of New York Insurance Regulation 187. They also serve as the primary outside counsel to Big I New York, a national professional association for independent insurance agents and brokers.  In that capacity, they regularly consult with agents and brokers seeking advice on legal matters.

The four lawyers handle lawsuits, mediations and arbitrations across the country and litigate insurance policy matters. They have a wealth of experience supervising, monitoring, and litigating errors and omissions cases and routinely conduct E&O loss control audits for agencies and brokerages and provide continuing education in errors and omissions loss control techniques. With extensive industry relationships, the team also assists agents, brokers, agencies, and brokerages in all legal aspects of their businesses including with mergers, establishing finance companies, drafting contracts and other documents, and creating related entities. They represent agencies and brokerages from among Business Insurance’s “100 Largest Brokers of U.S. Business” list.

“This is a high caliber group of attorneys who know their trade, know all the players in the space and more importantly the industry knows and trusts them,” said firm Co-Managing Partner Michael Kaufman. “Our national platform will allow them to expand their practice as well as offer their clients additional services that a one office regional firm cannot offer. It’s a win-win for all of us.”

About the Attorneys:

Stephen Cunningham represents insurance agents and brokers in professional liability claims and lawsuits and is a seasoned trial and appellate attorney who has tried cases throughout New York in state and federal courts. Cunningham was a founding member of Keidel & Cunningham. He received a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law and a B.A. from LeMoyne College.

Robert Grande counsels and defends insurance agents and brokers in Connecticut and New York in complex disputes with policyholders and insurers, including defending litigation, providing advice outside of litigation and the analysis of insurance coverage for his clients. He also represents clients in attorney malpractice, general liability, and employment law matters. He received a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and a B.A. in Economics from Boston College.

Howard Kronberg has spent his 40-plus legal career focused on insurance law matters prosecuting and defending first party insurance cases and analyzing complex insurance coverage issues under property & liability insurance policies and handling insurance agent and broker E&O claims and lawsuits. He litigates matters on behalf of clients in state and federal court and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He received a J.D. from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, and a B.S. from George Washington University.

Belino Voshtina defends insurance agents and brokers in professional liability lawsuits. Prior to joining the law firm of Keidel & Cunningham, he served as an assistant district attorney in the Domestic Violence Bureau of the Kings County District Attorneys’ Office in New York. Voshtina received a J.D., cum laude, from Pace University School of Law, and a B.A. in Business Administration from Southern Connecticut State University.

About the Firm

Kaufman Dolowich LLP is a leading national law firm serving a broad range of industries in practice areas including labor and employment, directors and officers liability, professional liability, commercial litigation, insurance coverage and litigation, data privacy and cybersecurity, financial services, general liability, and construction law. Headquartered on Long Island, N.Y., Kaufman Dolowich attorneys nationwide represent domestic and global clients of all sizes. Kaufman Dolowich is a five-time Mansfield Certified law firm recognized for its diverse and inclusive employment strategies. For more information, visit the website and follow the firm on LinkedIn.