Michael H. Ginsberg (Mike)
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.412.394.7919
(F) +1.412.394.7959

Education

  • Harvard University (J.D. cum laude 1985); Rutgers University (B.A. magna cum laude with general honors and highest honors in Political Science 1982)

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Mike Ginsberg is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on the representation of policyholders in disputes with insurance companies regarding coverage for product and environmental liabilities, toxic torts, and bad faith. He advises clients on the insurance aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcies. Mike's practice also involves the trial of environmental claims and commercial disputes. In addition, he assists clients with the evaluation and management of asbestos liabilities.

Mike served as insurance counsel for Cooper Industries in the Dresser and Federal Mogul bankruptcies and as insurance counsel in a variety of other bankruptcy matters, including Chrysler and USG. In addition to Cooper, Mike litigated insurance coverage issues for Elliott Company, Beazer, Cameron International, Joy Global, Lincoln Electric, McGraw-Edison, Penn Fuel Gas, Tyco, and Weir Group, among others.

Mike chairs the Firm's Lawyer Training Committee and serves as chair-elect of the board of trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) for whom he frequently serves as a teacher and team leader, including serving as a team leader at NITA's flagship National Trial Program. In 2009 and 2011, Mike traveled to Kenya to teach trial skills to Kenyan lawyers who prosecute gender violence crimes in a program sponsored by Lawyers Without Borders, NITA, and Jones Day. Mike has taught and been a team leader in Emory Law School's Trial Techniques Program. He serves as president and chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and is a member of the board of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.


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