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Phone: (216) 456-3860

Fax: (216) 456-3872

Email:

sberliner@tmlpa.com

Areas of Practice:

Insurance Recovery

Business Litigation

Employment Law

Licensed:

Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Education:

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 2003
J.D., Summa cum laude

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 2000
B.A., Cum laude

- Stacy RC Berliner - Associate

     Stacy is a litigator who represents corporate policyholders in obtaining recovery of insurance proceeds for their liabilities and losses relating to commercial liability policies, directors and officers liability policies, construction, property and business interruption policies, professional liability policies, and employment practices policies.  Her experience includes assisting insureds in identifying and analyzing historical coverage, counseling clients in coverage disputes against carriers and brokers, assisting clients in policy interpretation, risk and litigation management, policy renewals, and successfully litigating against insurance carriers who wrongfully deny coverage.

     Stacy’s insurance recovery experience includes the following:

• Represented numerous clients in connection with obtaining defense and indemnification for past and future asbestos, silica, and chemical exposure liabilities in excess of $10 million. 
• Successfully negotiated and monitored cost-sharing arrangements with insurance companies.
• Represented numerous clients in disputes with insurers involving coverage for claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, bad faith, and employment discrimination. 
• Assisted client in resolving coverage disputes with excess insurers and obtaining coverage from insurers for settlements of underlying matters.
• Successfully litigated on behalf of insureds and additional insureds in seeking reimbursement of defense and indemnification costs for underlying construction defect matters.
• Pursuit of indemnification and/or contribution claims on behalf of companies against whom tort claims or other claims have been asserted.
• Represented captive insurance companies against breach of contract and bad faith claims.

     Stacy also represents employers in employment litigation and advises employers on compliance with Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA and similar state and local laws.  In addition, she works with clients on developing strategies to resolve complex corporate, real estate, construction contract, and business tort matters. She represents clients regularly in both state and federal courts and also has represented clients in negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and other forms of dispute.

     Stacy was an associate at Calfee, Halter and Griswold LLP before joining Thacker Martinsek in 2010.

Honors and Awards

• Editor-in-Chief, Law Review, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 2003

Professional Memberships:

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Ohio Bar Association

Publications:

• "Fundamentals of Employment Practices Liability Coverage," Co-author, Cleveland Bar Journal (May 2007)
• "In Construction Deals, Insure Indemnity," Crain's Cleveland Business (November 2008)

Speaking Engagements/Seminars Taught:

• "Handling Government Liability Cases" - Cleveland, OH (March 2011)

• “Effectively Managing Your Insurance Claim” - CLE Seminar, Thacker Martinsek LPA - Cleveland, OH (December 2011)

• "Real Life Resolution Strategies of Bad Faith Claims" - Cleveland, OH (November 2011)

• D&O Liability in Bankruptcy Context - Roundtable Discussion - Phoenix, AZ (February 2012)