Joseph Monteleone has over twenty-five years of experience in the insurance arena, both in the private practice of law and as an insurance company claims executive. He is a frequent author and speaker on topics within his practice areas, having written over eighty papers, books, book chapters and texts. He has made more than two hundred presentations throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Ireland, The Netherlands and Singapore.
Joe practices primarily in the areas of professional liability, errors and omissions (E&O), directors’ and officers’ (D&O), employment practices liability (EPL) and other claims-made insurance products. Joe represents various insurers in coverage litigation and arbitrations, as well as provides coverage advice and monitoring of underlying litigation in area of D&O, professional liability and other specialty lines insurance products. Joe drafts policy forms and endorsement language, as well as provides legal consulting services, to a wide variety of specialty lines insurers. In addition, Joe provides expert witness testimony on issues of coverage and bad faith allegations and serves as arbitrator or mediator in a variety of disputes involving insurance and reinsurance coverage.
Joe is a recognized and acclaimed authority in his field, whose legal opinion is regularly sought out by those in the media. He is author of “Joe Says” a monthly column on current events in the Specialty Lines Advisory, which is regularly referred to by media for topics of discussion. Joe serves on the Insurance Advisory Council of Mealey Publications, and has been selected as the chapter upkeep and contributing author on D&O and Related Forms of Liability Insurance in Matthew Bender & Company’s Securities Law Techniques treatise. He is also a member of the Practicing Law Institute Faculty.
Joe has been a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS) since 1988, and has participated in every one of their annual International Conferences and all of their D&O Symposia. In addition, he co-chaired the inaugural and two subsequent D&O Symposia and was instrumental in devising that event's format and content which continue to this day. He has also been a frequent speaker at PLUS events, including this Symposium and the International Conferences, as well as local Chapter events. He has also been a frequent contributor of articles to the PLUS Journal. Joe served on the PLUS Board of Trustees from 1997 through 2003. He chaired the PLUS Education Committee from 1999 through 2001. He was Co-Chair of the Curriculum Committee from 2004 through 2006, and continues to serve as a member of that Committee. Joe was recently recognized for his dedicated service at the 2008 PLUS D&O Symposium in New York City. Joe was given the PLUS Award for Initiating and Chairing the very first D&O Symposium. The PLUS D&O Symposium has become the premier event in the world for those involved with D&O coverage and defense matters. Attendance at this year's Symposium was over 1,300. Additionally, PLUS has recognized Joe with their PLUS1 Award which is presented to a “person whose efforts have contributed substantially to the advancement and image of the professional liability industry. Selection is based on analysis and thorough consideration of the qualities of each candidate relative to the criteria. Criteria include reputation and success in the professional liability industry, history of lectures and service on panels addressing topics in the industry, current activity in professional liability, activity and involvement in PLUS, longevity in the insurance industry, and measure of impact on the professional liability industry.”
Mr. Monteleone was recently cited for excellence in Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He has also been recognized as one of the top insurance coverage attorneys in New York, most recently in the 2008 New York Super Lawyers® magazine.