People
Juan Luis Garcia
Partner
- New York
Biography
Juan Luis has over fifteen years of litigation and trial experience across a broad spectrum of matters, in federal and state courts throughout the United States and in domestic and international arbitrations. He provides clients with customized and value-driven strategies based on each client’s business and specific objectives for a matter. He enjoys getting to know each client’s business and he coordinates closely with any in-house attorneys and investigators who are assigned to respond to potential exposures or to initiate a litigation matter.
A significant portion of his current practice is on behalf of domestic and international insurers in coverage litigations. He often litigates complex coverage issues involving significant financial and reputational exposures for insureds and insurers. He has experience in several segments of business insurance, including directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, bankers’ professional liability insurance, cyber insurance, general liability insurance, representations and warranties insurance, and re-insurance.
Juan Luis has also successfully represented clients in such industries as manufacturing, financial services, life sciences and transportation in a variety of matters. He has experience litigating products liability actions, derivative shareholder lawsuits, class actions, contract disputes, employment discrimination, and a wide variety of business tort actions (including alleged fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of non-competition and non-solicitation obligations, and defamation).
A significant portion of his current practice is on behalf of domestic and international insurers in coverage litigations. He often litigates complex coverage issues involving significant financial and reputational exposures for insureds and insurers. He has experience in several segments of business insurance, including directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, bankers’ professional liability insurance, cyber insurance, general liability insurance, representations and warranties insurance, and re-insurance.
Juan Luis has also successfully represented clients in such industries as manufacturing, financial services, life sciences and transportation in a variety of matters. He has experience litigating products liability actions, derivative shareholder lawsuits, class actions, contract disputes, employment discrimination, and a wide variety of business tort actions (including alleged fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of non-competition and non-solicitation obligations, and defamation).
Honors
- Long Island Pulse Magazine’s Top Legal Eagle in Insurance Law, 2018
Professional Associations
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Member
- Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Federal Bar Council
Experience
experience
- Universal American Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pa., 25 N.Y.3d 675 (N.Y. Court of Appeals 2015): Successfully represented a national insurer in New York’s highest state court to vindicate client’s interpretation of its computer systems fraud coverage in connection with fraudulent medical bills submitted by authorized and authenticated users.
- Confidential arbitration (American Arbitration Association 2016): Successfully represented a publishing company and its Chief Executive Officer through contentious e-discovery and a multi-week trial in an action alleging breach of fiduciary duties and waste of corporate assets.
- Enzo Life Sciences Inc. v. Adipogen Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 11-CV-00088-RGA (U.S. District Court, District of Delaware 2015): Successfully represented defendants through trial in an action alleging breaches of a stock purchase agreement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duties, and other business claims.
- Avis Budget Car Rental v. JD2 Environmental, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 12-cv-05010 - PKC - ST (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York 2018): Successfully recovered $5 million for property damage and consequential damages caused by the defendants.
- Mann v. Thomas-Senior and Urban Compass, Inc., 174 A.D.3d 444 (N.Y. Appellate Division, 2d Dept. 2019): Successfully represented defendants with a full dismissal of all claims and an affirmance on appeal in an action alleging real estate broker liability.
- Sandia v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Appeal No. 16-3181 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2017): Successfully represented defendant with a full dismissal of all claims and an affirmance on appeal in an action alleging discriminatory and retaliatory employment practices by management.
- Giuffra v. Vantage Travel Service, Inc., Civil Action No. 13-CV-06880-KBF (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York 2015): Successfully represented national travel broker in an action alleging breach of contractual and fiduciary duties.
Results
Delaware Court Dismisses D&O Coverage Suit Based on the Insureds’ Default in an Underlying Class Action
06/07/2022Skarzynski Marick & Black attorneys Ted Carleton and Juan Luis Garcia, representing Great American Insurance Company, obtained a favorable dismissal in a coverage action in the Delaware Superior Court.
Skarzynski Marick & Black Wins Summary Judgment on Insured Capacity and Uninsurability of Disgorgement
02/02/2021Skarzynski Marick & Black attorneys Alexis Rogoski, Ted Carleton and Juan Luis Garcia, representing Freedom Specialty Insurance Company, along with other non-settling excess
insurers, obtained favorable rulings on summary judgment in the New York State Supreme Court for the County of New York.
insurers, obtained favorable rulings on summary judgment in the New York State Supreme Court for the County of New York.