Joseph F. Bermudez | Attorney

Top Local Lawyers

About Joseph

Welcome and thank you for reviewing my biography.  If, after your review, you would like to discuss any issues, please contact me.  I am always happy to discuss issues and am available 24/7. 

Before I discuss my experience and background, I wanted to share with you some of the reasons I joined NLdH. 

NLdH. . . Focused on the Business of Insurance.  NLdH is focused on you and your success.  Like me, my colleagues at NLdH have focused on the Business of Insurance for most, if not, all of our careers.  We have an Executive Board that consists of retired senior insurance executives.  We know the Business of Insurance.  The above is not merely a slogan, it's a business plan focused on your work and your success.

Customer Service.  My clients know how much I value our relationship.  We are a team and this is why you can reach me 24/7.  Crisis management, international food and product recalls and emerging issues require fast action, intelligent engagement, experience, diligence and hard work on any given day or night.  Excellent work product, staying ahead of deadlines and keeping within budgets have always been part of my efforts to support your success.  NLdH shares my customer service philosophy and team approach.

Value Added.  NLdH has been at the forefront of alternative rate structures for years.  Moreover, I have shared your frustration with increased rates without increased value.  We will work with you to reduce fees and costs so that we can achieve success in these critical economic times and in the future.

Since 1990, I have represented the insurance industry as national and regional counsel.  My expertise is crisis management issues, including international and domestic food contamination and product recall issues.  I am privileged to lead a national team of attorneys who specialize in crisis management matters.  In connection with my work, I have authored several articles and lectured throughout North America, Europe, South America and Asia on crisis management and emerging issues.

I concentrate on international and domestic insurance coverage matters.  I have extensive experience representing foreign and domestic insurance companies and underwriters in regard to issues involving policy drafting, complex insurance coverage and reinsurance.  I have represented and counseled clients with respect to first party, third party and specialty coverage matters involving advertising liability, bad faith, business interruption, commercial general liability, construction defects, directors' and officers' liability, employment practices, environmental, excess and surplus lines, financial institutions, intellectual property disputes, medical devices, non-profit organizations, professional liability, products liability, property losses, punitive damages, reinsurance and toxic torts.

After working in New York City and the metro area for 14 years, I was asked to move to Colorado to lead the coverage department of another firm.  Since moving west, I have handled matters in several states throughout the western region of the United States including Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

I have litigated matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States and represented clients in mediations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

I earned my bachelor of arts degree from Boston University and my law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  I am admitted to the bars of Colorado, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia.

Admission

Verified Arizona

Education

University of Michigan Law School

J.D.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP Highlights

Firm Size: 1
Firm Locations: 1