Azaria
Azaria is a U.S. law firm focused on online-fraud and financial-dispute matters. We assist clients worldwide harmed by fake trading platforms, cloned brokerages and cryptocurrency schemes. We help clients organize evidence, work with banks and law-enforcement, and pursue realistic, well-documented recovery strategies with clear and supportive guidance.
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Our Attorneys
Our attorneys often advise and work directly with the executive offices and their general counsel’s offices handling matters that have a national reach. The firm’s attorneys have represented clients in hundreds of mediations, arbitrations and trials in state and federal courts and venues throughout the country.
Our Team
THESE ARE OUR AREAS OF PRACTICE:
ADMIRALTY
Cargo, collision, sinkings, strandings, Jones Act, Maintenance and Cure, MEL, passenger liabilities, limitation of liability, hull claims, terminal operators', wharfingers', marina operators', and ship repair claims.
AUTO, COMMERCIAL AUTO, AND TRUCK LIABILITY
Defense of liability claims, and advice on coverage of liability incidents arising out of personal auto, commercial auto including buses, delivery services, ambulance, and rental cars. Trucking claims are handled by attorneys with years of truck experience and familiarity with the equipment, and with regulatory and reporting requirements.
AVIATION
Passenger and bystander personal injury claims, products and component manufacturers liability defense, airport and FBO claims, FAA regulatory and enforcement action defense.
COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY
Premises liability and advertising injury defense, hotel, motel and assisted living center liabilities, sporting and recreational activities liabilities, construction and maintenance liabilities.
CARGO
Prosecution of damaged and lost cargo claims, and defense of cargo claims under bills of lading or statutory limitations.
CLASS ACTIONS
Leading, liaison, administrative, or specialty counsel assignments in connection with class actions in federal and state courts.
CONSTRUCTION
Contractor's liabilities, including completed operations, workers' comp disputes, structural and engineering-related claims.
EMPLOYMENT
Discrimination, harassment and retaliatory discharge claims.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXIC TORTS
Sudden, accidental, and long-term exposure liability defense and coverage disputes, including management of punitive damages exposures where present.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Professional liability defense for: attorneys, accountants, directors and officers, architects and engineers, physicians, veterinarians, and other health care professionals.
EXCESS/UMBRELLA
Monitoring and quality control for significant exposure claims.
F.E.L.A. AND L.H.W.C.A
Rail, harbor workers, and other statutory employees' liability defense.
HEALTH CARE INSURANCE
ERISA, COBRA, and related health care insurance issues.
INSURANCE COVERAGE AND CONSTRUCTION
Coverage is a significant part of the firm's work. We draft wordings and offer advice under state laws, on the effect of existing wordings. We resolve coverage disputes through direct negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation. We offer advice and supervision of claims adjustment practices and procedures.
INSURANCE INSOLVENCY AND REGULATION
Our locations in and near state capitols allow us convenient access to the insurance commissioners with whom we maintain collegial and respectful relations. We act on behalf of insurers, brokers, and agents in regulatory compliance and in defense of administrative actions.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
See Errors and Omissions above.
OIL AND GAS
Liability defense, contractual claims prosecution and defense.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Representation of underwriters or assured's interests in cases where covered and non-covered exposures are presented jointly, or where a significant basis for compensation is punitive or extracontractual.
PRODUCTS
Defense of component and product manufacturers in negligence and strict liability cases, including management of punitive damages exposure where present.
PROFESSIONAL AND DIRECTORS' LIABILITY
See Errors and Omissions above.
PROPERTY
Mold claims, special investigations, arson, coverage disputes.
REINSURANCE AND RETROCESSION
Advice on disputes, and prosecution and defense of reinsurance claims on behalf of reinsurers and ceding insurers.
SUBROGATION
We handle subrogation claims under contingency fee, hourly, and blended-fee retainer agreements.
