Joseph Monteleone has more than thirty years of experience in the insurance arena, both in the private practice of law and as an insurance company claims executive. Practicing from Tressler LLP's New York office, Joe handles issues in the areas of professional liability, errors and omissions (E&O), directors and officers (D&O), employment practices liability and other claims-made insurance products. He represents various insurers in coverage litigation, regulatory matters and arbitrations, as well as provides coverage advice and monitoring of underlying litigation in the areas of D&O, professional liability and other specialty lines insurance products. Additionally, Joe provides legal consulting services to a wide variety of specialty lines insurers. He 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 and is frequently asked to write and speak on topics affecting the insurance industry. Joe has written more than one hundred books, papers, book chapters and texts and has made more than two hundred presentations throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Ireland, The Netherlands and Singapore. Joe’s work is frequently used by notable publications such as National Underwriter, Corporate Counsel and International Risk Management Institute’s Risk Report. Joe serves on the Insurance Advisory Council of HB Litigation Conferences 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’s recent accolades include a citation for excellence in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as well as inclusion in the past five consecutive New York Metro Super Lawyers® publications. Joe has been a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS) since 1988, and served on the PLUS board of trustees from 1997 through 2003. At the 2008 PLUS D&O Symposium in New York City, Joe's dedicated service was honored with the PLUS Award for initiation and chairing of the first D&O Symposium. 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 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.

Practice Areas

• Claims Handling & Extracontractual Liability
• D&O and E&O Liability
• Insurance Coverage Analysis
• Insurance Consulting
• Employment Litigation
• Employment
• Regulatory

Associations

• HB Litigation Conferences Insurance Advisory Council, Member
• Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Member
• American Bar Association, Member

Education

• J.D., New York Law School
• M.A., Hunter College of The City University of New York
• B.A., St. John's University

 Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York