Vincent J. Proto

Vincent J. Proto is a Partner in the Firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Services Group.

Vinnie has decades of experience in litigating insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes in federal and state courts, as well as in private, contractual arbitration, for major insurance and reinsurance companies. He has handled, among other things, matters involving commercial general liability, property, professional liability, insolvencies, surety, marine, financial guaranties, catastrophe treaties, whole account reinsurance, latent injury claims (including asbestos and hazardous waste), sexual misconduct and Covid-19. He also has extensive appellate experience, including appeals on complex insurance, reinsurance and commercial litigation matters before the appellate courts of New Jersey and New York and a number of U.S. Courts of Appeals. These appeals have involved novel issues and leading decisions on such matters as allocation of long-tail asbestos claims, the follow-the-settlements doctrine, and the reinsurer’s right to interpose defenses in insurance insolvency proceedings.

Vinnie is admitted to practice law in the states of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, federal District Courts in those states, and multiple federal Courts of Appeals.

Awards and Honors

Named a New Jersey Super Lawyer (2024-2025). (This list is published by Super Lawyers.  Their selection methodology is available here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.)

Listed in Best Lawyers in America©, Insurance Law (2024). (This list is published by Best Lawyers.  Their selection methodology is available here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.)

Memberships

• Member: New York State Bar Association. Tort, Insurance and Compensation Law Section and Dispute Resolution Section
• Member of ARIAS U.S.: AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society.
• Member: The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey