Chartwell was formed in Pennsylvania in 2002 by four lawyers. The firm, now comprised of 58 lawyers, has Pennsylvania offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Scranton, Valley Forge, and Philadelphia, as well as offices in New York City, NY, Wilmington, DE, Melbourne, FL and Medford, NJ.
"We are delighted that Mr. Zieden-Weber has chosen to join Chartwell. His expertise in the handling of complex domestic and international property insurance matters is an excellent complement to our growing insurance and subrogation practice groups", noted Chris Troy, Chair of Chartwell's Insurance Practice Group.
"Chartwell opened its New York office just 6 months ago. We now have 8 fine litigators in New York City, and expect additional growth in our property, subrogation, commercial litigation, casualty and construction litigation practice groups in New York" said Chuck Barreras, a founding partner of the firm.
William G. Zieden-Weber was previously a partner at Clausen Miller P.C. His practice focuses primarily on domestic and international property insurance matters, including Energy, CAR/Builder's Risk, and Boiler & Machinery claims, reinsurance and subrogation.
In addition to having litigated matters in numerous state and federal courts throughout the United States, Mr. Zieden-Weber has handled international property, reinsurance and subrogation cases for many global insurance companies throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America.
Mr. Zieden-Weber earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1988. He was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor in 1991 and Master in Laws, Taxation in 1995 from the University of Miami School of Law.
Mr. Zieden-Weber is admitted to practice before the Courts of the States of New York and Florida. He is also member of the Bar of the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the New York State and Florida Bar Associations.
For more information, please contact Cliff Goldstein, CEO, The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP. (610) 666 8425 or cgoldstein@chartwelllaw.com.
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