Bill Hanft graduated from University of Miami School of Law in 1980, after obtaining his B.A. from Antioch College in 1974. After graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable William H. Kirchgaessner, Chief Administrative Law Judge, New York City Commission on Human Rights, 1980-1981. Bill joined Gennet, Kallmann, Antin and Robinson in 1991 and is a litigator with considerable subrogation and liability defense trial experience in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. He is a member of the state and federal bars of New York and New Jersey, as well as a member of the Bar of Florida.

whanft@gkar-law.com

Brian Bolan graduated from Seton Hall Law School in 1999, after obtaining a B.A. in 1992 (magna cum laude), and an M.A. in 1996, both from Montclair State University. After graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable David Issenman, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey (1999-2000). Brian is a member of the federal and state bars of New York and New Jersey. He is a litigator specializing in the areas of first-party coverage litigation, premises liability, subrogation and product liability. He is also an experienced appellate practitioner, having successfully argued matters before the appellate courts of both New York and New Jersey and before the New York Court of Appeals. He first worked with Gennet, Kallmann, Antin and Robinson as a law clerk in law school, and then, after his clerkship, joined the firm as an associate in 2000.

bbolan@gkar-law.com

Mike Leavy graduated from University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1993, after obtaining his B.A., with Honors in International Politics, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. He is a litigator with trial and appellate experience in subrogation, insurance coverage, first party fraud and arson, and liability defense.

Mike is the senior associate on a multi-firm team representing Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. concerning over $1 billion of damages suffered in the collapse of 7 World Trade Center and the events of September 11, 2001 in litigation pending in the Southern District of New York. He handles numerous aspects of the case including forensic engineering experts, complex origin and causation, accounting and damage forecasting, electronic discovery, and a host of federal practice issues.

His most recent reported appellate decisions include Rector Street Food Enterprises, Ltd. v. Fire & Casualty Insurance Company of Connecticut, 827 N.Y.S.2d 18 (1st Dep’t 2006), a case he both successfully tried and briefed and argued on appeal, the first New York decision upholding the restrictive definition of collapse coverage contained in the latest revision of the Causes of Loss – Special Form (ISO form CP 10 30 10 00). He also prevailed in Pipo Bar and Restaurant, Inc v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s at London , 792 N.Y.S.2d 82 (2nd Dep’t 2005), a first party case in which an insured’s misrepresentation concerning an item of damages constituting less than 5% of the value of the claim was deemed material and a basis for dismissal. In Amodeo Hotels Limited Partnership v. Zwicker Electric Co., 739 N.Y.S.2d 10 (1st Dep’t 2002), he obtained affirmance of the dismissal of claims against an electrical contractor involved in the construction of the landmark New York Palace Hotel concerning a $21 million fire. This was the first New York decision extending the traditional time limitation of six years after project completion for claims against contractors by parties in direct privity to those claims asserted by successors in interest and those with the functional equivalent of privity with contractors.

Mike joined Gennet, Kallmann, Antin and Robinson in 2002, working primarily on product liability and construction related subrogation matters, and complex coverage defense. He is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York, the Southern and Eastern U.S. District Courts for New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and he is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

mleavy@gkar-law.com

Daniel J. Garry graduated from Brooklyn Law School (cum laude) in 2008, after obtaining his B.A. from LeMoyne College in 1994. Prior to and during law school, he worked as a project coordinator for financial printer, Bowne of New York. Before joining Gennet, Kallmann, Antin & Robinson, P.C., Daniel was an attorney with Kennedy, Lillis, Schmidt & English, where he handled litigation in various areas of the law. Daniel is admitted to the New Jersey and New York State Bars. He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Daniel joined Gennet, Kallmann, Antin & Robinson, P.C. in 2010. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

dgarry@gkar-law.com

(Of Counsel: Pennsylvania Managing Attorney)

Mark Bridge graduated from Rutgers University Law School in 1978 with honors, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Canisus College. He served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael P. King, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mark has over 20 years of trial experience specializing in commercial insurance and complex catastrophe civil litigation in the state and federal courts, including insurance coverage and subrogation matters, first party arson and fraud defense, environmental defense and similar matters. He is a member of the state and federal bars of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as a member of the American Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mark is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, the National Fire Protection Association, the International Association of Arson Investigators and the Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators.

mbridge.bridgelaw@verizon.net