STEVEN J. GROSS

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PRACTICE DESCRIPTION:

Mr. Gross' practice area focuses on insurance coverage litigation in the personal lines, commercial lines and umbrella/excess lines context. His practice focuses on coverage issues that deal with allegations of professional liability; False Claims Act violations, medical payment coverage, and insurance fraud. Mr. Gross' practice also includes the defense of insurance companies against claims of bad faith claim handling and punitive damages. Mr. Gross is currently a CPCU candidate with the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.

EDUCATION AND SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES:

Arizona State University, College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005)

• Arizona State Law Journal, Staff
• Arizona State Bar Tax Scholarship (2005)
• William H. Pedrick Scholar

Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College (B.A. Economics, summa cum laude and "With Honors," 2002)

BOOKS:

• Co-authored Chapter Eight of "The Claim Adjuster's Automobile Liability Handbook" (Thomson Reuters/West 2009).
• Co-authored "Construction Defects: Claims and Coverage: "Progressive Losses-Triggers of Coverage, Numbering of Occurrences and Allocation Among Successive Policies" (DRI Defense Library Series) (Ch. 3, Part II).
• Couch on Insurance 3d. (Chapter 200).

PUBLICATIONS:

• Shifting Attorneys' Fees To The Losing Party: Is It Covered Under The Policy? Ins. Lit. Rptr., Winter 2009. 
• Mortgage Demands for Homeowner Coverage When The Insured Property Has Been Stripped During Foreclosure. In-House Quarterly, Winter 2009. 
• The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is No Bully to a Carriers' Right to an Examination Under Oath. IASIU, SIU Today.
• Mr. Gross is co-authoring the chapter on Assault and Battery, and solely authoring the chapter on Business Torts for the soon to be published Arizona Tort Law Handbook. 
• The Inherent Tension Between the Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-incrimination and the Insurance Company’s Contractual Right to Cooperation:  Can a Jurisprudential Balance Be Achieved?, Ins. Litigation Rptr. Vol. 30, Number 18 (2008).
• Claims for Embezzlement of Client Funds, DRI for the Defense, Vol. 49, No. 3 (March 2007).
• Medical Payments Coverage: A Policy Inside A Policy, Ins. Litigation Rptr. Vol. 28, Number 14 (2006).

SPEAKERS/PRESENTATIONS:

• "Arizona Insurance Law" (January 23, 2009) (Arizona State Bar CLE)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Board of Directors
  AADC-YLD (2008-present)