John S. Diaconis

Certified Arbitrator



Personal Information
Address: 81 Orchard Ridge Road
Chappaqua, NY 10514
Phone: 914-238-1807
Current Employment
Company: Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
Address: One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: 914-287-6133
Cell: 914-523-8085
Fax: 914-683-6956
Email: jdiaconis@bpslaw.com
Website: www.bpslaw.com
Attorney: Yes
Previous Employment
Company: Rutherford & Christie, LLP
Position: Special Counsel.
Representation of Insurers as coverage counsel in the investigation and resolution of Fidelity, Commercial Crime and Financial Institution Bond Claims.
Mediator and Arbitrator in Insurance and Reinsurance Arbitrations and Mediations.
Company: Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Position: Vice-President and Claims Counsel.
Responsibility for all Commercial Crime, insurance company errors and omissions, trade credit, barter trade credit and residual value Claims.
Responsibility for assumed and ceded reinsurance with respect to Hartford Financial Products Division.
Company: Peterson & Ross
Position: Partner.
Commercial Crime and Financial Institution Bond Claims.
Representation of Cedents and Reinsurers in reinsurance disputes as counsel of record.
Company: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker
Position: Partner.
Commercial Crime and Financial Institution Bond Professional Liability, including insurance company errors and omissions.
Representation of Cedents and Reinsurers in reinsurance disputes.
Credentials
Admitted to New York Bar, 1981; United States District Courts for Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; United States Court of Appeals for Second Circuit
Principal Areas of Insurance/Reinsurance Experience
Commercial Crime and Financial Institution Bond Claims. Insurance company errors and omissions, and directors and officers Claims. Arbitration and Mediation of Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes.
Other Information
Formal Mediation Training: Harvard Law School, Intensive Mediation Training, Program of Instruction for Lawyers; Westchester Mediation Center, in conjunction with New York State Office of Court Administration; New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, Appointed To Court-Approved Panel of Mediators and Neutrals.

Chairperson, Practising Law Institute, Program on Reinsurance Law and Practice, 1994-2000.

Publications: The Impact of Insolvency on International Reinsurance Arbitration, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 527 (1992); The Trials of Life: International Reinsurance Transactions Can Provide A Tangle In Legal Terms, THE REVIEW: WORLDWIDE REINSURANCE, Vol. 123, No. 10, p. 60 (10/91); Co-Author, Over The Limit: Are Reinsurers Aware of The Extent of Cover They Provide When Issuing Policies, THE REVIEW: WORLDWIDE REINSURANCE, Vol. 121, No. 9, p. 59 (9/89); International Arbitration: Supboena Power of Arbitrators, N.Y.L.J., 10/6/88 at p.5.
Years of Experience
Insurance
Company: 2.5
Law Firm (Insurance/ Reinsurance Practice): 21
Number of
Arbitrations
As an Arbitrator: 6
As an Umpire: 2
As Counsel: 20
Completed
Arbitrations
(Award Issued)
As an Arbitrator: 1
As an Umpire: 1
As Counsel: 5
Number of Mediations
As Mediator: 15
As Counsel: 22
 

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