Claire Rush
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Member of CLM Since: 2012
Nominated By Butch Knowlton , Nadine Hom
CLM Committees
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Conference
- Insurance Fraud
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
- Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2017 CLM New York Conference and Holiday Party
- Speaker - 2019 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
- Speaker - Assessing and Addressing Insurance Fraud in the Claims Environment
- Speaker - Fraudulent Claims - Identification, Investigation and Litigation
- Speaker - Negotiation Strategies for Claims Professionals
Articles
Practice Areas
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Environmental
- Property
- Transportation
- E-Discovery
- ADR
- Municipal Law
- Fraud / SIU
- Premises Liability
- Claims Management
- Litigation Management
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Religious & Non-Profit
- Product Liability
Biography
Claire Rush is a trial attorney who specializes in the defense of high exposure personal injury actions. She has received a Preeminent AV rating of 5.0 / 5.0 from Martindale-Hubbell and has been identified as one of the top personal injury defense attorneys in the Metro New York area by Super Lawyer Magazine, ALM, and Martindale -Hubbell. Ms. Rush has been recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, the New York Times and AVENUE Magazine as one of New York City’s top women lawyers in the area of trial practice.
Ms. Rush has successfully defended public and private entities against bus, truck, auto, railway, construction, premises, elevator, escalator, environmental, security, police and 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions for the last 25 years. She has tried more than 100 jury cases to verdict in New York State.
Ms. Rush began her career at the MTA/New York City Transit Authority in 1984. She was assigned to a trial unit in 1985 and began trying catastrophic injury claims and death actions shortly thereafter. She tried over 75 jury cases to verdict while at the MTA. Ms. Rush was made an Assistant General Counsel in 1989 and served as a supervisor in the Bronx Trial Unit and the Chief of the Major Case Unit in New York County.
Ms. Rush is active in the New York City Chapter of CLM and is a member of the Chapter's sponsorship committee. She is also a member of CLM's national Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In addition to CLM, Ms Rush is a member of the Defense Research Institute, The Defense Association of New York, The New York City Chapter of the International Association of Insurance Professionals, The Association of Professional Insurance Women, New York Women's Bar Association and The Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Education
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Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: NY