MICHAEL KOMAR is a partner and a founding member of the Firm. He has more than sixteen years experience handling commercial litigation matters, including complex insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Komar has represented insurance clients in a number of high-profile coverage actions involving pollution, asbestos, toxic tort and construction defect claims, and has represented insurance clients in prepackaged bankruptcy, reinsurance, broker liability and first party property cases.

He has represented banks and other clients in various securities actions, and regularly provides litigation advice to financial institutions and investors in connection with corporate transactions. Mr. Komar also has extensive experience defending product liability, toxic tort and environmental cases that include government, class action and individual claims.

Mr. Komar was the recipient of a Presidential Scholarship and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude at Saint Bonaventure University in 1989, attended honors programs at Greyfriar's Hall of Oxford University, and received his J.D. cum laude from Cornell Law School in 1992. At Cornell Law School, Mr. Komar was a member of the Cornell International Law Journal and the recipient of an American Jurisprudence Award for Academic Excellence. After graduation, Mr. Komar became associated with the firms of Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel LLP and Stenger & Finnerty in Buffalo, New York, where he handled commercial litigation matters, insurance coverage, product liability and environmental cases. In 1997, Mr. Komar became associated with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, focusing on insurance coverage and complex litigation matters.

Mr. Komar is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and is a member of the Association of the New York State Bar Association and the Bar of the City of New York. He is admitted to practice in New York and its various district courts, in addition to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Western and Northern Districts of New York.