Click Here To Enlarge David E. Heiss David E. Heiss is a shareholder with Fisher Kanaris P.C. Mr. Heiss’ practice is principally concentrated in the area of insurance coverage. He assists several first-party carriers at the policy drafting, claims investigation and litigation stages. Mr. Heiss provides legal opinions on a broad-range of property and liability insurance issues including: agent/broker activities, all risk, asbestos removal, bad faith, builder’s risk, boiler and machinery, business interruption, collapse, installation floater coverages, contamination, fine arts claims, extended coverages, and reinsurance disputes. He also has extensive experience in the litigation of large complex first-party property coverage disputes including numerous disputes in excess of $10,000,000. Mr. Heiss’ involvement includes experience in all phases of litigation including numerous matters which he has tried to verdict. He has considerable experience in the handling of large property damage losses and the complex cross-discipline problems that arise from these claims. For example, Mr. Heiss recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a property insurer where the insured sought to avoid the application of multiple deductibles by claiming that numerous failed repair efforts which occurred over a nine (9) month period constituted one occurrence under a property insurance policy. Mr. Heiss also obtained summary judgment on behalf of property insurers on claims involving Hurricane Marilyn and the Nisqually Earthquake which were affirmed on appeal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals respectively. Mr. Heiss successfully represents insureds in defense of claims covered under comprehensive general liability policies and professional liability policies, and has defended insureds against personal injury claims involving catastrophic injury. Recently, he obtained summary judgment on behalf of a design engineering firm against claims brought by an injured construction worker who claimed in excess of $10,000,000 for permanent and uncorrectable injuries. He also practices in the area of loss recovery and has successfully prosecuted claims of subrogated insurers as well as the uninsured interests of their insureds which vary from Fortune 500 companies to small limited partnerships. Typical cases involve the analysis of complex tort, contractual, and Uniform Commercial Code issues. Mr. Heiss has successfully resolved numerous cases resulting in six-figure recoveries for his clients. Mr. Heiss has been invited on multiple occasions to speak on the subject of property insurance coverage. For example, Mr. Heiss spoke to the insurance law committee of a national bar association on the first-party property coverage issues stemming from the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Mr. Heiss is a graduate of DePauw University and The John Marshall Law School. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.