Lucas Blower, Daniel Gourash, Cliff Masch, Alex Reich, James Sullivan – 2019 Advanced Issues in Insurance Coverage – Part 1

Lucas Blower, Esq. Related seminars and products: 1

Brouse McDowell

Lucas is a partner at Brouse McDowell practicing in the area of complex litigation. He has experience representing business clients in class-action lawsuits, policyholders in liability insurance recovery actions, and title insurance companies in disputes with financial institutions.

Previously, he served as an extern for the Honorable John R. Adams, for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was Executive Editor of the Akron Law Review, and an adjunct professor of Legal Analysis Research and Writing at University of Akron School of Law.

Lucas is certified as a Specialist in Insurance Coverage Law by the Ohio State Bar Association.

Daniel Gourash, Esq. Related seminars and products: 1

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash

Daniel F. Gourash is the Director of the SSEG Tort Defense, Product Liability and Complex Litigation Division. In this capacity, he leads various trial and appellate teams in the efficient resolution of complex civil litigation spanning a variety of subject areas, including insurance coverage, toxic/mass torts, products liability, class action defense, business and personal defamation, and commercial and intellectual property disputes. Dan also advises companies regarding a variety of business strategies involving contracts, warranties, warnings and risk management.

Mr. Gourash received his B.A. from the University of New Haven summa cum laude in 1980 and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1983. He has been active in the organized bar serving as Chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 1993-94; Chair of the Lawyers Conference of the ABA Judicial Division 2005-06; Member of the ABA Trial Torts and Insurance Practice Section Counsel 2005-present; and Chair TTIPS Publication Editorial Board 2000-2005.

Dan has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bar Foundation, the Rockwell Springs Trout Club, the Vestry and as Senior Warden of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Ohio and has been active in the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Cliff Masch, Esq. Related seminars and products: 1

Reminger Co., LPA

EDUCATION

J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1983

B.A., Cleveland State University, 1980

BAR ADMISSIONS

State of Ohio, 1983

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1989

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1989

U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

HONORS & RECOGNITIONS

Listed in Best Lawyers of America for Appellate Practice and Insurance Law, since 2007

Selected as Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2015 – Appellate Practice – Cleveland

Recognized as a Super Lawyer in Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine

Named a Top 100 Ohio Lawyer and a Top 50 Cleveland Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine

Alex Reich, Esq. Related seminars and products: 1

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

Honors & Recognitions

Ohio Super Lawyers, Ohio Rising Stars, 2013-2019

Education

J.D., summa cum laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, chairperson, Moot Court Board of Governors, 2009

B.A. with honors, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006

Licensed In

• Ohio 

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

James Sullivan, Esq. Related seminars and products: 1

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

Honors & Recognitions

Best Lawyers 2018 Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland

The Best Lawyers in America, 2017 – present

Ohio Super Lawyers, 2014-2019; named to Top 100 Lawyers in Ohio list 2015-2019; named to the Top 50 Lawyers in Cleveland list, 2015-2019

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2001

B.A., in Philosophy, magna cum laude, John Carroll University, 1998

Certified “Insurance Law Specialist” by the Ohio State Bar Association

Licensed In

• Ohio

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court