Steve Hoke chaired the first-ever Talc Insurance Coverage Conference for Perrin Conferences on July 20, 2016. He also Co-Chaired both the 2015 ACI Insurance Allocation Conference in Chicago and ACI Inaugural Allocation Conference in NYC in October 2014. The “first of their kind” conferences deeply explored the technical aspects of insurance allocation issues in complex policyholder disputes. Steve is a frequent speaker... Read More

In his capacity of representing a major asbestos defendant, Steve assisted in securing access to over $1.4B in insurance proceeds either collected or committed.  This includes recovery from both solvent and insolvent insurers, including some select policy commutations. He secured several significant legal rulings in a related coverage action, including a novel first-of-its-kind “cost-in-addition” recovery from excess insurers and a... Read More

Stephen Hoke was named a Super Lawyer for 2019. Steve has been named as a Super Lawyer every year since 2008.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from over 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous... Read More

Hoke LLC was retained by a large publicly traded client after its ERISA claim for benefits was completely denied by its EBL insurer. After making a novel argument that the policy benefits exclusion did not apply, Hoke LLC was able to secure agreement from the carrier to fund the majority of a settlement of the underlying ERISA claim all... Read More

Hoke LLC represented a national trust company in a dispute regarding whether the client had insurance under its Directors’ & Officers’ and Bankers Professional Liability policy for suits brought by underlying plaintiffs claiming they were victims of a Ponzi scheme. The coverage litigation involved claims against the insurer for declaratory relief, breach of contract, reformation, and bad faith, as... Read More

Hoke LLC represented the policyholder in the trial which was reported in Insurance Law 360 (headline below):       Top News Policyholder Scores In Asbestos Coverage Row Of 30 Insurers A Connecticut judge held Friday that neither pollution nor occupational injury exclusions eliminate indemnity coverage for policyholder’s massive asbestos liabilities, ending the second phase of a two-year trial involving more than 30 insurers. The court’s rulings can... Read More

Hoke LLC secured the largest approved policyholder claim from the Integrity Insurance Insolvency even though the firm was hired after the Integrity Insurance Insolvency Claim Bar Date. Despite the fact that the client had failed to file within the legally required time period and it had admittedly received the notices from the Estate, Hoke LLC convinced the Liquidator to accept a... Read More

Hoke LLC was appointed special counsel by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to pursue recovery of insurance proceeds from the Orion/OIC UK/London insurance insolvency. Read More

Steve was appointed Special Insurance Counsel in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of a major asbestos defendant. His efforts accounted for virtually all of the funds recovered in the proceedings, to date. It is anticipated that this recovery will result in payment of approximately 15% of the unsecured claims, as well as payment to the secured creditors. His fees in... Read More

Hoke LLC succeeded, without litigation, in reaching a $12,000,000 claim settlement for asbestos/products liability losses on behalf of a Fortune 500 Company in a major insurance insolvency under one excess policy. The client was major agricultural equipment supplier that had significant long-tail products, asbestos and welding rod claims. After their claim in the insurance insolvency was originally denied, and within... Read More