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Steven J. Schildt and Anthony L. Miscioscia Appointed as Co- Chairs of Post & Schell's Insurance Law Department
Philadelphia, PA – February 15, 2024 – Post & Schell, P.C. is pleased to announce that attorneys Steven J. Schildt and Anthony L. Miscioscia have been appointed as Co-Chairs of the firm’s Insurance Law Department. They succeed former Department Chair John “Jack” Sullivan, who continues with the Department as a Principal.
“On behalf of the entire firm, I would like to thank Jack for his many years of leadership and service as Chair,” said A. James Johnston, President & Chief Executive Officer of Post & Schell, P.C. “His tenure was marked by department growth, diversification, client growth and development, client satisfaction and loyalty, and overall success.”
“I would also like to express the firm’s gratitude to Steve, who formerly served as Vice-Chair, and Tony for taking on these roles,” Mr. Johnston continued. “They will oversee a team of attorneys focused on helping clients achieve practical, expeditious, and cost-efficient solutions to their insurance problems.”
Mr. Schildt is a nationally recognized insurance/ERISA practitioner and has devoted his entire legal career to representing insurers in coverage, ERISA, and bad faith matters. His national and broad-based coverage litigation and coverage opinion practice encompasses personal and commercial insurance claims and disputes in almost all areas, including disability claims, ERISA claims, bad faith claims, life/accidental death claims, CGL claims (including additional insured and construction defect disputes), property insurance claims, COVID business interruption claims, health insurance claims, commercial auto claims, policy rescission/policyholder fraud, professional liability claims, D&O claims, long-term care claims, and all types of casualty claims. Further, Mr. Schildt has extensive experience with the business side of insurance and routinely defends agents, brokers, and producers against business tort claims and errors/omissions claims (negligence, misrepresentation, etc.).
With nearly 30 years of experience representing and defending large, multi-line insurance carriers and smaller, regional insurance companies, Mr. Miscioscia provides counsel on complex and emerging issues under both first-party and third-party insurance policies. He handles coverage and litigation matters including construction defect; environmental liability and toxic tort; premises liability; advertising injury/intellectual property; first-party property and business interruption; homeowner’s; auto; legal, accounting, and other professional liability; educator's legal liability; employment discrimination (EPLI); employee benefits coverage (EBL); directors and officers (D&O); and bad faith claims.
With four decades of experience serving the insurance industry and handling complex insurance coverage and bad faith matters, the attorneys of Post & Schell’s Insurance Law Department are skilled litigators and able counselors to their numerous insurance industry clients. The Department’s clients include several Fortune 500 companies — including some of the largest insurance companies in the world — as well as regional insurers and mutual companies throughout the United States. As a result, the attorneys in our Insurance Law Department have a comprehensive understanding of the insurance industry and the needs of insurance clients of all sizes and product lines.
About Post & Schell, P.C.
For over 50 years, Post & Schell’s attorneys have combined the operational knowledge and insight into the industries they represent with creative legal solutions – and helped clients overcome their legal and business challenges.
Founded in 1968, we have grown from a Philadelphia insurance defense-focused firm to a firm with diverse, collaborative, and complementary practices and attorneys. With over 50 practice groups and eight offices, we provide litigation, regulatory compliance, business and transactional, and dispute resolution services to clients regionally, nationally, and internationally.
With offices in Washington, DC, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Wilmington, DE, Wheeling, WV, and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Allentown, PA, our attorneys represent industries in a variety of venues and geographic markets.