Kenneth J. Balkan

Insurance, Mediation
1050 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, New York 11530


Insurance

Admitted

1973, New York; 1974, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

St. John's University, J.D., 1972

Law School Graduation Year

1972

College

Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.A., 1969

Memberships

Nassau County (Member, Committee on Professional Ethics; Chair, 2002—; Member, Committee on Insurance Law; Panel Member, Conciliation Committee), New York State (Member, Sections on: Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law; Trial Lawyers; General Practice; Former Member, Committee on Professional Discipline, 1993) and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute.

Biographical

Member, St. John's Law Review, 1971-1972. Author: Legal Malpractice and Professional Liability Insurance, New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 52, October 1980, Vol. 52, No. 7, November 1980, reprinted INCL Journal, June, 1981; Legal Malpractice Overview, INCL Journal June, 1981. Lecturer: Malpractice Prevention, Spring, 1980 and Professional Liability, Fall, 1981, New York State Bar Association for Continuing Legal Education Programs and Forum Evenings for New York County Lawyers Association, November, 1980 and New York Women's Bar Association, January, 1981 on Legal Malpractice; Programs sponsored by Professional Insurance Agents on Insurance Agents and Broker Errors and Omissions Liability, Insurance Company Liability and Bad Faith Exposure (1996-1998); Legal Malpractice and Legal Malpractice Insurance: A Practical View, presented to the Legal Ethics Course for Professor Roy Simon, Hofstra University, School of Law (January 1999, March 2000, October 2001 and April 2003). Listed in Who's Who in American Law (Seventh-Twelfth Editions, 1992-2003). Mediator, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York. Administrative Judge, Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. Arbitrator, New York State Employment Relations Board. Court Appointed Referee and Court Evaluator.

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