Martin Minkowitz concentrates in insurance regulatory and litigation matters and on workers’ compensation law, in which he is a nationally recognized author and expert. He was the Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel of the New York State Insurance Department from 1981 to 1988, where he was responsible for the administration, interpretation and enforcement of state insurance laws and regulations. He also served as General Counsel for the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board from 1976 to 1981.

He has successfully written and lobbied legislation effecting significant changes to the New York workers’ compensation laws. He has been designated and qualified as an expert witness in many cases on insurance and workers’ compensation issues in Federal and state courts, as well as arbitrations. He represents many of the leading corporations in major insurance companies in their regulatory issues, as well as their self-insurance status for workers’ compensation.

Mr. Minkowitz is an adjunct professor at New York Law School and lectures frequently on insurance regulatory topics to professional groups such as the Practising Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association CLE, the College of Insurance, the Defense Research Institute, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the New York Chamber of Commerce and the National Conference of Insurance Legislators.

Memberships

New York State Bar Association: Member, House of Delegates; Editor, ONE on ONE publication; Former Chair and Member, Committee on Professional Discipline; Member, Committee on Judicial Nominations; Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation; Board of Directors, New York County; Lawyers’ Association, Past Chair, Committee on Professional Ethics, Federal Bar Council Committee on the Second Circuit

Activities

Author, commentaries to McKinney’s volumes on workers’ compensation; Co-author, New York Insurance Law and Practice (Matthew Bender & Co.); Author, West’s New York Compensation Law; Co-author, A Practitioner's Guide to Workers' Compensation Law in New York, New York Practice (West); Co-author, Workers' Compensation Law and Insurance, The Next Generation (RLI Publishers); Past President, Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association; Former Chair, National Conference for Community and Justice, New York Region; Chair, State of Israel Bonds Insurance Division

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1963; Federal Courts, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Districts; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court

Education

LL.M., Brooklyn Law School, 1965

J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1963; President, Alumni Association, 1995-1996; Iota Theta

B.A., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1961