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Stephen C. Baker is a nationally known litigator and a partner and leader in the Insurance Practice Group. He represents major insurance company groups in business litigation, regulatory, coverage and claims matters. Steve serves both property and casualty and life, health and accident insurers. For several clients, he is a national go to litigator.
Steve is an experienced trial lawyer. In his 23-year career, he has spent an aggregate of over a year on trial. His insurance practice is widely known for client-driven, innovative service. Service initiatives developed by Steve include a fixed-fee second opinion for serious cases, money-back guarantees on certain results and creating a client profit center for a carrier out of a complex of environmental claims.
Steve’s insurance industry practice includes insurance (business litigation, coverage, claims and regulatory matters), reinsurance, broker and agency issues and direct commercial litigation.
In addition to his national profile as an insurance litigator, Steve has substantial experience litigating and trying other types of complex commercial litigation. His commercial trial experience includes products liability, securities, unfair competition, occupational injury and other mass tort cases. For instance, Steve tried an occupational injury mass tort case in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that was the longest trial in Pennsylvania's history. Steve’s client was the only party to leave the courtroom without owing money to the plaintiff.
Steve also serves as general outside counsel to a wide range of entities, including a nationally prominent telecommunications company and a school for blind and handicapped children.
Representative Recent Achievements. Steve's representative achievements include:
National Representation of Life Insurers - Provides counsel, analyzes claims, and defends litigation nationally for several life insurers. Defeated Constitutional Challenge to Statute - Represented group of insurers in defending a New Jersey action raising a constitutional challenge to an insurance-related statute. The case was dismissed. Unbroken String of Defense Verdicts - As regional liability defense counsel, responsible for an unbroken three-year string of defense verdicts. Making the Law on Forum Non Conveniens - Prepared successful petition for certiorari and brief on merits in landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.
In General. Steve is a member of the American Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association. In addition, he is a director at the Royer-Greaves School for the Blind and has served as the trial team coach at The Episcopal Academy. | 