Gerard H. Hanson is a partner in the Princeton, N.J. office of Hill Wallack LLP and
a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He is partner-in-charge of the firm’s
Litigation Division, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability and Trial & Insurance
Defense Practice Groups.
Mr. Hanson has substantial trial experience in both federal and state courts and has been
called upon by the U.S. District Court to serve as an Arbitrator. Mr. Hanson’s historical
experience as a trial lawyer involves the defense of a wide range of claims, including:
- Catastrophic personal injury
- Property damage and economic loss stemming from causes of action sounding in product, governmental, professional and employment liability
- Constitutional civil rights
- Statutory causes of action
- Defamation and libel
- Construction-related issues
- Conventional negligence matters
Representative Matters
- Successfully represented insurance industry with respect to coverage disputes involving intermediaries and policyholders
- Provides advice to underwriters and claims management
- Involved in a diverse coverage of disputes including issues arising out of CGL, Directors & Officers, Errors & Omissions, Employment Practices Liability and other specialty lines
- Represents insurance brokers, agents and third party administrators
Leadership
- Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University Law School
- Presented numerous lectures on a national basis concerning various insurance coverage and liability
issues
- Regular presenter to the New Jersey Defense Association at seminars including the
Annual Insurance Coverage Symposium
- Named to the Super Lawyer
list 2011, cited by
New Jersey Monthly
Mr. Hanson is admitted to practice before the State Court of New Jersey (1978), the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (1978), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1983) and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals ((1979). He earned his law degree from Seton Hall University of Law and graduated magna-cum-laude with a degree in Economics from Seton Hall University.
