Stone, Harry L.

Leor is an associate in the Directors and Officers Practice Group. He represents insurers in state and federal courts in coverage actions involving a wide variety of coverage issues including rescission, bad faith and allocation. Leor represents primary and excess insurers in coverage matters involving directors and officers liability policies, professional liability policies and general liability policies. He also represents employers in matters involving discrimination claims and post-employment restrictive covenants.

Prior to joining White and Williams, Leor was an associate at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge where he represented insurers in coverage matters and litigated coverage actions in state and federal court.

Leor received his B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Law from SUNY Binghamton in 2004 and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2004. During law school, he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. Leor also volunteered as a Big Brother with the Big Brother Big Sister Program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in Manhattan.

Licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey, Leor is admitted to appear before the Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York; Western District of New York and District of New Jersey

Notable Experience

• Currently representing directors and officers liability insurers in connection with securities class actions and ERISA litigation arising from the subprime crisis.
• Leor successfully moved to dismiss an action against a real estate developer alleging civil rights violations and unfair business practices.
• Leor obtained summary judgment for an excess insurer based on the application of a lead exclusion contained in his client’s policy.
• Leor successfully moved for summary judgment on the grounds that an entity seeking coverage under his client’s policy was not an insured.
• Leor has counseled insurers with respect to coverage issues and claims arising from the presence of Chinese drywall in large residential communities in Florida.

Reported Decisions

• Esplanade Gardens, Inc. v. Berkley Ins. Co., Index No. 109260/2009 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. New York Mar. 2, 2010)
• Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. v. Greater N.Y. Mut. Ins. Co., Index No. 112846/2006 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. New York Feb. 25, 2009)
• 612 Realty LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co., 2009 NY Slip Op 51704U (N.Y. Sup. Ct. New York 2009)
• Admiral Insurance Company v. Joy Contractors, Inc., Index No. 108052/08 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. New York County June 25, 2009)
• Assoko v. City of New York, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37096 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)
• Diaz v. Pen Que Risky Corp., 2006 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 55 (App. Div. 2006)