Steve Hoke Speaks on “Chronic Legacy Liabilities” at Perrin Insurance Coverage and Allocation Conference
March 23, 2023 | | Accomplishments, News

Steve Hoke spoke on a panel addressing “Chronic Legacy Liabilities” at the April 18, 2023 Perrin Insurance Coverage Conference at the Omni Hotel in Chicago IL.  The panel addressed Corporate Restructuring Issues; “sale” of corporate liabilities to Private Equity buyers; challenges related to Managing Legacy Liability Risk; and issues related to Captive Insurance in the legacy liability context. ... Read More

Hoke LLC Represents Clients Pursuing Legacy Liability Dissolution and Revival of Dissolved Asbestos Defendants
March 23, 2023 | | Accomplishments, News

Building on its deep experience in the legacy liability space issues, Hoke LLC is working with multiple companies in the process of or about to dissolve. It also has been retained to represent a company that was dissolved decades ago in order to access unused insurance assets. Hoke LLC is an industry leader in the space and Steve Hoke... Read More

Artificial Information (“AI”) Production/Review of > 14M PP/Docs
November 8, 2021 | | Accomplishments, News

Successfully tested state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) document review system for international corporate client with significant U.S. based mass-tort claim exposures.  Client selected Hoke LLC to be first law firm to use the system to produce documents and to review other party documents using AI in a large coverage action. Worked with client to test and design AI protocols to... Read More

Conduct RFP and Implement Web-Based System for 60,000 Insurance Claims
November 8, 2021 | | Accomplishments, News

Design and Conduct an RFP to manage a Fortune 500 client with 60,000 mass tort insurance claims.  Wrote and conducted RFP ultimately leading to the selection, purchase and implementation of an interactive state-of-the-art internet-based claims software solution.  Successfully negotiated for the client’s third-party insurers to pay 100% of the $3M purchase price.  Among the Design Requirements of the RFP included... Read More

Private Equity Wants To Buy Your Asbestos Liabilities
October 31, 2019 | | Accomplishments, News

By Stephen Hoke (October 31, 2019) Nothing commands more interest from our asbestos and other mass tort clients than potential extrajudicial approaches that provide certainty and finality for addressing their long-tail legacy liabilities. There are several alternative risk transfer opportunities that can provide relief from the distraction and risk that saps corporate focus and financial resources. Typically, there are three ways... Read More

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March 13, 2016 | | Articles, Markup, News, Uncategorized

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