Joe Sarmiento is experienced both as an outside litigator for insurers and as an in-house advisor to insurers. Joe spent the first part of his career litigating coverage disputes ranging from long-tail pollution and asbestos coverage cases to complex construction defect cases at both the trial and appellate level. He also served as co-counsel in arbitrating two Bermuda Form cases.
While working in-house, Joe supervised outside counsel litigating both coverage and merits on the variety of general liability and specialty forms issued by the insurance company. Joe also served as the legal-side representative in charge of providing recommendations, review, and approval of all new policy language issued by the company. Joe further was in charge of multiple writing tutorials for the claims professionals.
Admissions
Illinois
Wisconsin
US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Education
J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 2007. Top 10% Order of the Coif.
B.S., Bradley University, 2004
Expérience
The trial court granted summary judgment holding that adulteration of the insured's product was not an “occurrence” and the Seventh Circuit affirmed. 870 F.3d 650 (7th Cir. 2017); 2016 WL 8222933 (E.D. Wis.)
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin unanimously held that natural gas constituted a “pollution condition” triggering a co-insurer’s duty to indemnify. 2015 WI 28.
