Adam Durst

Global Insurance Services

Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Appellate Litigation

Adam Durst focuses his practice on complex insurance coverage law and coverage litigation in state and federal courts throughout New York and across the country. Adam provides insurers with analysis and advice under all types of policies and coverages, including commercial general liability, commercial auto, professional liability, employment practices liability, and other specialty lines, as well as first-party coverages of all types. His practice involves advising on coverage determinations yet to be made and guiding insurers through situations where a coverage determination is subject to dispute.

Adam currently serves as national counsel for several companies, ushering them through the ever-changing claims landscape, whether it be in coverage litigation or claims handling in the face of revival statutes such as the Child Victims Act and Adult Survivors Act. Adam also represents insurers navigating bankruptcy cases involving sexual abuse by priests and others.

Highly engaged in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Adam is the current Chair of the FDCC’s Insurance Coverage Section and current Vice Chair of the Extra Contractual Liability Section. He also serves on the Admissions Committee and as Vice Chair of the Membership Recruitment Committee. In addition, Adam frequently speaks and writes about insurance coverage issues, including for the New York State Bar Association, the New York Law Journal, Law360, and Mealey’s Litigation Report.

Contact Adam at [email protected]

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel: Insurance Coverage Section, Chair; Extra Contractual Liability Section, Vice Chair; Admissions Committee Member; Membership Recruitment Committee, Vice Chair; State and International Representatives, Northeast Region Chair

“Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals, Second Edition – Chapter 11, The Claims Process,” Co-Author, American Bar Association, May 2026

“Construction Defect Claims: A 2022 Update – Part I,” Co-Author, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, January 2023

“Construction Defect Claims: A 2022 Update – Part II,” Co-Author, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, March 2023

“What the NY Child Victims Act Means for Insurance in 2020,” Co-Author, Law 360, January 2020

“Disclaiming Coverage Based on Late Notice in New York,” New York Law Journal, July 2019

UB School of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude

St. John Fisher University

B.A., magna cum laude

Chambers USA – Insurance, New York: Upstate

Chambers and Partners

Litigation: Insurance – Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyers

Litigation: Insurance – Ones to Watch

Best Lawyers

Insurance Coverage – Upstate New York Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers – Thomsom Reuters

Insurance Coverage – Rising Stars

Super Lawyers – Thomsom Reuters