Benjamin L. S. Ritz

Benjamin Ritz handles complex commercial insurance litigation and appeals.

He focuses primarily on insurance coverage and defense for primary and excess insurers, including complex, multi-party insurance coverage and bad-faith litigation involving general liability, environmental pollution, construction defects, directors and officers coverage, errors and omissions coverage, and property insurance.

His experience includes pre-suit resolution and litigation of residential and commercial property damage and design defects, auto coverage, attorney’s fee disputes, chemical compound liability, and bodily injury to employees.

Representative Experience

Defended client’s contractual rights while structuring winning bankruptcy bid and later enforcement of 76,000 solar renewable credit rights for $7.5M.

No. 19-10303 (KJC), In re 1515-GEEnergy Holding Co. LLC, Et Al., U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware

Obtained take-nothing summary judgment in favor of defendant insurer on cost of insurance litigation in federal trial court.

Obtained full reversal on appeal to misclassification and double-taxation home warranty insurer in Washington State.

Obtained large class action settlement for insurer allowing insurer to retain the majority of future profits for at issue policies.

Lead appellate counsel in successful appeal regarding claims asserted against client under the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.

Okwo v. Houston Methodist, No. 22-20457 (5th. Circ. 2023)

Advised insurer on revisions to assignability and other policy provisions to United States policy template.

Defeated plaintiff’s joinder to challenge defendant insurer’s removal to federal court.

Guiding coverage and bad-faith matters through every phase of resolution from pre-litigation coverage analysis, to strategic discovery, pre-trial judgments, alternative dispute resolution, and trial strategy.

Efficient resolution of residential and commercial property claims through pre-suit negotiation, appraisal, mediation, and litigation, as appropriate for the case.

Obtained complete denial of the plaintiff’s “independent” injuries, pre-judgment interest, and attorney’s fees claims on summary judgment following prior appraisal and statutory interest payment.