Steven J. Gross

Steven J. Gross

Senior Member

Biography

As a Senior Member of The Cavanagh Law Firm, Mr. Gross focuses on insurance coverage, personal injury claims and bad faith litigation. His work for insurance providers extends to both first-party property and third-party liability cases connected with all types of protection. He has especially strong knowledge of matters of coverage concerning the interstate motor carrier transportation field.

Mr. Gross serves as counsel for major motor carrier transportation insurance companies across the country and has advised clients regarding coverage and bad faith litigation issues. He has appeared in court in Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Jersey, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut Virginia South Dakota, South Carolina, North Carolina, Utah and California.

Right now, Mr. Gross is the Chair of the Arizona State Bar's Motor Carrier Transportation continuing legal education program and one of two managing authors and editors of the Arizona Tort Law Handbook that was produced by the Arizona State Bar. He has written over 20 articles and books associated with insurance coverage, liability defense and claims practices that include Chapter 8 from the national Claims Adjuster's Automobile Liability handbook released by West in 2009 as well as Chapter 9 from the two-volume book entitled Handling Insurance Cases published by West in 2011. Moreover, he has been listed in the Southwest Super Lawyers since its launch, has gained a place in The Best Lawyers in America for 2019 to 2026, and is rated AV Preeminent through Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Gross is a partner of the CPCU Society, the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), and the Arizona Association of Special Investigation Units (AASIU).

Practice Areas

Industries

  • Automotive

  • Insurance

  • Transportation

Education

  • Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona

    • J.D. - 2005

    • Honors: cum laude

    • Honors: Arizona State Law Journal

    • Honors: Arizona State Bar Tax Scholarship, 2005

    • Honors: William H. Pedrick Scholar

Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2019 – present, Insurance Law

  • Arizona’s Finest Lawyer

  • Southwest Super Lawyers

  • Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star

  • Arizona Top Lawyers 2016, PHOENIX Magazine

Professional Association

  • Trucking Insurance Defense Association

  • CPCU Society

  • AADC-YLD Board of Directors, 2008 - 2010

  • Mended Little Hearts Pediatric Heart Charity, 2012 - 2015

BOOKS

  • Authored Chapter Nine of "Practice Tools for Handling Insurance Cases" (Thomson Reuters/West 2011).

  • Plitt & Gross "Arizona Tort Law Handbook" (Arizona State Bar 2012).

  • Authored Chapter Eight of "The Claim Adjuster's Automobile Liability Handbook" (Thomson Reuters/West 2009).

  • Co-authored "Construction Defects: Claims and Coverage: "Progressive Losses-Triggers of Coverage, Numbering of Occurrences and Allocation Among Successive Policies" (DRI Defense Library Series) (Ch. 3, Part II).

  • Couch on Insurance 3d. (Chapter 200).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Motor Carrier "Lease Liability": Is it Time to Rebut the Irrebutable Presumption of Vicarious Liability?, Common Defense (Fall 2011).

  • The Extension of Insurance to Cover the Plaintiff's Financial Risk of Litigation: "Bodily Injury" "Property Damage" and "Attorney's Fees" Caused by an Occurrence?, Common Defense (Fall 2011).

  • Communicable and Transmission of Disease Exclusion, Ins. Lit. Rptr. Vol. 33, No. 7 (2011).

  • Exploring Experimental Treatment Exclusions. Ins. Lit. Rptr., Vol. 33, No. 12 (July 2011).

  • A Review Of ISO's Fungi And Bacteria Exclusion, Ins. Lit. Rptr., Vol. 33, No. 8 (2011).

  • Splitting Claim Files: Managing the Concern for Conflicts of Interest Through Use of Insurance Company Conflicts Screens Ins. Litigation Rptr. Vol 32, Number 6 (April 2010).

  • Use Caution When Relying Upon Insurance Fraud Immunity Statutes, IASIU, SIU Today Magazine (Summer 2010).

  • Shifting Attorneys' Fees To The Losing Party: Is It Covered Under The Policy? Ins. Lit. Rptr., Winter 2009.

  • Mortgage Demands for Homeowner Coverage When The Insured Property Has Been Stripped During Foreclosure. In-House Quarterly, Winter 2009.

  • The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is No Bully to a Carriers' Right to an Examination Under Oath. IASIU, SIU Today.

  • The Inherent Tension Between the Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-incrimination and the Insurance Company's Contractual Right to Cooperation: Can a Jurisprudential Balance Be Achieved?, Ins. Litigation Rptr. Vol. 30, Number 18 (2008).

  • Claims for Embezzlement of Client Funds, DRI for the Defense, Vol. 49, No. 3 (March 2007).

  • Medical Payments Coverage: A Policy Inside A Policy, Ins. Litigation Rptr. Vol. 28, Number 14 (2006).

  • Evaluating Medical Payment Coverage Questions. Claims Journal (May 7, 2012).

  • Vandalism, Vacancy and the Absence of Property Coverage, Ins. Lit. Rptr. Vol. 33, No. 18 (2011).

  • Interpreting Immunity: Why It's Wise to Use Caution With Insurance Fraud statutes, SIU Today Magazine (Fall 2011).

PRESENTATIONS

  • “Personal Injury Law Updates” (bad faith and claims handling) (September 6, 2024) Arizona State Bar Speaker) Arizona State Bar.

  • “Personal Injury Basis” (September 23, 2022) Arizona State Bar.

  • "2015 Insurance Law Institute" (January 29-30, 2015) Arizona State Bar.

  • "Arizona Insurance Law" (January 31, 2013) Arizona State Bar.

  • “Motor Carrier Trucking Law” (October 2015) Arizona State Bar (Seminar Chair).

  • “Litigating Insurance Coverage Claims: From Start to Finish"(December 2011) National Business Institute.

  • “Motor Carrier Trucking Law” (December 2011) Arizona State Bar (Seminar Chair).

  • “Insurance Coverage Litigation” (October 2010) National Business Institute.

  • "Arizona Insurance Law" (January 2010) Arizona State Bar.

  • "Arizona Insurance Law" (January 2009) Arizona State Bar

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