View Steven J. Gross’ CV

Representative Experience

Mr. Gross is a litigator and has extensive experience handling complex insurance coverage, professional liability, and catastrophic personal injury defense matters.  Mr. Gross serves as national and regional coverage counsel for two large insurance carriers and has appeared in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Jersey, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, South Dakota, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Utah.   

Mr. Gross speaks and writes frequently on insurance law topics and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2019.  He is a contributing author for Couch on Insurance 3d, a nationally recognized authoritative treatise on insurance law often recognized and relied upon by courts and attorneys throughout the United States.  He also authored chapter nine of Practical Tools for Handling Insurance Cases which aims to filter complex insurance coverage issues into an easily readable and digestible format for attorneys across the country and was published by West in 2011.

Mr. Gross is one of two managing authors and editors selected by the Arizona State Bar to create the Arizona Tort Law Handbook which has sold hundreds of copies to lawyers throughout the State of Arizona.  He has published over twenty articles relating to insurance coverage, liability defense, and claims practices including chapter eight of the national Claims Adjuster’s Automobile Liability handbook published by West in 2009.  He has been listed by Southwest Super Lawyers since inception and maintains an AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Gross is a member of the CPCU Society.

Associations & Activities

• Trucking Insurance Defense Association
• CPCU Society
• AADC-YLD Board of Directors, 2008-2010
• Mended Little Hearts Pediatric Heart Charity, 2012-2015

Awards & Recognition

• 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

Education

• Arizona State University (B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, 2002; J.D., cum laude, 2005)
• Arizona State Law Journal
• Arizona State Bar Tax Scholarship. 2005
• William H. Pedrick Scholar

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