Fintan Brancato
Partner · Insurance coverage
Fintan started his career defending insurers, so he knows how a denial letter gets written. Now he represents the businesses that receive them.
He handles coverage disputes for businesses and building owners: denied property and business-interruption claims, and carriers that refuse to defend.
He also writes the firm's significant motions and handles its appeals.
Works on
- Property and business-interruption claims
- Duty-to-defend disputes
- Bad-faith claims handling
- Motions and appeals
Fintan's admissions and education
- Bar admissions
- New York2012Ohio2015
- Courts
- New York State courts2012U.S. District Court, Western District of New York2013U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio2015
- Education
- J.D., Syracuse University College of Law2011B.A., English, St. Bonaventure University2008
- Languages
- EnglishItalianconversational
- Memberships
- Bar Association of Erie County, Insurance Law Committee
Away from the policy forms
Fintan grew up in Olean, the son of a hardware store owner who once had a claim denied, which he says explains a great deal.
He plays fiddle in a session at a pub on Hertel Avenue most Thursdays, and has never once been asked to stop.