New York, NY (8/24/10) - Anderson Kill is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

The four attorneys are insurance recovery group co-chairs, Robert M. Horkovich and William G. Passannante, managing partner of the firm’s DC office, Rhonda D. Orin and Jeffrey A. Cohen.Robert M. Horkovich has obtained over $5 billion in settlements and judgments from insurance companies for his clients over the past decade.  His victories include one of the top 10 jury verdicts in the United States in 2003, the top insurance recovery jury verdict in the United States in 2005, five landmark state Supreme Court decisions, eight jury verdicts and eight bench trial decisions in favor of the policyholder since 1994.William G. Passannante is a leading attorney for policyholders in the area of insurance coverage.  He has appeared in cases throughout the country and has represented policyholders in litigation and trial in major precedent-setting cases.  Mr. Passannante was a drafter of the precedent-setting Weyerhaeuser case in the Supreme Court of the State of Washington which held that no overt threat against a policyholder is required to trigger insurance policies.Rhonda D. Orin has extensive experience in recovering insurance proceeds for policyholders across the country.  Her achievements include one of the top 10 jury verdicts in the United States in 2003, a landmark jury verdict in 2005 on behalf of a self-funded health plan, two precedent-setting state supreme court decisions, and favorable summary judgment rulings on a wide variety of issues.  Her caseload ranges from multi-million-dollar environmental disputes to products liability coverage cases, including asbestos bankruptcies.  She also has a cutting-edge specialty in representing employers with self-funded and fully insured health plans, including their evolving obligations due to health reform.First published in 1983, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, is based on more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Because of this rigorous and transparent methodology, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”