New York, NY - Anderson Kill & Olick P.C. is pleased to announce that founding partner Eugene R. Anderson and managing partner Robert M. Horkovich have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Fewer than three percent of all lawyers in the country were selected for inclusion in the guide, which includes listings for more than 23,000 lawyers in virtually every major specialty of law in all 50 states.Described by BusinessWeek as "the dean of policyholders' attorneys" and named by Business Insurance as one of the 20 people who have had the greatest impact on property and casualty insurance over the past twenty years, Eugene R. Anderson is a pioneer of insurance coverage litigation on behalf of policyholders. Chairperson of the amicus committee of United Policyholders and Director of Citizens Against Unfair Insurance Practices, Mr. Anderson has led his firm to file over 250 amicus briefs on behalf of policyholders.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, four landmark state Supreme Court decisions, eight jury verdicts and eight bench trial decisions in favor of the policyholderSince its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. The guide is based on an exhaustive year-long peer-review survey in which leading attorneys nationwide rate the top practitioners in their specialties. The current edition of the guide is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called the publication "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."About Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C practices law in the areas of  Insurance Recovery, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Employment & Labor Law, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates, and Bankruptcy.  The firm's senior attorneys maintain national and international practices from offices in New York City, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia, PA and Washington, D.C.For more information, please contact:Carol A. UeckermanCommunications/Marketing Managercueckerman@andersonkill.com