Law360 Selects Benjamin W. Massarsky as “2024 Rising Star”

Miller Friel is proud to announce that Law360 has selected Benjamin W. Massarsky as one of its “Rising Stars of 2024” identifying him in a select grouping of top attorneys under 40 for insurance law, an honor bestowed on “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.”  Law360 2024 Rising Stars.  As Law360 explained, Mr. Massarsky “helped a flooded manufacturing factory obtain more than $112 million from its insurers, one of the largest verdicts in Indiana history and one of the largest bad faith wins nationwide in 30 years, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40.” Law360 Rising Star: Miller Friel’s Benjamin W. Massarsky.  Helping achieve one of the largest bad faith awards nationwide is only one of Benjamin Massarsky’s many accomplishments.

Benjamin Massarsky – Law360 2024 Rising Star

Law360’s profile of Mr. Massarsky highlighted not only the momentous results that Mr. Massarsky frequently achieves for clients, but also his passion for insurance coverage law.  Quoting him, Law 360 highlighted his tenacity and perseverance stating, “[y]ou’ve got 100-plus-page insurance policies with thousands of provisions that interact and affect one another, and all have bearing on your client’s problem. . . . to sit down with this and know the answer is in there somewhere, you just have to figure out how to make it work, and when you do, it’s incredibly gratifying.”  This detail-oriented approach is essential in the practice of insurance coverage law.

Law360 also highlighted Mr. Massarsky’s recent work on other cases, including on behalf of Smartsheet Inc., as well as his pro bono work on behalf of students with special education disabilities.

Mr. Massarsky is one of only five honorees nationwide, from both the policyholder and insurer-side insurance coverage bars. This is truly a distinction that matters.

Miller Friel is proud to have Benjaman W. Massarsky on its side and is equally proud to be recognized among some of the most prestigious law firms in the country, including Wachtell Lipton, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Cravath, Simpson Thacher, Skadden Arps, Quinn Emanuel, Paul Weiss, and Sullivan & Cromwell.   To have our firm’s results recognized with these prestigious firms is a well-deserved honor.

The Law360 article listing the “Rising Stars of 2024” honorees is here: Law360 2024 Rising Stars

The Law360 article profiling Mr. Massarsky for the “Rising Stars of 2024” list is here: Law360 Rising Star: Miller Friel’s Benjamin W. Massarsky