Evan M. Holober

Associate

Evan concentrates his practice on first-and third- party insurance matters, including insurance coverage disputes, bad faith litigation & counseling, and catastrophic injury claims. He analyzes claims and demands and prepares coverage recommendations for pre-litigation and active litigation claims involving property damage, bodily injuries, and pollution liability. He manages all stages of litigation, including discovery, conducting and defending depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and negotiating settlements. He also analyzes the applicability of newly enacted statutory reforms to pending and prospective insurance claims.

Before rejoining Cozen O'Connor in 2024, Evan was an associate with an Am Law 100 firm where his practice focused on insurance coverage litigation and investigations involving directors & officers, professional liability, errors & omissions, health care, and environmental liability insurance for a variety of organizations, including insurance agents and brokers, tech companies, and educational institutions. He also has experience litigating first-party insurance defense matters with a regional law firm in Miami and products liability and toxic tort matters with a firm in San Francisco. 

Evan received his B.A. in political science from University of California, Santa Barbara and his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

Publications

Florida Appellate Court Holds that Deadline to Report Claims Does Not Nullify Prompt Notice Provision [Property Insurance Law Observer Blog]

February 03, 2023

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal recently affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of a property insurer, holding that there is no conflict between the policy’s three year limitation for reporting hurricane claims and the requirement that the insured give prompt notice. In Navarro v....

Eleventh Circuit (Florida):  No Bad Faith for Investigating Claim [Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith Blog]

March 01, 2022

On February 15, 2022, the United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the Southern District of Florida’s summary judgment victory for GEICO, finding that no reasonable jury could conclude that GEICO had operated in bad faith with respect to its handling of a wrongful death claim...

Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Restaurant’s Allegations of Bad Faith and Breach of Contract After Appraisal [Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith Blog]

June 08, 2021

The Iowa Supreme Court recently reversed the appellate court’s denial of an insurer’s motion for a directed verdict, finding that United Fire did not breach the insurance policy and did not commit bad faith during a property appraisal. Luigi’s, Inc. v. United Fire and Cas. Co., No. 19-1669, ---...

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Education

  • Washington University School of Law, J.D., 2017
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 2013
  • California
  • Florida
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court -- Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court -- Southern District of Florida