Richard Gerber Email & Phone Number

Mr. Gerber is an experienced trial lawyer practicing exclusively in catastrophic fire/explosion subrogation cases. Mr. Gerber is a partner at Evans & Dixon, LLC and Chairman of the Fire/Subrogation group. Mr. Gerber has built his reputation as being a tough trial lawyer, 30 years of litigation and trial experience handling fire cases in warehouse, school, manufacturing, hotel, railroad and other commercial buildings. Whether from chemical explosions, spontaneous combustion, wildfire, electrical or mechanical, Mr. Gerber has tried fire cases in state and federal courts across the country with incredible success, including product liability, negligence, contract and torts cases. His extensive experience in trials, mediation and arbitration has resulted in the recovery of close to $100,000,000.00 on behalf of insurance companies and individual insureds. Mr. Gerber and his team can be at a fire scene, anywhere in the country, on moments notice. Mr. Gerber is a nationally recognized attorney in fire litigation and is speaks at insurance/fire related conferences across the country, such as:3/8/07 PLRB Conference - Orlando, FL - Chemical Explosions4/14/08 PLRB Conference - Boston, MA - Large Loss Subrogation/Spontaneous Combustion Fires 3/22/09 PLRB Conference - Seattle, WA - Site Investigations and Evidence Retention 3/21/10 PLRB- San Antonio, TX Site Investigations/Expert Retention4/22/10 NSPII – Building a your fire case From Inception, Site Investigations 5/5/11 NASP - Missouri/Kansas Chapter - St. Louis, MO - Fires and the Rules of Evidence 11/7/11 NASP National Conference - Orlando, Fl. Strategic Considerations with Experts3/2013

Listed skills include Product Liability, Litigation, Civil Litigation, Mediation, and 19 others.

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