A true insurance attorney has passed

It is with sadness that I learned about the passing of Norman Dachs.

I never had the pleasure of meeting Norman Dachs, Esq.  He was a pioneer in the third-party personal injury realm, but I did not get heavily involved in that area of work until I started my practice in 2010 and never knew him in that vain.  Mr. Dachs became a master arbitrator a few years ago.  My review of the hundreds of decisions he wrote showed a very intellectual viewpoint.  There is no other master arbitrator who would push the bounds of Petrosky as Mr. Dachs.  In fact, writing a brief to him was many times more intellectually thrilling than the rote Appellate Term, Second Department responses that I am stuck writing.

For purposes of full disclosure, I would note that I was cursing his name last week as he reversed a lower arbitration victory of mine, forcing a trip to Supreme Court on a Petition.  I just filed the Petition today. While I disagreed with him, I appreciated his vigor and the fact that he was not a rubber stamp to the awards of the AAA arbitrators.  We need more Norman Dachs’ in the no-fault system.  A good hire on the part of DFS and a true attorney.  I will miss Master Dachs.

Jason Tenenbaum