Ron H. Burnovski
Partner
Location: Dallas, TX
Phone: 469.942.8633
Email: rburnovski@clausen.com
Ron Burnovski is a trusted advisor to insurance carriers in all stages of claims litigation. With a practice focusing on first-party coverage he has managed all manner of claims from those involving pandemic-related business interruption to weather to construction defect.
Based in Clausen Miller’s Dallas office, Ron regularly secures successful outcomes for insurance clients when there are millions at stake. He has deep experience in the courts in Texas and California.
Earlier in his career, Ron represented corporate and individual clients in federal and state court commercial and real estate litigation.
Representative matters include:
– Represented the market of all-risk insurers on claim and in subsequent litigation relating to an oil refinery’s $500+ million contingent business interruption claim arising from an explosion of a ruptured oil pipeline.
– Successfully represented a builder’s risk carrier against a general contractor’s claim for over $15 million in alleged property damage arising during its construction of a hotel, obtaining summary judgement in the contractor’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit where it was established that the contractor had aggregated into its claim numerous, minor instances of non-causally related damage that were all below the policy’s applicable deductible.
– Successfully represented a builder’s risk carrier on $36 million claim on a Utah data storage facility by general contractor and sub-contractors arising from claimed delays in completion allegedly caused by electrical arcing events attributed to defective design or installation of the facility’s electrical equipment.
– Obtained summary judgment for property insurer based on the insured’s failure to comply with repeated requests for an examination under oath and failure to initiate their lawsuit within the contractual suit limitation period.
Ron received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 1994 after graduating with his B.A., with honors, in Economics and History from SUNY Binghamton in 1991. While in law school, he served as a judicial extern for Judge Dickran Tevrizian in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Chicago
Illinois 60603
10 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
T: 312.855.1010 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Dennis D. Fitzpatrick
New York
New York 10005
28 Liberty Street 39th Floor
New York, New York 10005
T: 212.805.3900 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 212.805.3939 Office Managing Partner: Carl M. Perri
Mission Viejo
California 92691
27285 Las Ramblas
Suite 200
Mission Viejo, California 92691
T: 949.260.3100 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 949.260.3190 Office Managing Partner: Ian R. Feldman
Florham Park
New Jersey 07932
100 Campus Drive
Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
T: 973.410.4130 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 973.410.4169 Office Managing Partner: Carl M. Perri
Michigan City
Indiana 46360
200 Commerce Square
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
T: 219.262.6106 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partners: Paige M. Neel, Kimbley A. Kearney
Milwaukee
Wisconsin 53202
250 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
T: 414.279.5525 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: James M. Weck
Stamford
Connecticut 06902
68 Southfield Avenue
2 Stamford Landing Suite 100
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
T: 203.921.0303 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 212.805.3939 Office Managing Partner: Matthew J. Van Dusen
Tampa
Florida 33609
4830 West Kennedy Boulevard, One Urban Center
Suite 600
Tampa, Florida 33609
T: 813.509.2578 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Dennis D. Fitzpatrick Co-Managing Partner: Kelly M. Vogt
San Francisco
California 94111
100 Pine Street
Suite 1250
San Francisco, California 94111
T: 415.287.2744 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 949.260.3190 Office Managing Partner: Ian R. Feldman
Houston
Texas 77019
2929 Allen Parkway
American General Center, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77019
T: 346.229.4612 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Ramy P. Elmasri
Dallas
Texas 75201
325 N. Saint Paul Street
Suite 3100
Dallas, Texas 75201
T: 469.942.8635 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Ramy P. Elmasri
Boca Raton
Florida 33434
7777 Glades Road
Suite 405
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
T: 561.765.5305 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Dennis D. Fitzpatrick Co-Managing Partner: Kelly M. Vogt