Gerard H. Hanson is a partner of Hill Wallack LLP and a member of the firm's Management Committee. He is partner-in-charge of the firm's Litigation Division, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability and Trial & Insurance Defense Practice Groups.

A trial attorney by experience, Mr. Hanson's present practice concentration involves the representation of the insurance industry with respect to coverage disputes involving intermediaries and policyholders. In addition to providing advice to underwriters and claims management, he routinely litigates diverse coverage disputes including issues arising out of CGL, Directors & Officers, Errors & Omissions, Employment Practices Liability and other specialty lines. He also represents insurance brokers, agents and third party administrators.

Mr. Hanson's historical experience as a trial lawyer involved the defense of a wide range of claims, including: catastrophic personal injury, property damage and economic loss stemming from causes of action sounding in product, governmental, professional and employment liability; constitutional civil rights; statutory causes of action; defamation and libel; construction-related issues; and conventional negligence matters. Mr. Hanson has substantial trial experience in both federal and state courts and has been called upon by the U.S. District Court to serve as an Arbitrator.

Mr. Hanson has presented numerous lectures on a national basis concerning various insurance coverage and liability issues, including: "Non-Owned and Hired Auto Coverage", at the Defense Research Institute's November 2005 Auto Insurance Seminar in Chicago, IL; "Insurance Coverage Trends" at the Defense Research Institute's December 2004 Insurance Coverage and Practice Seminar in New York, NY; "Liabilities and Immunities of Boards of Commissioners" and "Public Officials' Liabilities," before the Public Housing Authority Directors Association in San Diego, CA in 1993 and 1992 respectively; the "Defense of Public Housing Authorities" in 1992, and "Government Liability Claims" before the Housing Authority Risk Retention Group in 1990; "Constitutional Civil Rights" before the American Trial Lawyers Association in 1991; and "Trial Advocacy in New Jersey," sponsored by the National Business Institute in 1990. Mr. Hanson is also a regular presenter to the New Jersey Defense Association at seminars including the Annual "Insurance Coverage Symposium".

Mr. Hanson graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics from Seton Hall University and earned a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. Mr. Hanson is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1978); before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1983); and before the U.S. Court of Military Appeals (1979).

Since the Fall Semester of 1998, Mr. Hanson has served as a Professor on the Adjunct Faculty of the Seton Hall University Law Center where he teaches Insurance Law.