Experience

The Cavanagh Law Firm

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Member

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Elliot Wernick is a Senior Member with The Cavanagh law Firm and has been practicing law for almost thirty years, including the last twenty-three counseling and representing the insurance industry and its insureds in complex litigation matters. Peer rated by Martindale Hubbell as an AV Preeminent lawyer, Mr. Wernick has extensive experience in successfully handling complex personal injury and tort matters, including the defense and litigation of complex automobile and trucking accidents resulting in catastrophic injury or death. Mr. Wernick devotes a substantial amount of his personal injury practice to the defense of injury and wrongful death claims against motor carrier transport and crane companies in both state and federal court. Mr. Wernick's practice also includes insurance coverage analysis and litigation. He has handled complex insurance coverage claims in both first and third party contexts. His insurance coverage litigation practice has included all types of insurance policies with a particular emphasis on life, health and disability. Mr. Wernick's insurance coverage practice includes interpretation and analysis of general liability, personal and commercial auto related coverage claims and professional malpractice; and he devotes a substantial amount of his insurance practice to the defense of insurance bad faith and punitive damage claims against insurance companies in both state and federal court. Mr. Wernick has also served in a number of volunteer activities, including two terms as a Board Member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (co-chairing the Pro Bono Disciplinary Committee), and as a judge for local high school mock trial competitions and law school moot court activities. Mr. Wernick has an AV Preeminent Rating with Martindale Hubbell and has been named as a Southwest Super Lawyer since 2015.



Kunz Plitt Hyland Demlong & Kleifield

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney and Shareholder

  • May 1999 - Dec 2015

  Represented clients (including motor transport carriers, insurers and insureds) in both Federal and State Court on a variety of litigation matters (including wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases, complex casualty cases, insurance bad faith cases, and first and third party coverage cases); Represented clients at arbitration, mediation, trial and before the Court of Appeals; Conducted depositions and witness interviews; Researched, drafted and argued substantive pleadings (including discovery motions, motions in limine, dispositive motions, and appellate briefs); and, Researched and drafted coverage opinions involving complex issues.



O. Joseph Chornenky, P.C.

• Attorney

  • Nov 1994 - May 1999

  Represented clients in Federal, State and Municipal Courts on felony and misdemeanor criminal charges; Represented clients before Federal, State and County Grand Juries; Researched, drafted and argued substantive pleadings (including motions to suppress, motions in limine, dispositive motions, and appellate briefs); Conducted depositions and witness interviews; and, Drafted Special Actions, State and Federal Appellate Briefs and Federal Petition for Certiorari. Represented clients in Federal, State and Municipal Courts on felony and misdemeanor criminal charges; Represented clients before Federal, State and County Grand Juries; Researched, drafted and argued substantive pleadings (including motions to suppress, motions in limine, dispositive motions, and appellate briefs); Conducted depositions and witness interviews; and, Drafted Special Actions, State and Federal Appellate Briefs and Federal Petition for Certiorari.