
Mark J. Krone
Associate
Mark J. Krone focuses his practice on business insurance and bank insurance, as well as commercial litigation. He is successfully litigated at the trial and appellate levels in a variety of matters involving fidelity and financial institution bonds, commercial crime and faithful performance. Mark is licensed to practice in California and New York.
Practice Areas
- Business and Commercial
- Directors and Officers
- Fidelity and Crime Insurance
- Financial Institutions
- Insurance Coverage and Litigation
- Professional Liability
- Subrogation and Recovery
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1995
- University of Colorado, B.S., 1989, Business
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Published Works
- “Common Issues For Financial Institutions And Fidelity Insurers Under Articles 3, 4 & 4a Of The Uniform Commercial Code,” co-authored with Carleton R. Burch, Fidelity Law Journal, 2016
- “Loss & Causation,” chapter co-authored with Carleton R. Burch & Kenneth D. Watnick, Annotated Commercial Crime Policy, 2015
- “Introduction to Bitcoin & Potential Insurance Coverage for Virtual Currencies,” co-authored with Howard M. Bernstein, Fidelity Law Journal, 2015
- “Direct Loss & Causation,” co-author with Gary J. Valeriano, Commercial Crime Policy, 2014
- “Financial Institution Bond, Insuring Agreement (E) – Securities,” chapter co-authored with Gary J. Valeriano, Carleton R. Burch, Applemans on Insurance, 2013
- “Common Issues Under the Cooperation Clause, with an Emphasis on Claims Involving Insureds that are Going Out of Business, or Are Out of Business, co-authored with Carleton R. Burch, Dominique Sena, and Peter Fascia, Eastern Bond Claims Review, 2009
- “Compensability of Losses Due to Dishonest Closing Attorneys and Other Agents,” ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Meeting, Surety Claims Institute, 2009
- “Who’s Who? An update on the Alter Ego Defense, co-authored with Carleton R. Burch, Carl Grant, and Guy Harrison, Eastern Bond Claims Review, 2007
- “The Insured’s Duty to Cooperate – Is It All Bark and No Bite?,” co-authored with Lisa M. Le Nay, Surety Claims Institute, 2007
- “Ninth Circuit Agrees that a Loan by Any Other Name is Still a Loan,” co-authored with David T. DiBiase & Gary J. Valeriano, IADC Newsletter, October 2006
- “Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” (co-author), PLI Publication, 1997
Speeches and Presentations
- “Only the Hits! The top fidelity cases over the last year (or so),” Eastern Bond Claims Review, 2016
- “Loss & Causation,” with Kenneth D. Watnick & Christopher K. Money, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, 2015
- “Introduction to Bitcoin & Potential Insurance Coverage for Virtual Currencies,” co-authored with Howard M. Bernstein, Fidelity Law Association, 2015
- “Cryptocurrency – Losses and Coverage,” Webinar with Robert R. Warchola and Kevin Baker, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, 2015
- “Emerging Trends in Computer Crime Claims,” with Timothy Markey & Kevin Baker, Eastern Bond Claims Review, 2015.
- “The Fundamentals of Cryptocurrency,” Webinar, The Surety & Fidelity Association of America, 2014
- “Technologies in Electronic Transactions and Changes in the Law to Address Them,” ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Meeting, 2011
- “Compensability of Losses Due to Dishonest Closing Attorneys & Other Closing Agents,” Surety Claims Institute, 2009
Professional Associations
- ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Vice-Chair for the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 2014 to present.
- Los Angeles County Bar Association