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Matthew J. Fink
Matt counsels clients and litigates coverage disputes involving a wide range of policies and exposures, including commercial liability claims involving defective products, food contamination, property damage and catastrophic bodily injury, construction defect claims, pollution liability policies, financial lines, and transportation.
Awards & Rankings
- Chambers USA, Insurance (Colorado), 2026
- Chambers USA, Insurance: Dispute Resolution (Illinois), 2016-2024
- Best Lawyers®, The Best Lawyers in America®, 2021-2027
- Colorado Super Lawyers® (Insurance Coverage), 2026
- Illinois Super Lawyers® (Insurance Coverage), 2005-2025
Outside Nicolaides
Matt enjoys road biking, hiking, golf, and squash. He recently celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary and enjoys spending time with his family, including the recent addition of a grandson.
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West Virginia pollutionIn a high-stakes case involving coverage under a pollution legal liability policy, we presented issues of first impression and secured summary judgment in West Virginia federal court. The underlying class action case alleged injury and damage from exposure to carbon black from a manufacturing facility.
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Repeated molestation claims against religious organizationThe New York Court of Appeals adopted our position that repeated sexual molestations constituted separate occurrences and must be equitably allocated across all years in which they took place. The Court also concurred that our client had not waived its right to litigate these issues.
Case Study
Case Study
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- June 4, 2026
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- August 21, 2025
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- June 5, 2025
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- ARTICLES
- January 22, 2024
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- June 9, 2023
- Chambers and Partners
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- January 24, 2023
- Super Lawyers®
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- August 18, 2022
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- June 29, 2022
- Law Week Colorado
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- June 13, 2022
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- June 1, 2022
- Chambers and Partners
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- January 28, 2022
- Super Lawyers®
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- August 19, 2021
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- May 20, 2021
- Chambers and Partners
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- January 29, 2021
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- December 9, 2020
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- August 25, 2020
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- April 23, 2020
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- January 29, 2020
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- June 29, 2018
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- January 25, 2018
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- May 26, 2017
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- February 1, 2017
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- January 23, 2017
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- March 15, 2016
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- January 12, 2016
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- September 1, 2015
ADDITIONAL SPEAKING & WRITING
- Presenter, "What's Up with Missouri?" private client seminar, Boston, Massachusetts (October 2018)
- Presenter, "Property Damage Overview," private client seminars, Warren, N.J. and New York, NY (May 2018)
- Presenter, "Coverage Outliers," private client seminar, Chicago, IL (January 2018)
- Presenter, "Bad Faith Mock Trial," private client seminar, Basking Ridge, N.J. (December 2017)