Victor Kotec

Partner

Victor.Kotec@lewisbrisbois.com

Victor Kotec is a partner in the New York office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the General Liability and Construction Practices. He has extensive litigation experience in defending a variety of clients, including, among others, national and multinational property owners, real estate developers, contractors, municipal agencies, consultants, and insurers. Victor’s civil defense practice is focused on matters involving General Liability, Construction/New York Labor Law Liability, Premises Liability, and Automobile Liability claims. His experience also includes defending matters involving construction-design defects and property damage. Victor regularly advises clients on issues pertaining to litigation defense, risk transfers, loss prevention measures and cost-control methods.

Victor successfully defends and resolves pre- and post-suit matters involving multi-million-dollar exposure, from initial incident reporting up through dispositive motion practice, mediation, trial, and appeal. He places particular emphasis and focused efforts on early incident investigation, with hands-on involvement to develop viable defenses to any potential future claims, as well pursuing various risk transfer avenues to hold all potential culpable actors responsible.

Victor is also regularly called upon to serve as excess-monitoring counsel or associated counsel to protect against excess/high exposure of clients, in which he evaluates and reassesses primary defense counsels’ prior handling of matters and then works in conjunction with primary defense counsel to rectify and resolve any oversights while implementing additional defense solutions to guide matters towards a successful resolution.

On a personal level, Victor is an avid fan of domestic and international sports and a film/TV series buff.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • General Liability
  • Construction
  • New York Labor Law
  • Hospitality

Admissions

New York

  • United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York

Connecticut

Associations

Member, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance

Awards & Honors

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America® 2024, Litigation - Construction
  • Cum laude honors, Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • Member, Quinnipiac University School of Law – Law Review
  • “Outstanding Performance in Oral Advocacy Award”, Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • “John A. Speziale Award for Excellence in Written Advocacy,” Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • “Distinguished Academic Achievement Award-Legal Skills,” Quinnipiac University School of Law

Education

Quinnipiac University School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude

Quinnipiac University School of Business

Masters of Business Administration

St. Joseph’s University New York

Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude