Stanley A. Prokop

Stanley A. Prokop is a partner in the firm’s Detroit office and a member of the Insurance Law Practice Group. His practice is focused exclusively on insurance law litigation and coverage issues, including property damage cases, declaratory judgment actions, subrogation matters, fidelity claims and errors and omissions matters.

Mr. Prokop has earned the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (C.P.C.U.) designation, and he has published and lectured on a range of insurance issues.

Representative Client Work

• Represented numerous insurance carriers in declaratory judgment actions involving a variety of property and liability coverage’s, including coverage for environmental exposures, multi state products liability and personal and advertising claims
• Represented property insurance carriers in large commercial and residential fire, explosion and water damage cases
• Handled admiralty and marina cases involving significant liability and coverage issues
• Served as a member of the management review panel of Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association
• Successfully tried insurance coverage cases in all Michigan state and federal courts
• Authored hundreds of coverage opinions offering guidance to insurance carriers presented with insurance coverage questions
• Tried health and accident cases both under ERISA and under private policies
• Prosecuted and tried numerous subrogation cases seeking recovery on behalf of carriers in both property and liability cases
• Tried arson and fraud cases to conclusion in both federal and state courts, securing several no cause of action verdicts on behalf of property carriers

Professional Affiliations

• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan (Past Chairman, Insurance Law Committee)
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel 
• Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Advocates Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters

Community Involvement

• University of Michigan Alumni Association
• De LaSalle High School Board of Alumni Advisors
• Wayne State University Alumni Association
• U.S. Coast Guard Power Squadron

Publications and Lectures

• “ICLE’s Business Boot Camp II – Basic Training for Every Business Lawyer,” presented by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, seminar and course materials, 2007
• “Up on the Roof – Are You Ready for This Year’s Roofing Claims?” Plunkett & Cooney Client Seminar, December 2004
• “Chapter 19: Local Government Law and Practice,” Risk Management and Insurance, Michigan Municipal League, Textbook, 2003
• “Risk Management and Insurance,” Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys, Seminar, Lansing, Michigan 2003
• “Michigan Insurance Law and Practice,” Chapter 9, Professional Liability and Directors and Officers Insurance, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Textbook, 2002
• “Handling Insurance Disputes” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Seminar and Handbook, December, 2002
• “Property Insurance Law Update 2000: Case Law Update & Overview of Coverage Issues,” Plunkett & Cooney Client Seminar, May 2000
• “Allocation of Pollution Costs Among Responsible Insurance Companies,” International Legal Strategy Magazine, 2000
• “Recent Developments in Property Insurance Law,” Crawford & Company Seminar, 1995, 2002

News

• Plunkett Cooney attorneys among Michigan 'Super Lawyers'
• Plunkett Cooney Attorneys Named 2007 Michigan 'Super Lawyers'