Neil L. Sambursky
Partner
E-mail: nsambursky@pmtlawfirm.com
Offices: Garden City, NY | Roseland, NJ
Neil has been a practicing attorney for over 30 years and joined PMT in 2019 as the Managing Partner of PMT’s Garden City, New York office as well as the Co-chair of the firm’s Products and Chair of PMT’s Coverage Group. Neil has a diverse practice and is a sought-after defense and insurance coverage attorney. Clients know that when they have a problem, even at the eleventh hour, they can turn to Neil and he will successfully get the job done.
Neil is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey; he has an active defense and insurance coverage practice in all of the state and federal courts in both states. Neil serves as national product liability counsel to a Fortune 100 company.
Neil’s insurance defense practice in New York and New Jersey, includes all types of civil matters including asbestos, construction defect, construction accidents, including New York Labor Law, environmental, toxic tort, and every other type of premises liability case. Neil’s insurance coverage practice is equally diverse. Neil both prosecutes and defends insurance declaratory judgment actions and is regularly called on to issue coverage opinions for claims under first-party property, environmental, general liability and professional liability policies in New York, New Jersey and throughout the country. Neil’s coverage expertise also extends to all aspects of additional insured and contractual pass-through/indemnification issues associated with complex construction accident/construction defect claims. Neil has succeeded for his clients on motion, at mediation and trial, and at the appellate level.
Neil is counsel to insurance and non-insurance clients and his clients include Arch Insurance Group, Admiral Insurance Company, AdvanSix, Inc., Berkley Insurance Company, Honeywell International Inc., Pride Mobility Products Corporation, Resideo Technologies, Inc., Sompo International Insurance, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual IGarnsurance Company, Vela Insurance, and Zurich Insurance Company.
Neil is a tough negotiator and he has successfully mediated hundreds of cases, both coverage and defense, for his clients. Neil provides in-house lectures at insurance companies on coverage, defense and claim handling issues and he also been asked to speak for the New York State Bar Association and other organizations.
Below are some of Neil’s public presentations and speeches:
- “Trying The Environmental Coverage Case” (Mealey’s)
- “Commercial Lines Insurance Coverage With Advanced Issues” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “2005 Update and Overview of Premises Liability” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “Commercial Lines: Coverage for the Construction Defect Claim” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “2007 Insurance Coverage Update: Focus on First Party Coverage Issues. (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “Can the Commercial General Liability Policy Survive? Recent Developments Affecting Coverage for Bodily Injury Claims Under the CGL Policy” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “Additional Insured Coverage: Hot Topics & Critical Issues for 2009” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- “Practical Skills – Basic Tort and Insurance Law Practice” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
- Law School For Insurance Professionals” (New York State Bar Assoc.)
Affiliations
American Bar Association
CLM
New Jersey Bar Association
New York Bar Association
Distinctions
Super Lawyers 2014-2019
Super Lawyers 2020

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Articles by Neil L. Sambursky
HOT TOPICS – Baby You Can Drive My Car: Product Liability Exposure in the Age of Self-Driving Vehicles
By Kenneth A. Krajewski and Neil L. Sambursky. “The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.” – Bill Gates. As the world […]
Garden City, NY Office Articles
Managing Partner – Neil L. Sambursky
The PMT Advantage – The Numbers Roundtable: Your Assurance of Proper Verdict and Settlement Value
By Thomas M. Bona. When an insurance adjuster asks their defense attorney for his opinion of the case’s value, what usually happens is relatively standard. Their attorney looks at the […]
In the Eyes of the Beholder: Bankrupt Store Sells Unpaid $175M Business Interruption Claims
By Thomas M. Bona. As we reported earlier, Century 21 Department Stores filed for bankruptcy as a result of the pandemic. Century 21 claimed that its bankruptcy was in part a […]
HOT TOPICS – Baby You Can Drive My Car: Product Liability Exposure in the Age of Self-Driving Vehicles
By Kenneth A. Krajewski and Neil L. Sambursky. “The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.” – Bill Gates. As the world […]
PMT Always on Your Side – Our Commitment to Constant Learning and Continuing Education
By Thomas M. Bona. One of the ways PMT is Always on Your Side is by serving as your trusted adviser and counselor. We believe that we are charged with […]
NY Governor Suspends Statute of Limitations
By John A. Risi. October 2020 – Update New York Extends the Tolling of Statute of Limitations Until November 3rd…with a Twist Beginning on March 20, 2020, New York State, […]
Roseland, NY Office Articles
Managing Partners – Neil L. Sambursky & Peter M. Dunne
The PMT Advantage – The Numbers Roundtable: Your Assurance of Proper Verdict and Settlement Value
By Thomas M. Bona. When an insurance adjuster asks their defense attorney for his opinion of the case’s value, what usually happens is relatively standard. Their attorney looks at the […]
PMT Always on Your Side – Our Commitment to Constant Learning and Continuing Education
By Thomas M. Bona. One of the ways PMT is Always on Your Side is by serving as your trusted adviser and counselor. We believe that we are charged with […]
Employee Privacy during COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York
By Michael Brumbach, Lisa Grandner and Andrew Ho. As America starts to get back to our new “normal”, some employers have already been taking precautions for the reopening of America’s […]
May Updates to Workers’ Compensation Rules and Procedures – New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
By Charlene Stewart Barnaba and Anthony M. Napoli. During the COVID-19 Outbreak, many of us may be directly affected by the coronavirus, experiencing financial hardships, working remotely and practicing social […]
Updates to Workers’ Compensation Rules and Procedures – New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
By Charlene Stewart Barnaba, Laurie A. Carroll and Anthony M. Napoli. COVID-19 has gripped the entire world and each of our local communities. The PMT Law Firm is working to […]