Effective July 1, 2018, WCM is pleased to announce that Vincent Terrasi has been promoted to Partner. We are also pleased to announce that Heather Aquino and George Parpas have been promoted to Counsel.
Vincent, who is based in WCM’s New York office, handles the defense, trial and appeal of high-exposure personal injury claims, including cases involving construction accidents. Vincent, who is also admitted to practice in Connecticut, joined WCM as Counsel in 2014 after 15 years of insurance defense litigation experience working with prominent insurance defense firms representing national insurance carriers in all matters of civil litigation including premises, dram shop, labor law, municipal, motor vehicle, trucking and no-fault matters and other high exposure cases. Vincent was also a professional editor of legal treatises in the areas of litigation, construction law and New York civil procedure.
Heather, who is based in WCM’s New Jersey office, focuses her practice on general liability and handles a variety of claims including premises and auto, as well as the defense of non-profit educational organizations, corporations and non-profit organizations in recreational liability matters. She also analyzes insurance coverage issues and routinely handles environmental matters. Before joining WCM in 2009, Heather was a litigation associate at a mid-sized New Jersey law firm defending premises liability, auto and toxic tort matters.
George, who is based in WCM’s New York office, handles a variety of complex general liability claims, litigates labor law claims and defends premises liability and property damage claims. Before joining WCM in 2014, George worked for a New York civil litigation firm concentrating in general liability defense.
WCM is a regional defense focused law firm with offices in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. WCM solves defense and coverage issues cleanly, quickly and efficiently. We are committed to maintaining our reputation for excellence and to letting our results speak for themselves.