Continental Who's Who

Rostyslaw J. Smyk

Rostyslaw J. Smyk is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Professional Member in the Legal field. Smyk’s professional title is Attorney at the firm of Ruberry, Stalmack and Garvey, LLC, a firm that specializes in insurance and bad faith coverage law. He has served in his position for the past 19 years and in his role, has provided coverage opinions and litigated coverage disputes in a number of jurisdictions on a wide variety of coverage types, including: commercial general liability, commercial umbrella, professional liability, errors and omissions, directors and officers, employment practices liability and commercial auto policies. Additionally, Smyk has addressed work product exclusions, trigger of coverage, allocation of loss among insurers, horizontal exhaustion, targeted tender, applicability of ‘additional insured’ coverage and breaches of conditions precedent to coverage. “Ruberry, Stalmack & Garvey, LLC (RSG) maintains a highly successful litigation and coverage team that serves clients in a variety of areas including insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, direct defense, public entity, environmental law, toxic/mass tort litigation and complex commercial cases,” the firm’s website states. “Our success is due to the outstanding talents of our attorneys and our commitment to providing exceptional legal services.” “I have been able to secure judgment as a matter of law on behalf of insurers on numerous occasions, achieving an exemplary won/lost record in the process,” Smyk said. “I have extensive experience with issues arising under ‘claims made’ policies including: applications of related acts provisions, prior notice language and timely reporting issues.” Smyk earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1993. He then went on to complete his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University in 1997, as well as a certificate in Theology from St. Paul University in 2010. To further his professional development, Smyk is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. “When not practicing law, Smyk enjoys listening to classical music and jazz, cooking for family and friends and cheering on the Blackhawks from his seat among the die-hard fans in the United Center’s 300-level,” his bio featured on the firm’s website reads. For more information, visit www.rsg-law.com.