RICHARD C. CAVO
attended Niagara University and St. Lawrence University, where
he obtained a bachelors degree with honors in 1980. He received
his law degree from St. Johns University School of Law in New
York City in 1984, where he was a St. Thomas More Scholar and
a member of the Law Review.
Mr. Cavo served in the Westchester County New York District Attorney's
office, and then joined a New York firm defending environmental
and other complex insurance coverage actions. In 1988, he joined
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company as claim counsel for major
litigation, including environmental, latent health, products liability
and construction litigation.
Mr. Cavo represented Aetna in the Insurance Environmental Litigation
Association and served as its Vice-Chair during 1994-1996 before
being elected its Chairman in 1996-1997. While at Aetna from 1988
to 1996, Mr. Cavo was recognized for his accomplishments, including
his receipt of the Chairman's Award, the highest distinction given
by Aetna to an employee.
Author: Survey of New York Practice, St. John’s University
Law Review 1983: Co-Author, Morton International: The Fiction
of Regulatory Estoppel, 1993, 24 Seton Hall Law Review 847;
The Polluters’ Web: The Pollution Exclusion and the Question
of Deception, CPCU Journal (June, 1994); The Sophist’s
Maze: The Polluters’ Revision of the History of the Total
Pollution Exclusion, Mealey’s Insurance Litigation Reports
(September, 1994); A Study of History: The Evolution of Pollution
Insurance Regulation, Mealey’s Insurance Litigation
Reports (July, 1997);The Path of Least Resistance: Policyholder
Export of Expected or Intended Pollution Harms, Mealey’s
Insurance Litigation reports (June, 1998).
Mr. Cavo is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut as
well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern
and Northern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut.
He is also admitted to practice before the United States Circuit
Court for the Second Circuit. Mr. Cavo is the resident partner
in Litchfield Cavo LLP's Connecticut office.
