Elliot H. Wernick

With more than 30 years of legal experience, Elliot H. Wernick is a highly respected senior member of The Cavanagh Law Firm, who has spent more than 25 years counseling and representing the insurance industry and its policy holders in complex litigation matters.

Peer rated by Martindale Hubbell as an AV Preeminent lawyer, Elliot has extensive experience in skillfully and successfully handling complex personal injury and tort matters, such as the defense and litigation of complex automobile and trucking accidents resulting in catastrophic injury or death. A considerable part of Elliot's personal injury practice is devoted to defending injury and wrongful death suits against motor carrier transport and crane companies in both state and federal court. Elliot's practice also includes insurance coverage analysis and litigation. He has handled complex insurance coverage claims in both first and third party contexts and his litigation practice related to insurance policies includes all types, with an emphasis on life, health, and disability. Elliot’s insurance coverage practice includes interpretation and analysis of general liability, personal and commercial auto claims and he devotes a significant amount of his insurance practice defending bad faith and punitive damage claims against insurance carriers in both state and federal court.

Elliot volunteers in different capacities, including two terms as a Board Member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (co-chairing the Pro Bono Disciplinary Committee), and devotes additional time in support of Ryan House, a place that provides care and programs for medically complex children (and their families) as they navigate life-limiting or end-of-life journeys.

Elliot has co-authored the chapters on Negligence and Punitive Damages in the Arizona Tort Law Handbook (published by the Arizona State Bar in 2012), and has been recognized as a Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney by Southwest Super Lawyers since 2015.