Benjamin C Hassebrock
Associate
Born and raised in central Iowa, Ben Hassebrock is a 2001 graduate of the University of Iowa and a 2007 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. During law school, Ben served as a Note and Comment Editor for the Missouri Law Review and authored two casenotes. Afterward, Ben began his practice in business litigation at a Kansas City firm, where he focused primarily on insurance coverage matters. He moved to Miami to join Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin in 2009, and currently represents policyholders in all types of insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 2007
- Florida, 2010
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
Education
- University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
- J.D. - 2007
- Law Review: Missouri Law Review, Note and Comment Editor
- University of Iowa
- B.A. - 2001
Published Works
- Recent Developments in Insurance Law on Notice: The Continuing Trend Toward Requiring Prejudice, (Co-Author), New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law, 2009
- Our Federalism Changes Course: The Supreme Court Limits Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy Actions, Missouri Law Review, 2007
- Unnecessary But Proper: The Missouri Court of Appeals Expands the Constructive Trust Doctrine While Ignoring the Recording Act, Missouri Law Review, 2006
Honors and Awards
- Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review
