Vedant Gokhale

Mr. Gokhale manages the firm’s representation of HTFC. Mr. Gokhale’s duties in this role include drafting and reviewing of complaints, default motions and dispositive motions, which include motions for summary judgment, as well as drafting and responding to discovery requests. Additionally, Vedant assists in negotiations, which along with secured court judgments, have led to DOCB-NY’s recapture of over 4 million dollars for HTFC. In his 15 years of experience, and prior to working at DOCB-NY, Mr. Gokhale managed large scale document reviews; worked as a real estate attorney and was a staff attorney at  the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs where he provided legal counsel to the government agency responsible for all aspects of the enforcement of New York City Consumer Protection laws in administrative proceedings before Administrative Law Judges and in New York State Courts.

Vedant is a member of the South Asian Bar Association.

Speeches and Publications

On March 11, 2024, Vedant Gokhale co-presented on the topic of “Obtaining Medical Records During a Contestability Investigation” at the Eastern Claims Conference. The presentation focused on strategies for securing medical records as related to an insurance policy subject to the contestability period.

On May 16, 2023, Vedant Gokhale, Michelle d’Arcambal, and Jackie Malyk presented a CLE for a client discussing the nuts and bolts of rescission and lapse of an insurance policy, avoiding interpleader pitfalls, and strategies to use during discovery and litigation.

March 24, 2021: Michelle d’Arcambal and Vedant Gokhale gave a presentation entitled “What makes a disability or life insurance policy contestable and when is it contestable?” With fraudulent schemes to void policies becoming more prevalent and ongoing changes in the way insurers can perform routine contestability reviews after death, the pair discussed strategies that insurers can employ to adapt to the ever-growing changes in the industry as we enter this new decade.

On October 26, 2020, Michelle d’Arcambal, Kimberly O’Toole, and Vedant Gokhale conducted a CLE presentation for a client entitled “Life Insurance Litigation: Recent Topics in Rescission and Interpleader Cases.” The presentation addressed how outside counsel can assist with obtaining information during the regular contestability investigation, situations where policies may be rescinded after the expiration of the two-year contestability period, and avoiding unnecessary costs and potential extra-contractual liability in interpleader matters.

The Demise of Two Rescission Truisms, M. Darcambal and V. Gokhale, DRI Newsletter, Volume 31, Issue 2, July 2020. What makes a disability or life insurance policy contestable and when is it contestable? This article examines those questions focusing on the timing, proof of fraud and the obtaining of medical records issues as you navigate the decade ahead in this ever changing landscape of disability and life insurance policy contestability.

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