Professionals

Mr. Gerber is a Member of Evans & Dixon, LLC and chairman of the firm’s Large Loss Subrogation practice group. Mr. Gerber has a reputation of being a tough trial lawyer, with extensive litigation and trial experience in the field of fire/explosion subrogation law. Mr. Gerber leads a team of lawyers he has trained over the years who likewise handle exclusively large loss subrogation cases, including product liability, fires, explosions, water losses, contract, environmental, railroad, transportation and construction matters. Two of  Mr. Gerber’s recent accomplishments involve the devastating West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion which caused over $500,000,000 in damages, the Younkers Building high-rise fire in Des Moines, Iowa, involving over $60,000,000 in property damages and numerous other catastrophic fire and explosion cases causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. 

Mr. Gerber has successfully tried over 50 trials and has litigated and/or been involved in over 1,000 fire cases throughout the country, from California to Florida, in both state and federal courts, with jury verdicts and multimillion dollar settlements on losses involving warehouse and manufacturing plant fires, chemical explosions/fires, fireplace fires, restaurant/hotel fires, alarm cases, railcar disasters, electrical distribution equipment, lumber facilities, security cases and other disasters involving fire. Mr. Gerber has proven organizational skills and has developed creative methods to handle complex site investigation/spoliation issues where he is often given the role of lead counsel on cases involving multiple subrogation claims stemming from a single disaster. Mr. Gerber has unique experience in complex fire science and engineering issues. From organizing joint site inspections to choosing and coordinating the best experts, Mr. Gerber and his team will handle all aspects of the subrogation case, from inception through trial.

“Our subrogation practice is aggressive. Any firm can win the easy, clear cut fire case. What separates us from other firms is we find creative ways to win the difficult cases. We don’t give up. We’ll look for subrogation opportunities on cases when others simply close the file. We fight for our clients and make subrogation easy for the adjuster.  Our thoroughness and tenacity equates to top dollar recoveries”

Mr. Gerber has assembled a network of subrogation experts to establish a “rapid response” team for fires and other catastrophic losses throughout the country and he has personally attended hundreds of fire scene inspections to assure his client’s cases are built properly from inception.         

Mr. Gerber is the Chairman for the Missouri-Kansas Chapter of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals and is often invited to speak nationally on subrogation, fire and explosion issues for the PLRB, NASP, International Association of Arson Investigators and other national organizations.

Mr. Gerber is licensed in the state court of Missouri and numerous Federal Courts including Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Mr. Gerber is or has also been licensed pro hac in numerous state courts across the country, including Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, California, Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Kansas and Kentucky.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• 6/2017 - IAAI Conference, Rule 26 Reports and Working With Experts/Attorneys 
• 3/2017 - State Farm Insurance Company, Protecting the Fire Scene from Spoliation
• 3/2017 - Cameron Insurance Company, Fire/Explosion Subrogation
• 6/2016 - IAAI Conference, Rule 26 Reports and Working with experts/attorneys
• 4/2015 - Evans & Dixon, LLC Spring Seminar, Fire and Explosion Science and Protecting the Scene
• 4/2014 - NASP (Missouri/Kansas Chapter), Columbia, MO, Protecting Your Fire Scene, Securing Evidence & Testing
• 11/2013 - NASP National Conference, San Diego, Ca., Cellulose Insulation and Fireplace Fires
• 5/2013 - NASP (Missouri/Kansas Chapter), St. Louis, MO, Expert Reports and Subrogation Update
• 3/2013 - National Property Subrogation ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT, Why Not to Prepare Expert Reports
• 11/2011 - NASP National Conference, Orlando, FL, Strategic Considerations Regarding Expert Reports – Practical Consideration
• 5/2011 - NSPII (Missouri Chapter), St. Louis, MO, Subrogation – Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Missouri Law
• 5/2011 - NASP (Missouri/Kansas Chapter), St. Louis, MO, Subrogation Case Law Update
• 4/2010 - NSPII (Missouri Chapter), St. Louis, MO, Subrogation 101: A Guide to Building a Subrogation Case From Inception
• 3/2010 - PLRB - San Antonio, TX, Torts & Contracts: Understanding Subrogation Law
• 8/2010 - In House - St. Louis, MO, Subrogation Ethics
• 3/2009 - PLRB Conference - Seattle, WA, Torts and Contracts Within Subrogation
• 4/2008 - PLRB Conference - Boston, MA, Subrogating the Large Property Loss
• 3/2007 - PLRB Conference - Orlando, FL, Large Loss Subrogation, Chemical Explosions!!
• 7/2006 - NASP (Missouri/ Kansas Chapter), orts & Contracts 101: Understanding the Law of Torts, Contracts, and Subrogation Law 
• 5/2005 - NASP (Missouri/ Kansas Chapter),Successful Subrogation Investigation: The Team Approach