Brad Cuff, special counsel at
DLA Piper, discusses his reasons for joining the industry, doing away with scale legal costs and dinner with Fidel Castro
Why insurance law?
When you act for insurers you know your bill will always get paid!
How would you change the industry?
Do away with scale legal costs.
Best advice you’ve ever been given?
It’s OK to say “I don’t know”.
What’s the strangest case you’ve ever worked on/been involved with?
Successfully acted for an insurer alleging their insured had committed arson using remote access computer software from 400 kilometres away.
If you were Prime Minister for one day, what would you do?
Set up a meeting with Kim Jong-un.
What’s been the highlight of your career?
Winning the DLA Karaoke competition with a rendition of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”.
What’s your favourite style of coffee?
Macchiato.
Union, league, soccer or other?
Union.
If you could invite three people to dinner, dead or alive, and excluding family or friends, who would they be and why?
Fidel Castro, John Kirwan and Billy Connolly. I think the four of us would have some pretty good chat.
Complete this sentence: if I wasn’t in insurance law I would be…
A chef.
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