Overview
John Pitblado has extensive experience representing the insurance industry – with a focus on commercial, financial, title, and cyber lines – from complex claim investigations, to coverage and other corporate litigation, including class action, ERISA, bad faith, statutory unfair insurance and trade practices, RICO, fraud, and misrepresentation claims. John also has experience handling regulatory matters, including market conduct examinations and complaints before state insurance regulatory authorities.
In addition, John specializes in commercial premises liability defense and indemnity issues, particularly for the sports and entertainment and educational institution industries. John has handled numerous high profile, high-value matters for concert and sports venues, prep schools, colleges, and universities.
John regularly handles cases before Connecticut's state and federal trial and appellate courts, including matters on the complex litigation docket, and in bankruptcy court. In addition, he handles cases in numerous other state and federal trial and appellate courts as pro hac vice counsel, in pretrial proceedings, at trial, and on appeal. His extensive experience also includes alternative dispute resolution. He has represented insurance companies and other commercial clients in numerous private and court-annexed mediations, appraisals, and arbitrations.
John is a member of the firm’s Insurance Industry Group, Property Casualty, Real Property Litigation, and Privacy and Cybersecurity practice teams. He counsels clients, speaks, and writes on a range of insurance issues, and is an editor of the firm’s property casualty and reinsurance blogs.
John has been recognized for his pro bono work, including civil rights matters, educational outreach in underserved communities, and representation of minor children subject to neglect and abuse petitions brought by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) in Connecticut’s juvenile courts. Since 2013, John has served on the board of directors of Lawyers for Children America Inc., a nonprofit organization providing legal representation to children subject to DCF proceedings.
John is co-chair of the firm’s national Cannabis Group, with an emphasis on insurance issues in the cannabis space.
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