Jonathan Pittman is a Partner in the DC Office.
Jon's practice includes all aspects of general commercial litigation. Jon devotes a substantial portion of his practice to representing and counseling insurance carriers regarding environmental, asbestos and long-term exposure coverage issues. At the trial level, he has participated in some of the largest coverage litigations in the country, including the 5,000-site Exxon Corp. v. Insurance Company of North America, et. al, environmental insurance coverage litigation. Jon's work at the appellate level includes serving as the insurance carrier’s lead appellate counsel in County of San Diego v. ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Company, 37 Cal.4th 406, 118 P.2d 607, in the California Supreme Court, having successfully represented the carrier in the California Court of Appeal.
Jon also has significant experience representing clients in products liability litigation, consumer class actions and other commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels.
Jon received a BA in Economics from Vassar College, and a JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Authorities Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Before joining Crowell & Moring, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable John A. Terry of the D.C. Court of Appeals.
Jon is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of New York, as well as several federal district and appellate courts. He has been recognized by clients and peers as a top lawyer in Chambers USA in Insurance.
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It’s Not Just a Technicality
March 3, 2008 — Legal Times
Crowell & Moring Insurance/Reinsurance Group partner Jonathan H. Pittman and counsel Paul Alp examined the Texas Supreme Court's January 11, 2008 rejection of an appeal in
AIG Aviation Inc. v. Holt Helicopters Inc., involving a helicopter accident for which an insurer denied coverage. The piece examines insurance policies that routinely contain explicit provisions that establish the scope of the risk insured. According to Pttman and Alp, "such clauses are not to be taken lightly because they establish the fundamental nature of the risk that the insurer agrees to cover - the basis of the bargain for which the policyholder pays its premium."