Iole, John E.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

John Iole is a trial lawyer practicing policyholder-side insurance recovery and commercial litigation. Engagements include first- and third-party coverage for natural disasters, directors and officers (D&O) claims, employment practices liability (EPL) coverage, advertising injury, errors and omissions (E&O), and business interruption.

John's engagements include representing Motorola in Bermuda and London international arbitrations involving D&O coverage for a $190 million securities class action settlement; representing Federated Department Stores/Macy's, Inc. in claims for department store property damage and business interruption as a result of Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, and Wilma; representing American Management Systems in a $475 million bad faith failure to settle a claim under an E&O policy; representing Safelite Glass Corp. in a Lanham Act, commercial bribery, and unfair competition case involving an insurance third-party administrator network (see 441 F. Supp.2d 695 (M.D. Pa.)); and representing a major consumer products manufacturer in a claim for EPL coverage associated with class action discrimination claims.

John is an elected member of The American Law Institute and is an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, teaching advanced trial evidence. John implemented and coordinates the Pro Se ADR Referral Program for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

John was a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1997 to 2003, serving as its chairman. He also was a member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Ad Hoc Committee on Evidence, which drafted Pennsylvania's first rules of evidence.

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Recovery
• Trial Practice
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation

Representative Cases

• Federated settles insurance recovery action for property and business interruption losses at Macy's stores caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma
• Mitchell's Bar & Restaurant successfully obtains permanent injunction regulating smoking in a public place
• Official Creditors Committee of AHERF seeks judicial declaration that D&O insurance polices not subject to rescission by carriers
• Safelite Glass wins summary judgment in unfair competition action against call center operations
• Safelite seeks insurance coverage for litigation with Diamond Triumph

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Published Works

• Data Security, Third-Party Privacy Claims, and Insurance Coverage Under CGL "Personal and Advertising Injury" Coverage, 2010
• Optimizing International Property Insurance Coverage, Practice Perspectives: Insurance Liability & Recovery, 2009
• Amicus Brief on Defense Costs Recoupment or Reimbursement, American & Foreign Ins. Co. v. Jerry's Sport Center, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, coauthor, 88 MAP 2008, 2009
• The Pennsylvania Ethics Handbook, Chapters 5, 13 and 14, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Press, 2008
• Amicus Brief on Adoption of Section 2 of Restatment (Third) of Torts, Bugosh v. I.U. North America, Inc., Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, coauthor, 7 WAP 2008, 2008
• Bar License Requirements for In-House Counsel, coauthor, 27 Corporate Counsel Review 257, 2007
• Licensing of In-House Counsel, Reject Attacks on Privilege, coauthor, The National Law Journal, 2006

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7914 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com