Laun, Peter D.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Romanian

Lawyer Overview

Peter Laun has experience in a wide variety of areas, including insurance, product liability, toxic torts, commercial, business tort, employment, class actions, and engineering/construction. He has litigated in numerous federal and state courts, including courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Texas, Mississippi, Minnesota, New Jersey, and California, and his experience includes trials in state and federal courts, injunction actions, governmental agency proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations. Peter also has handled matters and arbitrations in foreign countries, including the U.K., Bermuda, and Brazil. He has extensive experience in international discovery and electronic discovery issues.

As a particular focus of his practice, Peter represents policyholders in insurance coverage disputes and counsels clients concerning insurance matters. In recent years, he has recovered more than $600 million for clients in insurance matters involving virtually every type of insurance policy, including property, directors and officers, errors and omissions, general liability, employment practices, environmental, and workers compensation. Peter has extensive experience in complex property damage and business interruption claims in the U.S. and abroad, and he also has handled reinsurance claims. Peter has drafted insurance policies and has represented policyholders in matters involving virtually all of the leading U.S. and non-U.S. insurers.

Before joining Jones Day in 1993, Peter served as an in-house attorney with Alcoa. He is an avid tennis and platform tennis player and played lacrosse in college. Peter is involved in a wide range of community activities ranging from pro bono matters to coaching lacrosse. He has spoken and written on a range of insurance topics.

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Recovery
• Trial Practice
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• e-Discovery
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Insurance
• Class Action Litigation
• Insurance Coverage

Representative Cases

• American Management Systems pursues suit against liability insurer for refusal to settle underlying litigation , (2009)
• American Sterilizer obtains summary judgment in a bad-faith insurance coverage case
• Bridgestone pursues claims against insurers for coverage related to August 2000 voluntary tire recall
• Bridgestone/Firestone defends against ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness tire product liability class actions , (2009)
• Brush Wellman succeeds in coverage litigation against its insurers
• CBS wins jury verdict in age discrimination trial
• CIT Group wins summary judgment in $13 million breach of contract claim
• Cleveland-Cliffs obtains favorable settlement on a business interruption insurance claim
• Clients win Protection from Abuse orders , (2009)
• GreenMountain Energy defeats class certification at trial and on appeal in false advertising action
• Kirtland Capital sells portfolio company PVC Container to Castle Harlan
• Koppers' claim of insurer's liability for environmental property damage coverage affirmed by Third Circuit
• Lincoln Electric reaches settlement with insurer for past costs and policy coverage for welding product claims
• LTV Steel asserts engineering malpractice claim against Baker over failed landfill
• Penn Fuel Gas files insurance coverage claims for environmental cleanup costs at former plants in Pennsylvania
• PepsiCo prevails in precedential insurance coverage dispute over unusable goods , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Rice University
• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Published Works

• Optimizing International Property Insurance Coverage, Practice Perspectives: Insurance Liability & Recovery, 2009

Address

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

Phones

1.412.394.7930 (Business Phone)
412-965-0183 (Mobile Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com