John C. Pitblado
Associate

Connecticut

Email: jcp@jordenusa.com
Phone: 860-392-5024
Fax: 860-392-5058

Mr. Pitblado recently joined Jorden Burt as an associate in the Connecticut office. He is a member of the firm's Appellate, Class Action, ERISA, Insurance Regulatory and National Trial Practice teams. Mr. Pitblado has extensive experience in a wide range of insurance-related litigation, including class action, ERISA, coverage and other insurance litigation involving contract disputes, bad faith, statutory unfair insurance and trade practices, fraud and misrepresentation, across all lines, commercial and personal. Mr. Pitblado also has experience handling regulatory matters, including market conduct examinations and complaint handling procedures before state insurance regulatory authorities.

Mr. Pitblado has briefed and argued numerous cases before state and federal trial courts and Connecticut's complex litigation docket and appellate courts. Representative cases include Royal Indemnity Co. et al. v. King et al., 512 F. Supp. 2d 117 (D. Conn. 2007); Nichols v. Salem Subway Restaurant, 98 Conn. App. 837, 912 A.2d 1037 (2006); and Waldman v. Jayaraj, 89 Conn. App. 709, 874 A.2d 860, cert. denied, 275 Conn. 907, 882 A.2d 680 (2005). Mr. Pitblado also has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, having represented insurance companies in numerous private and court-annexed mediations and arbitrations.

Mr. Pitblado is currently co-chair of the Appellate Practice Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section.

During law school, Mr. Pitblado clerked full time during summers and part time during the school year for a large Connecticut firm, and was an associate editor of The Connecticut Law Review. He received CALI awards for achievement in Criminal Law, International Law, and the Law and Literature of Crime, and the school-wide Ralph Colucci Award for Excellence in the Study of Law and Literature.