John E. Iole
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.412.394.7914
(F) +1.412.394.7959

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh (J.D. magna cum laude 1986; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Law Review; Legal Writing Teaching Assistant; University Scholar; B.A. cum laude 1983, Program in Politics and Philosophy, with departmental honors in Economics)

Bar Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1986 term)

John Iole is a trial lawyer practicing policyholder-side insurance recovery and commercial litigation. He has handled a broad range of first- and third-party insurance coverage claims, including those resulting from directors and officers liability (D&O), natural disasters, employment practices liability (EPL), advertising injury, errors and omissions (E&O), and business interruption. John also counsels clients on insurance and attorney ethics matters.

John recently represented Motorola in Bermuda and London international arbitrations involving D&O coverage for a $190 million securities settlement; Federated Department Stores/Macy's, Inc. in claims for department store property damage and business interruption from Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, and Wilma; American Management Systems in a $475 million bad faith failure to settle claim under an E&O policy; 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. 2006)); and a major consumer products manufacturer 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.


John Iole