Jonathan Zelig represents insurers and other large companies in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has experience advising insurance companies in a wide range of coverage and reinsurance disputes, including accumulation, settlement allocation, and loss expense litigation. He also regularly assists corporate clients with general business and contract disputes.
Jonathan has represented multi-national corporations at every stage of their most important matters, from pre-litigation advisory services through trial and appeal. He has tried cases in courtrooms and before arbitrators on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, and he has advocated on behalf of his clients in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.Represented cedent mutual insurance company in arbitration seeking multimillion-dollar recovery from its reinsurer in connection with winter storm-related property damage
Represented ceding insurer in litigation seeking $250 million from its reinsurers in connection with a $1 billion underlying asbestos settlement
Represented cedent mutual insurance company in a series of state and federal lawsuits seeking recovery from its reinsurers of loss expense paid above the reinsurance accepted amount in connection with underlying asbestos litigation
Represented a mutual insurance company on appeal from a decision and order declaring coverage of a school district's multimillion-dollar settlement of intentional discrimination claims
Represented large consumer television provider in a federal breach of contract action against an international media company
Represented plaintiff telecommunications company in a contract dispute that went to award after a seven-day trial before a New York arbitration panel
Represented an energy company as defendant and counter-claimant in a federal breach of contract dispute arising out of the company's $7.6 billion purchase of a subsidiary of a foreign energy conglomerate
Successfully achieved dismissal of a federal breach of contract lawsuit filed against a public utilities board by an energy consultant
Semifinalist, Yale Law School Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals, 2009
Pomona College Morton O. Beckner Prize for Special Talent in Philosophy, 2008
Phi Beta Kappa, 2008