About John
John P. McConnell has more than 20 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes with an emphasis on reinsurance and insurance litigation and arbitration. Clients look to John for his deep knowledge and understanding of industry issues and his experience in achieving favorable commercial and litigated solutions. He has represented insurers and reinsurers in disputes involving questions of coverage, loss allocation, following obligations, construction of occurrence, event and aggregation provisions, attachment, limits and exhaustion and ECO and XPL liability.
John has also represented guaranty funds, state agencies, franchisors, managing general agents and energy companies in a range of commercial disputes.
Prior to joining the Firm, John was a Principal at Hargraves, McConnell & Costigan, P.C., which combined with Smith Gambrell & Russell in 2017.
John's Practice
Representative Matters
- Successfully challenged New York State Department of Financial Services determination excluding surety bond claims from priority under insolvency statute; secured priority classification for $20 million claim under workers compensation surety bond.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of reinsurer dismissing $40 million fraudulent conveyance claim asserted by New York State Department of Financial Services as liquidator.
- Obtained multi-million dollar summary judgment award on behalf of co-generation power facility on claim for property damage and business interruption loss resulting from catastrophic failure of steam-turbine generator.
Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
B.A., University of Virginia
Admissions
- New York
