Jacquelyn S. Celender

Jacquelyn (“Jackie”) Celender is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, who concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, class action defense, and insurance coverage. Ms. Celender has significant experience managing complex litigations and arbitrations, leading extensive fact investigations, drafting complex written submissions, and handling complicated e-Discovery matters. Ms. Celender’s first and second-chair trial-related experience includes conducting fact and expert witness examinations, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses for examinations at trial and deposition, and motions practice. Ms. Celender also advises clients on external risk management and resolving disputes through negotiated settlements, mediations, arbitrations or trials.

Ms. Celender’s complex commercial litigation experience extends to the areas of international arbitration, and class action defense, commercial contract, warranty, indemnification, product liability, and personal injury disputes in a number of state and federal courts, for clients in a variety of industries and sectors, including industrial and engineered metals manufacturing, specialty chemical, oil and gas and energy.

In the insurance coverage area, Ms. Celender represents corporate policyholders seeking coverage under many different types of insurance policies, including commercial general liability policies, “Bermuda Form” excess liability policies, professional liability policies and property policies. Ms. Celender has been second chair in multiple international arbitrations involving significant insurance assets and also counsels clients regarding their insurance coverage programs outside of litigation.