EDITORIAL REVIEW
A pioneer in the field of insurance coverage law for corporate and individual policyholders, he heads one of the most renowned practices in the United States from coast to coast.
— Lawdragon,
January 2008
He spearheads his firm’s first-rate insurance practice,
hitting grand slams on behalf of the biggest corporate policyholders.
— Lawdragon,
October 2006
Regarded by colleagues as a "godfather" of the insurance-coverage practice area, Jerold Oshinsky runs one of the most respected and largest legal teams devoted to representing policyholders in complicated insurance disputes. Earlier in his career, Oshinsky represented Keene Corp. in its claims against the Insurance Co. of North America, a case that led to the landmark 1981 decision bringing greater liability to insurance policies for asbestos-related claims. The Dickstein Shapiro name partner now manages a talented practice of 70 attorneys who take on the complete range of high-end insurance disputes for public and private clients. Oshinsky's group dabbles in everything from environmental and commercial liability to criminal and business interruption matters.
— Lawdragon,
October 2005
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Jerold Oshinsky is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department and a member of the Insurance Litigation &
Counseling Practice.
Mr. Oshinsky focuses his practice on insurance coverage litigation on behalf of policyholders in federal and state courts
throughout the country and on advising clients nationwide on insurance coverage related matters. He represented Keene
Corporation in
Keene Corp v. Insurance Co. of North America, the landmark DC Circuit case establishing the
“continuous trigger” principle in insurance coverage law. Mr. Oshinsky has litigated, and continues to litigate, many of
the most significant, complex insurance coverage issues in the country. His sought after-experience has touched numerous
clients, including Fortune 100 companies, in a wide variety of industries--chemical, pharmaceutical, food, communications,
education, financial, technology, and construction industries.
Mr. Oshinsky’s insurance coverage litigation practice consists of cutting-edge work on matters including advertising
liability, asbestos, broker’s liability, business interruption, construction defects, directors and officers, employment
and discrimination issues, environmental liability, errors and omissions, fidelity bonds, professional indemnity, general
liability, intellectual property, products liability, and first-party property policies.
Chambers recognizes Mr. Oshinsky as the “dean of the policyholder bar,” and in 2009, has once again included him in its
top-tier “Band 1” national ranking based on feedback from corporate clients and peers. He was recognized by
Legal
Times in 2007 as one of the ten best insurance attorneys in Washington, DC in its “Leading Lawyers” honors and also
selected as “The Leading Lawyer in Insurance” for Washington, DC in October 2007. He is regularly cited in
Best
Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and in the
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.
Mr. Oshinsky frequently lectures and publishes on a wide variety of insurance law topics. He is the lead author and editor
of Aspen’s multi-volume
Practitioner’s Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions. He has published articles in
the
Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin, Journal of Insurance Coverage, The Corporate Analyst, The John Liner Review,
Environmental Hazards, The Environmental Counselor, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, Asbestos Issues Magazine, Journal
of Products Liability, Legal Notes & Viewpoints Quarterly, and
Financier Worldwide, among others. He serves as
an expert witness in insurance coverage litigation matters.
Mr. Oshinsky maintains an active pro bono practice. He is lead counsel in three pro bono immigration appeals, including a
matter in which a petition for certiorari is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and two matters before the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Also, he is handling an insurance coverage case for a veteran of the Armed Forces relating
to health benefits and numerous matters relating to the 2008 California Tea Fire.
Mr. Oshinsky is a 1967
cum laude graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and
editor of the
Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, as well as a 1964
cum laude graduate of Brooklyn
College. He is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, and New York, in addition to the United
States Supreme Court and federal, district, and appellate courts throughout the country.
