The Law Firm of Jordan Coyne & Savits, L.L.P. -- Partners

Practice Areas:
Premises Liability; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Products Liability

Bar and Court Admissions:
1981, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1986, Maryland; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Education:
State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., 1978
Georgetown University, J.D., 1981

Professional and Civic Organizations:
Bar Association of the District of Columbia; The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State Bar Association.

Practice Overview and Representative Experience:
Law Clerk to: Hon. William E. Stewart, Jr., Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1982; Hon. John R. Hess, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1982-1983.

Steve enjoys a diverse practice. He has served as regional insurance coverage counsel on environmental claims throughout the Southeast. He represents clients in catastrophic fire loss litigation in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Steve also has substantial litigation experience in toxic tort, products liability, hotel crime, aquatic accidents and wrongful death. He was lead defense counsel in cases that have been reported on CBS's 60 Minutes and The Justice Files, including one that led to Consumer Product Safety Commission hearings resulting in modification of pool equipment safety standards to reduce the risk of entrapment injuries. Principally, Steve represents construction companies in personal injury and workers' compensation claims. Steve also represents burglar alarm manufacturers, and recently obtained a favorable summary judgment opinion in federal court for such a client.

Representative clients include Federated Department Stores, Sibley Memorial Hospital and Zurich North America.

Reported Cases:
Sibley Memorial Hospital v. D.C. Dept. of Employment Services, 711 A.2d 105 (D.C. 1998);

U.S. Fire Insurance Co. v. Milton Co., 938 F.Supp. 56 (D.D.C. 1996);

Jones v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 584 A.2d 17 (1990);

Railco Multi Construction Co. v. Gardner, 564 A.2d 1167 (1989);

Jones v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 553 A.2d 645 (1989);

Arneja v. Gildar, 541 A.2d 621, 56 USLW 2719, (D.C. 1988);

Greenfield v. Volpe Construction Co., 849 F.2d 635, 270 U.S.App.D.C. (D.C.Cir. 1988);

Ringgold v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 531 A.2d 241 (D.C. 1987);

Williamson v. United States, 445 A.2d 975 (1982);

Hawkins v. United States, 434 A.2d 446 (1981);

United States v. Livingston, 661 F.2d 239, 213 U.S.App.D.C. 18, 8 Fed R. Evid Serv. 1586 (D.C. Cir. 1981);