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Professional Activities:

Connecticut Bar Association, Member • Connecticut Bar Association, Insurance Law Section, Past Chairman • Business Law, Litigation, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Sections, - Participant • New Haven County Bar Association, Member • Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Member

Honors:
Named "Best Lawyers in New York 2008" in New York Magazine
Named "2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 Connecticut SuperLawyer"

Jeffrey J. Vita is a founding partner of Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C., a Connecticut-based firm dedicated to the representation of policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Vita's practice focuses on the representation of business policyholders in insurance coverage matters implicating various lines of coverage including comprehensive general liability, directors & officers, professional liability, commercial property, and pollution.

Mr. Vita has handled coverage cases related to construction, professional malpractice, environmental, business interruption, employment, disability, title insurance and healthcare. He has successfully tried numerous court trials and commercial arbitrations. He also has authored numerous articles on insurance coverage issues and has lectured nationally on a variety of insurance coverage topics including additional insured issues, bad faith claims, priority and allocation of coverage, and builder's risk claims.

Mr. Vita joined the New Haven law firm of Sachs, Berman, Rashba & Shure, P.C. in 1990, where he focused his practice on complex commercial litigation matters. He left the firm in 1994 to open the Connecticut office of Anderson, Kill Olick & Oshinsky, a large New York based firm. In 1996, Mr. Vita founded Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

Mr. Vita received his J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Law Review. He received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Connecticut. Mr. Vita is a past chairman of the Insurance Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he taught "Current Issues and Trends in Insurance Litigation."



 

Email: jjv@sdvlaw.com

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Education:
J.D., Quinnipiac University School of Law, 1990
Managing Editor, Law Review

B.A., Cum Laude, University of Connecticut, 1987

Admissions:
Connecticut State Court • Massachusetts State Court • District of Columbia • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut • U.S. District Court, Eastern & Southern District of New York • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Selected Publications and Events:

Finding Fault with Faulty Workmanship Exclusions
The Connecticut Law Tribune

The Not-So-Great Drywall of China

Making Sure Someone Else's Insurer Pays First
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Don't Get Charged for Independent Contractors
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Pay Attention to the Allocation Issue
The Connecticut Law Tribune

D&O Policies Hardly Fail Safe
The Connecticut Law Tribune

Co-Insurance Considerations and Allocation of Available Coverage
Additional Insured Issues in the Context of Wrap-Ups
Meeting of the Insurance Law and Construction Law sections of the Connecticut Bar Association

Priority of Coverage in Additional Insured Context
Mealey’s Insurance Coverage Disputes Concerning Construction Defects

What to Look for in Additional Insured Endorsements
IRMI

Commercial Insurance: What Every General Counsel Should Know
General Counsel New England

Insurance Coverage Disputes in Bankruptcy Cases
CT Bar Association Annual Meeting

Current and Emerging Insurance Coverage Issues
HRH Insurance Brokerage

Coverage for Defective Construction Claims: Current Issues
American Bar Association

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