John M. Toriello

John M. Toriello is a New York litigation attorney and co-chairs the firm's Insurance Industry Team. Mr. Toriello has extensive experience in jury and nonjury trials, appeals to both federal and state appellate courts and international arbitrations of contract disputes. He has also served as a party-appointed arbitrator in International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and ad hoc arbitrations. Before June 2023, Mr. Toriello was a partner at the firm and served as Litigation Practice Group Leader for New York and Philadelphia offices, and the Pro Bono and Community Services partner for the New York office.

Mr. Toriello represents clients in a wide range of insurance and reinsurance disputes, including prosecution and defense of fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, coverage claims and broker/intermediary errors-and- omissions claims. He acts in marine, aviation, commercial general liability (CGL), satellite, environmental, reinsurance, business interruption and other litigations and arbitrations. In addition, Mr. Toriello has led the representation of aircraft lessors, equipment lessors, manufacturers and other aviation clients in international repossession, bankruptcy, purchase, sale, redelivery and general contract disputes related to, among other things, nonpayment, aircraft and equipment condition, accidents and damage claims, compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, escalation clauses and valuation.

Mr. Toriello has also led the representation of financial institutions and obligors in connection with the enforcement of loan and other obligations, the pursuit and defense of fraud and fraudulent conveyance claims, the defense of lender-liability claims, judgment enforcement and insurance-coverage disputes.

In his general practice, Mr. Toriello represents clients on contract and product liability matters involving heavy industrial equipment, manufacturing plants, aircraft, vessels and satellites. He has also directed judgment-enforcement litigations. A substantial amount of his practice relates to international transactions.

Mr. Toriello has delivered papers at meetings for various professional organizations on a variety of topics, including Asbestos Litigation, Piercing the Corporate Veil, Environmental Risks Faced by Lenders Under United States Law and Resolution of International Insurance Disputes. He has written several articles for the New York Law Journal and Reactions. He has served as co-chair of the Insurance Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), as well as a member of various committees at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

While in law school, he served as articles editor for the St. John's Law Review.

Mr. Toriello also served as vice president and member of the Board of Education of Westfield, New Jersey, and also as chairman and member of the board of the nonprofit Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Governors of Union College of Union County, New Jersey.