Donald J. Friedman Of Counsel

Don Friedman has been a litigator for more than 46 years. He was the sole recipient in the United States of the International Law Office's 2010 Client Choice Award for Litigation. Throughout his career Don has litigated and arbitrated virtually every type of commercial dispute for a wide range of clients, particularly in the telecommunications and high-technology industries. He also has maintained a particular focus on insurance coverage litigation from the first years of his practice. He began by representing insurance carriers in the 1970s, but since the late 1980s, he has represented exclusively policyholders in disputes regarding coverage for contingent business interruption, environmental liability, directors and officers liability, copyright infringement and other claims. Long before arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution became fashionable, Don began advocating early dispute analysis and resolution and efficient case management, particularly by businesses with high volumes of recurring litigation. Don frequently writes about litigation management, Preparing a Litigation Risk Assessment, arbitration, Supreme Court Holds That Consumer Arbitration Agreements Can Bar Class Action Relief, and insurance coverage, Have You Been Sued for Recording ZIP Codes? Your Insurance May Cover the Claim. Don regularly represents victims of sexual abuse in the military through Protect Our Defenders and has represented recruits into the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program by obtaining Deferred Action, naturalization or both for more than 60 individuals. Don also has an airplane, single engine, land private pilot license and flies frequently on the weekends.