Jacquelyn (“Jackie”) Celender is an associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. She concentrates her law practice in the area of commercial litigation, with a particular focus in the insurance coverage and construction practice areas. Ms. Celender is experienced in all stages of litigation and in domestic and international (AAA and ICDR) arbitrations. Her experience includes fact investigation, managing e-Discovery matters and complex document collections and productions, preparing witnesses for and conducting fact and expert witness depositions and examinations at trial, motions practice, trial, and drafting pre and post-trial briefs.
Ms. Celender’s commercial litigation experience includes construction, commercial contract, warranty, and product liability cases. In the insurance coverage area, Ms. Celender has represented policyholder interests in a variety of insurance coverage disputes, including those involving long-tail liabilities related to asbestos-containing products and claims under professional liability, property and general liability insurance policies. In the construction field, Ms. Celender has worked on a wide-array of projects, including: wind farm and power and desalination plant projects, transportation, material handling systems, procurement of public contracts, civil construction, nuisance/trespass, and adverse possession land disputes, and bonding, prompt payment act, and lien disputes.
