Our People
Attorneys
University of Pennsylvania Law School
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
Fax: 215.851.1020
Biography
Ronald Schiller, a litigator, has a broadly diversified jury trial practice. His experience includes commercial litigation, counseling, and trial practice in federal and state courts and before the American Arbitration Association.
Ron has represented the world’s largest insurers in sophisticated coverage, bad faith, and reinsurance disputes, including in several trials. He has represented commercial online services, telecommunication companies, and backbone and equipment providers in cellular communications in First Amendment, intellectual property, E911, online, and general civil litigation. He has represented financial institutions, mortgage companies, and developers in housing and discrimination litigation, and pharmaceutical and food product companies in contract disputes as well as dealer and employee termination matters.
Ron regularly argues appeals and takes cases to trial. Recently, he has tried two bad faith cases in state court and handled one multiweek insurance coverage trial in federal court over a claim for approximately $100 million of claimed indemnity and defense exposure. He has also been hired to take over cases shortly before trial, and to take over complex litigation for post-trial proceedings.
The respected English publisher Chambers & Partners recognized him in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, noting that clients admire him as “someone who consistently wins big cases.” He has repeatedly been selected by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984, JD
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981, BA, summa cum laude
Honors and Awards
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Associate Editor and Editor
- Named a Local Litigation Star by Benchmark: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys in 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Business Litigation Section
- Insurance Committee
Teaching / Lecturing
- “Bad Faith Claims Litigation,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, May 12, 2011
- “Asbestos and Other Long-Tail Claims: Europe, the UK, and the Latest on US Tort Reform,” 9th Annual C5 European Summit on Reinsurance Claims, 2006
- “Pennsylvania Bad Faith,” National Business Institute seminars, 2006 – 2008
- Mealey’s Bad Faith Litigation Conference, 2007, speaker
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New York
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York