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Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr.

Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. is a Partner in the Firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group and Litigation Department. He practices in both the Morristown and New York offices.

For over two decades, Tony has represented clients in insurance industry matters including both insurance coverage counseling and litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients in connection with both first- and third-party coverage disputes.

Tony also handles bad faith and unfair claims practices litigation involving both policyholders and primary and excess insurance carriers. His insurance industry experience includes the representation of insurance companies and other clients in matters involving insurance brokers, agents, and other insurance intermediaries and regulatory agencies.

His litigation experience extends to all manners of complex commercial and business disputes, including contract, warranty, antitrust, and errors and omissions lawsuits. His litigation practice also includes the defense of personal injury lawsuits.

Tony represents clients and receives court appointments as counsel, guardian, and administrator in various probate and estate matters. His role as counselor has extended to service as general counsel to a New Jersey county municipal utilities authority.

Tony earned his law degree from Georgetown University, where he served as Assistant Business Editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College.

Tony is admitted to practice in New Jersey, the District of Columbia, New York, and Pennsylvania, and before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey, the District of Columbia, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and District of Columbia Circuits.

Tony is a member of the New Jersey State and New York State bar associations. He is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the Defense Research Institute.

Areas of Emphasis

Insurance and Reinsurance Coverage Disputes

Commercial Litigation

Probate Litigation

Bar Admissions

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

District of Columbia

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1989

Boston College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986

Rankings & Recognitions

Tony is rated AV Preeminent® (the highest ranking available) by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™.

Tony has been included in The Best Lawyers in America®, a peer review of U.S. lawyers, in the fields of Insurance Law and Commercial Litigation since 2018.

Thomson Reuters has included Tony on its “Super Lawyers” list for Insurance in 2006, 2007, and 2011 to 2023.

See Awards and Honors Methodology.

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