Ronald E. Reitz
Partner

(412) 456-5404 (phone)
(412) 471-1106 (fax)

Pittsburgh, PA Office

RONALD E. REITZ is a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh Regional Office. He focuses his practice on matters including the defense of premises and automobile injury claims, first-party property damage and coverage issues, and defense of bad faith claims.

Mr. Reitz has also developed a specialized practice involving the purchase, sale, and securitization of deferred financial assets. He represents national companies that deal in the purchase of periodic cash flow streams such as annuities and structured settlement receivables. He has appeared in the state courts of Pennsylvania and Ohio for structured asset transactions having an accumulated sum of several million dollars, providing legal advice regarding the nature, scope, and implications as to each.

In 1987, Mr. Reitz received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating cum laude, from Bowling Green State University in 1984 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Reitz is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and has successfully litigated cases in both states. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Allegheny County Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Defense
Premises Liability
Motor Vehicle Liability
Bad Faith
Professional Liability
Annuity Transfer/ Factoring Transactions

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania
Ohio

Court Admissions

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education

1987
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA
J.D.

1984
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
B.A. Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Affiliations

Allegheny County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Peer review BV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell, April 2001

Presentations

Speaker / Faculty Member, PBI Course “Successfully Litigating The Automobile Accident Case”-- Topic: Substantial Factor/Causation Issues, August 2003 Pittsburgh Program

Publications

Author, “Overhead and Profit: Can They Be Deducted in ACV Settlements?” published in Claims Magazine, August 2000

Representative Matters

In Re: Petition of Michele S. Jacobs to Transfer Structured Settlement Payment Rights, No. 869 WDA 2006 -- Brief of Amicus Curiae, Peachtree Settlement Funding, filed September 5, 2006;

Prepared Response of Peachtree Settlement Funding to Civil Rules Procedural Committee Recommendation No. 214, “Proposed Rule 229.2”, submitted August 2006;

Robinson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., No. 289 WDA 1999, opinion at 1999 Pa. Super. A50014 (involving earth movement exclusion and concurrent causation “lead-in” language in property policy);

Dwyer v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., Allegheny Cty. CCP’s No. GD96-10789, Opinion at 147 P.L.J. 75 (1999) (involving unique application of wear-tear, other exclusions in property policy);

Zimmerman v. Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co., No. 294 WDA 1997 (involving application of “loss in progress” doctrine / issue of first impression in Pennsylvania).