Jordan Plitt is a Shareholder at The Cavanagh Law Firm, P.A and part of its Insurance Practice Group. He has analyzed and litigated insurance coverage issues and cases as coverage counsel for insurance companies his entire career. He has advised clients and special interest groups regarding insurance coverage issues across all 50 states. He has also represented policyholders and insureds in litigation and as coverage counsel. Mr. Plitt’s practice has almost exclusively involved the handling of complex insurance coverage and insurance bad faith cases for insurance companies or as a consultant for both insurance companies and insureds.

Mr. Plitt is the current senior author and editor of the widely recognized and authoritative insurance coverage treatise series titled COUCH ON INSURANCE 3D. He is part of a team focused on rewriting and revising the treatise series. This treatise series comprises 30 volumes of substantive texts covering all aspects of insurance. He is also an author of the national treatise PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR HANDLING INSURANCE CASES and is the successor author and editor of THE CLAIM ADJUSTERS AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY HANDBOOK. He is a Contributing Author/Editor and Editorial Board Member of the nationally recognized INSURANCE LITIGATION REPORTER. Every year, Mr. Plitt, as co-chair, helps organize and develop the content for the Arizona Insurance Law Institute, a two-day continuing legal education seminar put on by the State Bar of Arizona covering complex insurance issues.

Mr. Plitt’s writings have been cited by State Supreme Courts, Intermediate Appellate Courts, Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, and Federal District Courts. His writings have also been cited in the Restatement of Law – Liability Insurance, numerous scholarly articles, and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Mr. Plitt has been continuously teaching insurance law as a Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona’s College of Law since 2022. Mr. Plitt has been continuously selected by his peers and recognized for his professional excellence – achieving recognition as a BEST LAWYER in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®, SOUTHWEST SUPER LAWYER® Rising Star, BEST LAWYERS® Ones to Watch®, and PHOENIX Magazine’s TOP LAWYERS - in the field of Insurance Law, Coverage, and Bad Faith. In December 2022, he was selected as one of only ten nationwide inaugural “Phenoms Under 40” by CLAIMS AND LITIGATION MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE. The Insurance Practice Group of Mr. Plitt’s law firm has achieved and maintained the highest ranking (i.e., “Band 1”) in the field of Insurance Law for firms in Arizona by CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS USA and U.S. News and World Reports.

During his practice career, Mr. Plitt has reviewed and analyzed claim files from many different insurance companies. This practical knowledge and experience informs him as to industry custom, standard and practice. He has participated in roundtable discussions, claim handling, and bad faith risk avoidance activities as part of his national insurance law practice. During his direct representation and consulting retentions, Mr. Plitt has been able to review the claim manuals, best practice guidelines, claim bulletins and general corporate claim documentation (where those materials had been available) for many insurance companies. He has also reviewed the depositions of insurance claim adjusters, claim supervisors, other claim management personnel, and insurance company representatives ((30)(b)(6) persons most knowledgeable) regarding the handling of specific claims, claims handling generally and claim operations. Mr. Plitt has participated in many insurance company “roundtable” discussions which are part of the overall claim adjustment and evaluation process. When he has attended a “roundtable” discussion his role was to provide guidance and advice on claim valuation, claim handling issues and problems, and he provided advice and solutions regarding impediments that may have arisen in the claim environment on specific claims. Additionally, in Mr. Plitt’s capacity as an attorney directly representing insurance companies, he has oftentimes been called upon to provide informal advice and guidance regarding claim handling practices and procedures and possible revisions thereto. These discussions would take place with claim management professionals, including in-house counsel. Mr. Plitt also has experience handling claims on behalf of multiple insurance companies, including facilitating the claim investigation, processing, analysis, and evaluation in real-time.

Mr. Plitt has been invited by insurance companies to conduct in-house training seminars on claim handling, bad faith, and insurance regulations (including the NAIC Model Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act and specific state versions of the Act). As part of that training, he would provide advice for specific claims as well as advice for general claim handling practices. Through the dealings Mr. Plitt has had with claim adjusters, supervisors and claim management personnel and through his experience as an attorney directly representing insurance companies as well as a consultant over the last 14 years, he has observed industry standards, customs and practices regarding claim handling and processing issues.

Mr. Plitt is available to consult in cases involving insurance coverage, claims handling, underwriting, insurance company practice and procedure, and insurance company compliance with principles of good faith and fair dealing.