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Jonathan R. MacBride is a Partner in Chartwell's Philadelphia Office. He is a 1989 graduate of Colby College and a 1995 graduate of Temple University School of Law. Mr. MacBride worked in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office from 1995-1999. He is admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and is a member of the American, Philadelphia, and Montgomery County Bar Associations. His practice for the last 10 years has focused on first party property insurance, bad faith defense, subrogation, and products and professional liability defense. He has handled losses ranging from fires, explosions, and boiler and machinery breakdown to representing insurance markets in large natural catastrophe related losses. He has also represented the firm's clients in defending claims that arise out of fraud or arson. As an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. MacBride spent two years investigating insurance fraud in the Special Investigations Unit. In addition to his first party property work, he has handled complex liability defense cases, including cases involving death and serious bodily injury. Mr. MacBride has handled cases for his clients throughout the Eastern United States, including Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, and Florida. Mr. MacBride has been a frequent contributor to seminars that relate to his areas of practice. Mr. MacBride was selected in a survey of his peers as a "Rising Star" by Law & Politics Magazine in 2006 and 2007.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of PA
PRACTICE AREAS
Subrogation
First Party Property Insurance
Bad Faith Defense
Products and Professional Liability
EDUCATION
Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
Colby College (B.A., 1989)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
American Bar Association
