Jonathan B. Bruno is a Partner focusing his practice on the defense of lawyers, insurance agents and brokers, and other professionals in complex professional liability and commercial litigation, and the defense of management in employment litigation.

Mr. Bruno has trial experience in federal and state courts, and has litigated cases before federal, state, and local human rights commissions, attorney disciplinary committees, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He has also argued numerous appeals involving legal malpractice, professional liability and employment law matters before the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Bruno has been an author and speaker on various topics including Legal Malpractice Litigation and Risk Management, Legal Malpractice Claims Against Employed Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Lawyer Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Wage and Hour Law, Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Actions, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Mr. Bruno has also served as a program coach for the New York City Bar’s Center for CLE Litigation Skills Workshop.

Practice Areas
Lawyers Professional Liability
Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Employment Practices Litigation
Insurance Coverage Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Education
New England School of Law, J.D., 1995
 - New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement
Fordham University, B.S., 1992

Bar and Court Admissions
New York
Massachusetts
U.S. District Courts – Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of New York, District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Other Professional Affiliations
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association

Lawyers Professional Liability and Ethics Committee (Trial Lawyers Section), New York State Bar Association

Labor and Employment Section, New York State Bar Association

Professional Liability
Underwriting Society

Defense Research Institute

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association