Mr. Pignato, who is originally from upstate New York, is a founding partner and shareholder at Pignato & Cooper, P.C. He has been a trial lawyer in Oklahoma City since 1985, and is the senior partner at the firm. He has achieved from Martindale-Hubbell the rating of “AV” – which is the highest rating awarded in terms of skill, integrity, and ethics. Mr. Pignato has tried countless jury cases in both state and federal courts across the state, and lectures locally and nationally on insurance topics, with particular emphasis in the area of bad faith litigation and coverage disputes.

Areas of Practice

Complex Insurance Litigation

General Insurance Defense

Negligence

Bad faith litigation

Professional Liability

Transportation Law

Medical Malpractice

Nursing Home Defense

Trucking and Automobile Law

Civil Rights and Governmental Entity Defense

Education

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (B.A. 1981)

University of Oklahoma College of Law

Norman, Oklahoma (J.D. 1985)

Bar Admissions

State of Oklahoma

United States District Court (Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma)

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Professional Organizations/Memberships

Oklahoma Bar Association

Oklahoma County Bar Association

American Bar Association (Section Member: Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation)

Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Published Works

Pignato, Gerard F., When a Conflict of Interest Arising Out of a Reservation of Rights Allows an Insured to Select His Own Counsel and Control the Defense; an Oklahoma Forecast, 64 OBJ 1646 (1993).