Jonathan Dryer

Background

Dryer, Jonathan was born on July 23, 1952 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Martin and Ruth (Lord) Dryer.

Education

University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1974, Echols Scholar). Temple University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1981).

Career

Worked at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and Litigation. Commercial, Corporate and Securities Law. Domestic and International Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance.

Products and Professional Liability, Toxic Tort Defense, Environmental Impairment Liability, Medical and Hospital Malpractice, Municipal and Public Officials Liability, Trusts and Estates. Aviation, Marine and Inland Marine. Securities and Fiduciary Liability and General Subrogation.

Admitted to the bar, 1981, Pennsylvania, United States. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1994, United States. Supreme Court. Recipient, Law Faculty Award for Distinguished Scholastic Performance and West Publishing Horn Book Award.

Staff Member, Temple Law Quarterly, 1980-1981. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association. Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker is a full service international law firm, ranking among the largest law firms in the United States with offices in twelve major cities in the United States. We have provided our clients with a full range of expert and innovative legal services for more than a quarter of a century.

Our dramatic growth during this period has been a response to the emerging needs of existing clients and addition of new ones. Initially, ours was an insurance-related practice and we maintain a preeminent position with regard to all aspects of insurance law and the insurance/reinsurance industry serving insureds, brokers, insurers and reinsurers. As our clients have matured and broadened in scope, so have our services and expertise and we have expanded into the general corporate law, including creditors' rights and bankruptcy, trusts and estates and real estate transactions and regulatory work.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania 1981, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1981, United States District Court (northern district) Pennsylvania 1985, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1985, United States District Court (western district) Pennsylvania 1987, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1989.

Membership

Member: Philadelphia Bar Association. Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, softball, running.

Connections

Married Alison Schreiber, March 27, 1982. Children: Karin, Amanda, Juliette.

Father:

Albert Martin Dryer

Mother:

Ruth (Lord) Dryer

Spouse:

Alison Schreiber

child:

Juliette Dryer

child:

Amanda Dryer

child:

Karin Dryer