Craig R. Rygiel is a partner at Mound Cotton. He has been representing individuals and corporations in civil matters in state and federal courts throughout the country for fifteen years. His practice is focused primarily on complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation and counseling, involving commercial property and business interruption, builder’s risk, and other first-party claims. Mr. Rygiel also regularly represents insurance companies in connection with disputes involving general, professional, and pollution liability insurance.
In addition, Mr. Rygiel defends clients in connection with products liability, professional liability, and premises liability claims.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Rygiel clerked for the Honorable Patricia K. Costello, A.J.S.C. (Ret.) of the Superior Court of New Jersey, and spent five years at a New Jersey general litigation law firm.
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Credentials
Education
J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2008
B.S., The College of New Jersey, 2005
Admissions
New York, 2017
New Jersey, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York