Jason P. Gosselin

Jason is a senior trial lawyer based in Philadelphia and part of Troutman Pepper Locke’s Insurance + Reinsurance Litigation team. He has a national practice representing insurers and financial services companies in complex litigation. He has extensive experience handling matters involving life, health, disability, and property and casualty insurance, annuities, debt cancellation products, and fidelity bonds. His work frequently involves the defense of bad faith claims, improper sales practices, ERISA violations, and class actions. Jason also represents insurers in market conduct examinations and regulatory enforcement proceedings.

Jason is a member of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. He frequently writes and speaks on topics impacting his insurer clients, and he previously taught Insurance Law as an adjunct professor at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Beyond insurance litigation, Jason advises and represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of commercial disputes, including breach of contract actions and civil racketeering cases. He also maintains an active pro bono practice centered on constitutional rights, including free speech, religious liberties, and due process.

• Obtained a defense jury verdict in Los Angeles on behalf of a life insurer facing allegations of wrongful denial of a multimillion-dollar claim and bad faith.
• Secured a Ninth Circuit reversal allowing a life insurer to retain premiums on a fraudulently procured life insurance policy.
• Achieved a precedential Third Circuit reversal recognizing a plaintiff’s right to jurisdictional discovery when a defendant challenges allegations of diversity jurisdiction.
• Obtained an Eleventh Circuit reversal holding that life insurance policy incontestability clauses do not bar claims for fraud and civil racketeering.
• Won a defense verdict following a bench trial for a disability insurer, finding that an anesthesiologist who ceased practicing after substance abuse treatment was not disabled.
• Secured a favorable arbitration award — including attorneys’ fees — on behalf of a life insurer in a matter involving an alleged rebating scheme.