John E. "Jed" Komisin

Jed is an associate in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice. Jed’s practice focuses on civil litigation defense including premises liability, insurance coverage, wrongful death claims, contractual interpretation, and tortious interference with business relations. He has extensive first chair trial experience that includes more than 100 bench trials, 25 arbitration hearings, and 15 jury trials. Jed has performed substantial motions practice, including obtaining summary judgment, defending corporate clients in interactions with governmental entities and representing insurers and policy holders in coverage disputes. He also advises clients on a wide range of legal matters including commercial code violations, subpoena obligations, and business defamation.

• Averted multimillion-dollar exposure for client in a plea in bar jury trial against a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s largest public company.
• Secured a defense verdict in a three-day jury trial which was upheld on appeal.
• Obtained complete defense verdicts for 11 unfair and deceptive act claims over a four-day arbitration hearing in matters involving the regulation of consumer financial loans and the application of the dormant Commerce Clause.
• Prevailed mid-trial on a motion to strike a plaintiff’s case in chief during a commercial paper suit.
• Defeated a wage claim, causing the judge to threaten the plaintiff with perjury after cross-examination.
• Forced the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff’s high-exposure business defamation action.

• Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Banking and Finance Law (2021-2025), Litigation – Banking and Finance (2023-2025)
• Super Lawyers: “Rising Star” Virginia (2019-2024)