Christopher M. Jacobs

As a director of the Houston Harbaugh, P.C., law firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attorney Christopher M. Jacobs represents the rights and interests of a diverse range of clients throughout the state, as well as West Virginia and Ohio, who have legal needs involving insurance bad faith litigation, insurance coverage disputes and complex commercial litigation.

Focusing primarily on the defense of insurance companies and other stakeholders, Mr. Jacobs has assisted hundreds of clients who face claims involving construction defects, injury claims, toxic exposure claims, uninsured and underinsured motorist claim disputes, property loss disputes, excess verdicts, and other issues. A tenacious trial attorney, he fully prepares each case with an eye on achieving the most favorable outcome possible. Furthermore, he has extensive experience handling matters such as horizontal and vertical exhaustion, targeted tender issues, extracontractual exposure defense, underlying policy interactions, allocation of damages, and more.  Recently of note, Mr. Jacob's has been closely monitoring insurance issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic involving business interruption coverage and civil authority.  His updates and blog articles can be found here.

Widely regarded as a leader in his field, Mr. Jacobs has several publications to his credit, and he routinely conducts lectures and seminars throughout his region on topics related to insurance bad faith and insurance law. Fully committed to his practice, he is a member of the Defense Research Institute's The Voice of the Defense Bar and the Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.

A 1999 graduate of the University of Richmond, Mr. Jacobs obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002. He holds his license to practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, and he is admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd and 4th Circuits.

Committed to his local community as well, Mr. Jacobs once served as president of the North Allegheny School District School Board, and he is a former board member of the McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority.