Daniel J. Twilla is a Partner in the Pittsburgh office of GRSM. His practice focuses on insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, and commercial litigation.

Daniel is an experienced trial attorney representing insurers throughout Pennsylvania in a variety of insurance disputes and has litigated matters arising from a wide range of insurance policies, including general liability, homeowners, and commercial and personal automobile. He has achieved a number of case dismissals and summary judgments in cases involving first-party and third-party bad faith claims.  He has successfully tried multiple bad faith cases.

While in law school, Daniel was a Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Commerce and a legal writing teaching assistant. He served as a law clerk to Administrative Law Judge Gail A. Randall, Drug Enforcement Administration, a position to which he was appointed through United States Attorney General’s Attorney Honors Program.

  • Courts Find Direct Repair Claims Not So Direct, The Legal Intelligencer, July 2022
  • Strict Liability Standards for Consumer Protection Law May Impact Insurance Litigation, The Legal Intelligencer, August 2021
  • Impact of ‘Berg v. Nationwide’: Will It Change Bad Faith Law In PA?, The Legal Intelligencer, August 2019
     

  • Advanced Auto Law Seminar – Ethical Issues, PBI, October 11, 2018
  • Bad Faith, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Annual Conference, July 2017
  • Bad Faith Update, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, July 2016
  • Insurance Bad Faith Update, Advanced Auto Law Seminar, PBI, October 2015

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • Ohio
  • West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Memberships

  • Defense Research Institute
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Board Member
  • American Inns of Court, local chapter Board Member
  • Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
  • B.A., cum laude, Allegheny College, 2001

Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Insurance Law (2024-2025)