R. Brandon McCullough

Brandon concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, and complex commercial and business litigation. He represents international and domestic insurance companies in a wide array of coverage disputes in trial courts and on appeal in both state and federal courts. He has litigated and counseled insurers on issues involving numerous types of commercial and personal lines insurance policies, including commercial general liability, excess and umbrella liability, first-party property, builders’ risk, healthcare liability, directors and officers liability, environmental liability, auto liability, trucking liability, homeowners insurance, life insurance, and other specialty insurance products. Brandon’s coverage matters have included disputes over coverage for construction defects, environmental contamination, fires, explosions, equipment failures, latent and progressive injuries, sexual abuse claims, trucking accidents, and natural disasters. He also regularly represents insurers in high-exposure bad faith claims and has litigated and handled appeals in several of the most significant bad faith cases in Pennsylvania history. Brandon’s coverage practice also includes regularly providing insurance coverage opinions and advice to insurers throughout the claims handling process.

In addition to his coverage work, Brandon has represented businesses and individuals in a wide variety of complex litigation matters, including cases involving restrictive covenants and trade secrets, securities fraud, breach of commercial contracts, professional liability of accountants, engineers and insurance brokers/agents, products liability, estates and trusts, civil rights, property damage and personal injury.

Brandon is currently Vice Chair of the Insurance Law Committee of DRI – the largest bar association of civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel in North America. In that role, Brandon assists with leading the Insurance Law Committee, which consists of over 2,700 members and serves as a key resource for professionals in insurance coverage and claims throughout North America. Brandon recently served as Program Chair for the 2023 DRI Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brandon is also a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA), a private, invitation-only, international organization of top defense trial lawyers. Locally, Brandon is an active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where he recently concluded serving a three-year term as a council member for its Federal Court Section.

Brandon was elected as a Fellow in the prestigious American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) in 2024. The ACCC is a national organization comprised of preeminent lawyers involved in coverage and extracontractual matters, with Fellows representing both policyholders and insurers and Honorary members from academia. As a member of the ACCC, Brandon joins an elite group of 400 distinguished lawyers from the United States and Canada, further solidifying his status as a leading authority in insurance coverage and bad faith law.

Brandon regularly publishes articles and speaks at national and state-wide programs on insurance law and bad faith topics. He is also a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, held at Stanford Law School. He was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® in 2024 and was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® Rising Star each year from 2013 to 2023. He was also recognized as one The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Insurance Law for 2025.

During law school, Brandon completed judicial internships with the Honorable Joy Flowers Conti of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Honorable John A. Zottola of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He also served as a law clerk for the staff counsel for Travelers Insurance.