A Partner at Butler, John V. Garaffa practices in our construction, coverage defense, and cyber losses departments. He has extensive experience with construction defect litigation and cyber coverage and defense.

John has written widely on first-party bad faith, punitive damages, discovery disputes, and on the application of state valued policy laws to property losses in Florida and other Gulf Coast states. He has also served as the Vice Chair of the Property Insurance Law General Committee within the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.

John received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Minnesota, cum laude, in 1982 and his Master of Laws degree, with distinction, from Georgetown University in 1991. Prior to joining the firm in 2003, John served on active duty for twenty-one years as a member of the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, United States Navy, retiring as a Captain.