For more than 30 years, Jonathon Held has been a leader in providing consulting, estimating, project monitoring, expert testimony and dispute resolution services for clients. Since 1977, Mr. Held, and Held Enloe’s affiliate company, J.S. Held, Incorporated has provided service to clients on more than 20,000 matters, usually involving destruction of real property in more than 40 states, 10 countries and several continents.

Assignments have included commercial, industrial, high rise, habitational, residential, high tech facilities, sports structures, bridges, infrastructure, roadways, special purpose and experimental facilities. Typical assignments include consulting and estimating on property damaged by literally every type of casualty. Projects have ranged in size from Thousands of Dollars to matters involving claims in excess of $8.0 Billion.

Mr. Held is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker on a myriad of topics including Builder’s Risk losses, Estimating, Actual Cash Value analysis, Resolving Disputed First Party Insurance Claims, and Post Casualty Emergency Restoration. Speaking engagements have included:

• American Bar Association Section on Tort and Insurance Practice
• National Forum for Property Loss Professionals
• Property Loss Managers Conference
• Florida Wind Network Conference
• Loss Executives Association
• Chubb Corporation Continuing Education Seminars for Insurance Brokers and Agents.

Mr. Held has co-authored numerous technical papers including:

• An Adjusters Guide to Builder's Risk Losses. Contributing Author - Published by the Property Loss Research Bureau.
• Builder's Risk Topics of Interest - American Bar Association - Section on Tort & Insurance Practice - 1996
• Post Loss Emergency Restoration - A guide outlining contractual issues for emergency restoration projects - J.S. Held, Incorporated - 1996.
• Builder's Risk Topics of Interest - American Bar Association - Section on Tort & Insurance Practice - 1998
• Resolving Disputes - The Appraisal Process - Claims Magazine - January 2007.
• The Appraisal Process "An Outline for Making Awards Useful and Final" - Guidelines for Resolving Disputes in First Party Property Insurance Claims - American Bar Association - Property Insurance Law Committee - April, 2007.
• Cat Claims: Insurance Coverage for Natural and Man Made Disasters - Chapter 16: The Appraisal Process - Thomson Rueters West Publications - November, 2008.
• Builders Risk Measuring Delay - American Bar Association - Property Insurance law Committee - May, 2009.

On numerous litigated matters in both State and Federal Courts, Mr. Held has testified as an expert at depositions and trials on a myriad of matters. He has also acted as a party appointed panelist, neutral, court appointed neutral and sole arbitrator in numerous disputes, including the 3 largest disputed property insurance claims in history, The World Trade Center, 7 World Trade Center and 130 Liberty Street (Deutsche Bank) building insurance claims.

Mr. Held is a 1977 graduate of George Washington University.