Personal Information

Address:	17 Harbor Lane Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone:	718-680-2753

Current Employment

Company:	London Fischer LLP
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Partner, Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group; Chair -Insurance and Reinsurance Regulatory Group
Address:	59 Maiden Lane, 41st Floor New York, NY 10038
Phone:	212-331-9560
Cell:	917-696-1437
Fax:	212-972-1030
Email:	sbantis@londonfischer.com
Website:	www.londonfischer.com

Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

Claims (All), Directors Officers Liability Claims, Employment Claims, Errors and Omissions Claims, Fidelity/Surety Claims, Insurance Claims, Liability Claims, Medical Malpractice Claims, Professional Liability Claims, Coverage / Contract Interpretation, Regulatory / Compliance, Reinsurance Contract Wording

Previous Employment

Company:	Gulf Insurance Group (part of Travelers Group)
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Executive Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for all legal and claims affairs for Gulf’s domestic and international operations.

Credentials

Attorney:	Yes
Education:	Admitted to practice in New York State Courts; admitted in Federal Courts – Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Languages:	Spanish, Greek
Other Information:	Mr. Bantis has spoken extensively on insurance and reinsurance issues, including at conferences sponsored by ExecuSummit, PLUS and the Mutual Funds/Investment Management Industry.

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 16 years

Legal Department: 4 years.

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 12 years.

Law Firm (Insurance/Reinsurance Practice): 10 years

Partner: 6 years.

Associate: 4 years.

Breakdown of Experience

Asbestos   10% Bad Faith/ECO   10% Directors & Officers   10% Environmental/Pollution   10% Excess/Surplus Lines   10%

Fidelity & Surety   10% MGA/MGU   10% Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions   5% Regulatory/Licensing   5% Third Party Administrator   5%

Toxic Tort   5% Worker's Compensation   5% Libel/Slander/Media Liability   5%

By Market

U.S. Market: 75%

U.K. Market: 15%

Bermuda/Off-shore Market: 10%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 60/40%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 60/40%
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

Mediation Experience

Number of Mediations

As Counsel: 8

ARIAS Experience

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; September 2009

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 35
As an Umpire: 1
As Outside Counsel: 15
As Employee Manager: 20

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

4	Appointed as an arbitrator.
6	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
5	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
2	Acted as an arbitrator through an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
6	Acted as an arbitrator through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
12	Acted as an arbitrator through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Umpire Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.

Lead Counsel Experience

Number of Arbitrations

3	Retained and Acted as Lead Counsel, up to, but not including, the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
3	Acted as Lead Counsel through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
7	Acted as Lead Counsel through to an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
2	Acted as Lead Counsel through to an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Employee Manager Experience

Number of Arbitrations

6	Employee Manager of arbitration.
8	Employee Manager of arbitration through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage as well as significant motions before the panel, panel consultations, and interim awards, but not through the hearing briefs.
3	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
3	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

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