Arbitrator Services; Mediator Services; Consultant to Insurance Industry on Legal and Regulatory MattersMajor, complex litigation consulting to Zurich Group(2008-Present)
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary;
Responsible for the Corporate Law function of the North America commercial property-casualty insurance operations of the Zurich Financial Services Group (1985-2008)
Company:
CNA Insurance Companies
Position(s) and Responsibilities:
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel;
Responsible for the components of the Law Department providing legal support to the property-casualty and life-health direct insurance operations, the rate and form filing function and the government and industry affairs operations(1976-1985)
Company:
Ohio Department of Insurance
Position(s) and Responsibilities:
Assistant Director and General Counsel;
Responsible for all operations of the Department as well as its legislative program; assumed leading roles in the liquidation of a property casualty as well as a life insurance company(1973-1976)
The Ohio State University, College of Education;
The Ohio State University, College of Law;
Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Degrees:
Bachelor of Science;
Juris Doctor;
Master of Management(MBA)(Finance & Accounting)
Designations:
Licensed to practice law in Illinois(active)and Ohio(inactive).
Legal Department: 32 years.
CNA-Attorney, Asst. General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel; Zurich North America-Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Insurance-related Firms: 7 years.
Consultant: 7 years.
Legal and Litigation Consulting, Zurich Financial Services Group; Arbitrator/Umpire , Corporate Law
Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 3 years.
Other
: 3 years.
Assistant Director & General Counsel-Ohio Department of Insurance
Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
1
Acted as an umpire through an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
Employee Manager Experience
Number of Arbitrations
3
Employee Manager of arbitration through pre-hearing briefs.
3
Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.