ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Midyear Conference 2020 | American Bar Association (ABA) | 20 February 2020 | Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, 2400 E Missouri Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA

The TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program brings together a diverse group of leaders and insurance professionals, from coverage counsel to insurers to in-house risk managers and policyholder specialists, to discuss the key hot topics in insurance coverage to provide attendees an opportunity to engage in and learn about a wide array of emerging issues affecting this industry.

2020 Speakers

Brandi L. Burke
Chair, Thompson Coburn LLP, ICLC

Timothy Thornton
Chair-Elect, Gray Duffy, LLP, ICLC

Gregory Giometti
Program Chair, Giometti & Mereness, P.C.

Micalann Pepe
Program Co-Chair, Jaburg Wilk, P.C.

Thea Capone
TIPS Section Chair, Baumeister and Samuels PC

Brandi L. Burke
Chair, Thompson Coburn LLP, ICLC

Gregory Giometti
Program Chair, Giometti & Mereness, P.C.

Taylor Seibel
Associate, Giometti & Mereness, P.C. Denver, CO

Timothy Thornton
Chair-Elect, Gray Duffy, LLP, ICLC Chair-Elect

Micalann Pepe
Program Co-Chair, Jaburg Wilk, P.C.

MODERATORS:

Janet Davis
Shareholder, Cozen O’Connor, Chicago, IL

Damian Arguello
Founder, Colorado Insurance Law Center, Denver, CO

Maureen Mulligan, Esq.
Partner, Peabody & Arnold, Boston, MA

Samuel J. Arena, Jr.
Partner, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA

Darin McMullen
Senior Vice President & E&O/Cyber Insurance Product leader, Aon Cyber Solutions, Philadelphia, PA

Jennifer Arnett, Esq.
Partner, Sanitas Law Group, Boulder, CO

Mitchell A. Orpett, Esq.
Director, Tribler Orpett & Meyer P.C., Chicago, IL

Douglas R. Richmond
Managing Director, Commercial Risk Solutions, Professional Services, Aon, Chicago, IL

Shawn A. Eady
Associate, Holland & Hart LLP, Greenwood Village, CO

Gary L. Gassman
Shareholder, Co-Chair, Professional Liability Practice Group, Cozen O’Connor, Chicago, IL

William Barker
Partner, Dentons, Chicago, IL

Eric Hermanson
Partner, White & Williams, Boston, MA

PANELISTS:

Kim Hogrefe
Mediator, Arbitrator/Consultant, Kim Dean Hogrefe, LLC, New York, NY

Bill Black
Vice President/General Counsel, Cassatt RRG Holding Company, Phoenix, AZ

Helen Michael
Partner, Blank Rome, Washington DC

Grace Hanson
Global Claim Director/Global Head, Claims, Hiscox Ltd, London, UK

Jayant Lakshmikanthan
Founder/Chief Product Officer, CLARA Analytics, Santa Clara, CA

Rick Swedloff
Vice Dean/Professor, Law, Rutgers Law School

Patrick Schmid, Ph.D.
Vice President, RiskStream Collaborative (Blockchain Insurance Consortium), The Institutes Risk & Insurance Knowledge Group, Malvern, PA

Sandra Ro
Chief Executive Officer, Global Blockchain Business Counsel, Washington D.C.

Andrea Tinianow, Esq.
Executive Vice President/Chief Innovation Officer, Global Kompass Strategies, Delaware

Andrew (Drew) Hinkes, Esq.
Of Counsel, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL

Daniel S. Alter, Esq.
Murphy & McGonigle, P.C., New York, NY

Raymond Zenkich
President/Chief Executive Officer, Block Re, Chicago, IL

Laura Foggan
Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington D.C.

Martin P. Lavelle
Managing Counsel, The Travelers Insurance Companies, Hartford, CT

Rachel S. Kronowitz
Partner, Gilbert, LLP, Washington, D.C.

Chaim N. Saiman
Professor, Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, Villanova, PA

Jana Landon
Chief Privacy Officer, Lincoln Financial Group, Philadelphia, PA

Karen Painter-Randall
Chair, Cyber Security & Data Privacy, Connell Foley, Roseland, NJ

Monique Ferraro, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Counsel Cyber Practice, The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., Hartford, CT

Carol Threlkeld, Esq
Claims Director, Berkley Select, Chicago, IL

Chris Yetka, Esq.
Shareholder, Larkin Hoffman, Minneapolis, MN

Michael F. Aylward
Partner, Morrison Mahoney LLP, Boston, MA

Gena Sluga
Shareholder, Christian Dichter & Sluga, P.C., Phoenix, AZ

Lorelie Masters
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, D.C.

Joe Ramirez
Partner, Holland & Hart LLP, Greenwood Village, CO

David Pryce
Managing Partner, Fenchurch Law, London, UK

Howard Kohler
IMA, Inc.- ARM, CRIS, Denver, CO

Joanne Zimolzak
Member, Dykema, Washington, D.C.

Teresa Milano
Vice President, Management Liability, Woodruff Sawyer, Boston, MA

John Reitwiesne
Vice President/Head, Claims, StarStone Insurance, New York, NY

Kristine Tejana Rickard
Senior Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary, Fuzion Analytics and Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Indianapolis, IN

The Honorable Danielle Viola
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge, Phoenix, AZ

Michael W. Huddleston
Shareholder, Munsch Hardt, Kopil & Hart, P.C., Dallas, TX

Christopher W. Martin
Partner, Martin Desiree Jefferson & Wisdom, Houston, TX

Victoria Roberts
Roberts Claim Consults, LLC, Phoenix, AZ

Kenna Plangemann
Associate General Counsel/Senior Director, Claims, Suffolk Construction Co., Boston, MA

Iain Nasatir
Partner, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Seth Lamden
Partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago, IL

Ted Carleton
Partner, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY

Robin Cohen
Principal, McKool Smith, New York, NY

Cara Duffield
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.

Randy J. Holland, (retired Judge)
Senior, Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE

John Day
Associate, Pricket, Jones, & Elliott, Wilmington, DE

2020 Sponsors

SECTION SPONSOR:
• MDD Forensic Accountants

PREMIUM SPONSOR:
• International Risk Management Institute (IRMI)

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Rivkin Radler LLP
• Blank Rome LLP
• Dykema Gossett PLLC
• Gray Duffy LLP
• Larkin Hoffman Ltd.
• Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP
• Nossaman LLP
• Sherman and Howard, LLC
• Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
• Thompson Coburn LLP

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Cozen O’Connor
• Giometti & Mereness, P.C.
• Jaburg Wilk
• Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation
• Pilsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman
• Sulloway & Hollis PLLC
• White and Williams LLP
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Colorado Insurance Law Center
• Fenchurch Law
• Keller & Heckman
• Peabody & Arnold
• Resnick & Louis PC