Venue
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051, USA

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Event Date Wed Mar 18 CDT - Fri Mar 20 CDT (over 4 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Wed Mar 18 6:00pm - Fri Mar 20 1:00pm
Location Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051, USA
Region Americas
Details

The CLM Annual Conference is the premier annual event for professionals in the claims and litigation management industries. The Conference is a tremendous mix of interactive educational sessions and fun networking events. Participants can select from more than 100 collaborative educational sessions focused on all facets of the industry. Premier Panels feature some of the top minds in the industry.

The CLM Claims and Litigation Management Professionals of the Year finalists and award recipients are also recognized during the Conference. Annual Conference attendees can also participate in a 5k run, golf scramble, round robin tennis tournament and community service events.

Attendance at the Annual Conference is limited to 1,500 individuals and is balanced among CLM Members and Fellows.

Speakers

2020 Speakers

Maria Elena Abate
Shareholder, Colodny Fass, P.A.

Tara Acton
Director, Claims & Counsel, CenturyLink

Chris Adolph
Vice President, Claims, Sompo International Insurance

Robert Aikens
Branch Manager, Sedgwick

Anas Al-Hamwi
Senior Director, Walgreen Co.

Howard Altschule
Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Forensic Weather Consultants, LLC

Melissa Anderson
Senior Claims Specialist, AXIS Insurance

Dana Applegate
Director, Claims Vendor Management Office, Markel Service, Incorporated

Kristina Ashcraft
Corporate Vice President, MC Consultants, Inc.

Bruce Astrachan
Senior Counsel, Claims, Retail Business Services, an Ahold Delhaize company

Steven Badger
Senior Partner, Zelle LLP

Melissa Bailey
Partner, Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP

Marina Barg
Chief Claims Officer, US, Navigators, A Brand of The Hartford

Jeannette Barker
Executive General Adjuster, Sedgwick

Nicole Barna
Assistant Vice President, Professional Liability, Markel Global Insurance

Bruce Barnes
Vice President Forensic Engineeering, East Region, Envista Forensics

Christopher Bates
Attorney, Lynberg & Watkins

Kay Baxter
Managing Partner, Foley & Mansfield, PLLP

Justin Bayer
Attorney, Kane Pugh Knoell Troy & Kramer, LLP

Teresa Beck
Co-Chair, CA Litigation/Chair of AZ Litigation, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Lawrence Beemer
Vice President, Claims, IAT Insurance Group

Nicholas Benetatos
Managing Consultant, Exponent

Mark Bennett
Vice President, Large Casualty, Safety National Casualty Corporation

Daniel Berman
Chairman/Co-Founder, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Christine Bernstock
Director, Risk Management, Tishman Construction Corporation, AECOM

Robert Biagi
Regional Manager, Counsel, The Hartford

Peter Biging
Attorney, Goldberg Segalla LLP

Robert Blasio
President/Chief Executive Officer, Western Litigation, Inc.

Kenneth Bloom
Attorney, Gartner + Bloom PC

Tara Bodden
Senior Vice President, Media & Technology Division, Hiscox

Nate Bohlander
Attorney, Morgan & Akins, PLLC

Christina Boone
Claim Technical Director, Great American Insurance Company

Brian Bornstein
Regional Claims Executive, AIG

Eugene Boule
Attorney, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Jeanette Bourey
Claims Counsel, Markel Service, Incorporated

Edward Bowman
Vice President, Cumberland Insurance Group

Mark Boyle
Attorney, Boyle Leonard & Anderson, PA

Jay Branderbit
Attorney, Kent & McBride, P.C.

Michael Brink
Supervising Claims Attorney, National Interstate Insurance Company

Melanie Brown
Director, Professional Liability, Markel Service, Incorporated

Steven Brundage
Director, Legal Process Innovation, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Andrea Buhl
Managing Director, Clinically Intg Med Program, Sedgwick

Julie Buonocore
Associate, Rebar Bernstiel, LLC

Dove Burns
Partner, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell and Hippel LLP

James Busenlener
Attorney, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.

Kim Bush
Assistant Vice President, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.

Christopher Butler
Managing Director, Professional and Management Liability, Markel Service, Incorporated

James Bynoe
Chief Claims Counsel, OneBeacon Insurance Group

Karen Campbell
Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP

Steven Carabases
Head, Financial Lines Claims, Hartford Global Specialty

Rina Carmel
Senior Counsel, Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP

Patrick Carroll
Sr. Consultant, Aon

Christopher Carucci
Client Executive Director, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

TJ Cate
National Construction and Industrial Division Manager, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

Regina Cedeno
Resolution Technical Manager, Blackboard Insurance

Debbie Champion
Partner, Rynearson Suess Schnurbusch & Champion

Michael Chang
Chief Executive Officer, Sompo GRS, Sompo International Insurance

Jorey Chernett
Chief Executive Officer, Authentic4D

Marie Cheung-Truslow
Principal/Owner, Law Offices of Marie Cheung-Truslow

Bridget Choi
Senior Claims Counsel, Professional Liability, Hartford Global Specialty

Juana Ciriaco
Claim Specialist, Ironshore Insurance Company

Angela Clemente
Director, Claims Technical, Allianz Resolution Management

Susan M. Clemson
Vice President, Western Litigation, Inc.

Adam Cohen
Partner, Davids & Cohen, P.C.

Ted Colquett
Founding Partner, Colquett Law, LLC

Dion Cominos
Firmwide Managing Partner, Gordon & Rees LLP

Allison Confer
Vice President, Claims Expert, Swiss Re

Cliff Connor
Vice President, Medicare Compliance, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Leah Cooper
Managing Director, Global Consumer Technology, Sedgwick

Laura Cornish
Claims Manager, Lightstone

Claudia Costa
Partner, Gordon & Rees LLP

Daniel Costello
Managing Partner, Daniel P. Costello & Associates, LLC

Jessica Craft
Attorney, Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Carolyn Crawford
Director, Construction Defect, Nationwide Insurance Company

Timothy D. Crawley
Attorney, Anderson Crawley & Burke, PLLC

Jorge Cruz
Shareholder/Partner, Daniels Rodriguez Berkeley Daniels & Cruz, PA

Brian Cweren
Principal, The Cweren Law Firm, PLLC

Devon Daemer
Sr. Claim Director, Chubb

Kristine D'Amato
Director, Executive Risk Claims, Crum & Forster

Kathleen D'Andraia
Complex Claims Analyst, RiverStone Resources LLC

Mitchell Dane-Henry
Insurance Program Manager, Sprouts Farmers Market

Lars Daniel
Practice Leader, Digital Forensics, Envista Forensics

Robert Daniel
Claims Counsel, Hiscox

La Tonya Darby
Professional Liability and Risk Management Consultant, RCM&D/SISCO

Janet R. Davis
Attorney, Cozen O’Connor

Jason Davis
Litigation Manager, American National Property & Casualty Company

Susan DeCaro
Liability Claims Manager, PMA Companies

Russell Dennis
Director, Casualty Claims, Markel Service, Incorporated

Dawn Dezii
Attorney, Margolis Edelstein

Glenn Dienstag
Senior Vice President/Chief Claims Officer, Vela Insurance Services LLC

Joseph DiFranco
Assistant Vice President, Technical Investigations, Energi Insurance Services, Inc.

Michael DiModica
Vice President, Claims Consulting, Willis Towers Watson

Mark DiTaranto
Head, Claims, Reinsurance - North Ameri, AXA XL

Bert Dizon
Senior Account Manager, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Adam Doherty
Vice President, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.

Anthony Doman
AVP Claims, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Katherine Dombrowski
Regional Counsel, AM Trust North America

Brian J. Donnelly
Partner, Cullen and Dykman, LLP

Richard Dowd
Regional Vice President, Claims, Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.

Katie Downey
Technical Claims Counsel, OneBeacon Insurance Group

Joe Duncan
Partner, Clark, May, Price, Lawley, Duncan & Paul LLC

Carla Renee Eastwood
Regional Claims Manager-Liability Division, Corvel Corporation

Kerry Ebersole
Litigation Management Team Leader, USLI

J. Thaddeus Eckenrode
Attorney at Law, Eckenrode-Maupin

Rachel Ehrlich
Mediator, Judicate-West

Julian Ehrlich
Senior Vice President Claims, Aon

Constance Endelicato
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Jim Everett
Vice President, Claims and Everett Cash Mutual, Everett Cash Mutual Insurance Group

Brian Eves
Partner, Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, LLP

Lance Ewing
Executive Vice President, Global Risk Management & Client Services, Cotton Holdings, Inc.

Thomas Fama
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Alyssa Farruggia
Senior Manager Professional Liability, York Risk Services

Monique Ferraro
Cyber Counsel, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company

Beck Fineman
Partner, Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP

Glenn Fischer
Senior Counsel, Complex Claims, Markel Service, Incorporated

Kevin Fisher
Vice President, Healthcare Professional Liability Claims, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.

Elizabeth Fitch
Managing Partner, Righi Fitch Law Group

Chen Foley
Head, Claims for Bermuda, Iron-Starr Excess

Jim Foster
Partner, Cassiday Schade LLP

Martin Fox-Foster
Senior Vice President/Director, Coverage & Insurance, G2 Insurance Services

Dennis Franchetti
Casualty Supervisor, NLC Insurance Companies

Howard Franco
Attorney, Collins Collins Muir & Stewart

Martin Frappolli
Senior Director, Knowledge Resources, The Institutes

Elaine Fresch
Partner, Selman Breitman

Julie Galante
Chief Insurance Officer, Boost Insurance

Rob Galbraith
Director, Innovation, AF Group

Janet Galbreath
Assistant Claims Manager, Sedgwick

Jacqueline Gallagher
Attorney, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Phaidra Garcia
Attorney, McDowell Shaw Garcia & Mizell

Richard Gatz
Claims Consultant, CNA Insurance

Dwight Geddes
Claims Adjusting & Consulting, Metro Claims & Risk Mgmt

Kyle T. Geiger
Partner, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP

Vincent Gerbino
Attorney, Bruno Gerbino & Soriano

Cathy Gicker
Senior Claim Consultant, Allstate Insurance Company

Joan Gilbride
Attorney, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Brian Gillespie
Chief Technology Officer, Bardavon Health Innovations, LLC

Raymond Giorgetti
Vice President, Structured Settlments, Arcadia Settlements Group

Carlos Giron
Medical Director, Pain Institute of Georgia

Krista Glenn
Chief Claims Officer, IAT Insurance Group

Larry Goanos
Chief Executive Officer, Andros Risk Services

Ron Goldstein
Managing Director, Aon

Nidya Gonzales
Senior Casualty Claims Manager, Brinker International

Rafael Gonzalez
President, Optum Settlement Solutions, Optum

Johanna Goodman
Manager, Exponent

J. Russell Goudelock
Attorney, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC (MGC)

Brenda Govan
Vice President, Excess Casualty Claims, Sompo International Insurance

Janice Greenberg
Senior Claim Specialist, AXA XL

Justin Gress
Director, Strategic Operations, AXA XL

Dennis Grogan
Head, Firm Management, AIG

Melisha Grogan
Claims Litigation Specialist, Liberty Mutual

Christopher Grosso
Vice President, Claims, Conner Strong & Buckelew

Andy Guerra
Structural Engineer, Envista Forensics

Lloyd Gura
Partner, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass

David Haack
Litigation/Casualty Claims Manager, St. Johns Insurance Company

Aaron Haimowitz
Risk Manager, Turner Construction Company

Jerry Hamilton
Managing Shareholder, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP

Penny Hamilton
Liability Assistant Claims Manager, PMA Companies

Taranae Hashemi
Attorney, Gallo Vitucci & Klar

Jan Haylett
Vice President Professional Liability Claims, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.

Jeff Heaser
Vice President, Workers Compensation, Astrus Insurance Solutions

Frederick M. Heiser
Shareholder, Klinedinst PC

Robert Hellner
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Erin Hendrix
Claims Manager, Beazley

Meghan Henry
Attorney, Morgan & Akins, PLLC

Michael Hessling
Chief Client Officer, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Linda Hicks
Vice President Midwest Operations, ECC Horizon

Melissa Hill
Head, Claims, Hiscox

Stephanie Hillman
Director, Claims, Vela Insurance Services LLC

Collin Hite
Associate General Counsel, Claims, Markel Service, Incorporated

Guy Hollingsworth
Architects and Engineers Professional, Liability Claims, Hanover Insurance

Rebecca Holshouser
Senior Claims Analyst, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.

Erica Holzman
Claims Manager, Beazley

Kelly Hopper Moore
Claims Manager, State of Oregon

Kellie Howard-Goudy
Attorney, Collins Einhorn Farrell PC

Rose Hoyle
Strategic Operations Manager for Risk Engineering, AXA XL

Lauren Hulbert
Senior Claims Examiner, Medmarc Ins. Group

Brandon Hull
Attorney, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.

Donna Hunt
Assistant Vice President, Designers and Contractors Professional Liability, Ironshore Insurance Company

Geoffrey Hunt
Chief Executive Officer, Ringler

Marcos Iglesias
Vice President, Chief Medical Director, Travelers

Lori Ilgenfritz
Account Principal, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Niki Ingram
Attorney, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin

Michelle Jackson
Senior Specialty Lines Claims Examiner, Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group

Lea Kapral
General Manager, Central Claims, Acuity Insurance

Suzanne Karapashev
Complex Claims Specialist, Westfield

Andrew Kaufman
Partner, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Joseph Kearney
Senior Claims Consultant, HDI Global Insurance

Jeffrey Keister
Attorney, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC (MGC)

Brett Kelley
Senior Special Investigator, SIU, Liberty Mutual

Frank Kelly
Attorney, Rebar Bernstiel, LLC

Christopher Kelly
Attorney, Rebar Bernstiel, LLC

Simon Keshishian
Senior Director, Risk Management, Red Bull

William Keville
Attorney, Melick & Porter, LLP

Rachel Kim
Senior Claims Counsel, Sompo International Insurance

Ray Kimbrough
Environmental Division Manager, Custard Insurance Adjusters Inc.

Richard E. King
Managing Member, Melchiode Marks King LLC

Darren Klauser
Chief Executive Officer, Ontellus

Michelle Klein
Chief Compliance Officer, Berkley Professional Liability

Jason Klein
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Chris Konzelmann
Attorney, White and Williams

Vickram Kooblall
President/Chief Executive Officer, Social Media Investigations

Jeffrey Koonankeil
Chief Claims Officer, Euclid Specialty Managers

Angela Kopet
Partner, Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP

David Koudelik
AVP, Claim Manager, Multinational Claims
Chubb

Matt Kovacs
Claims Examiner, Markel Service, Incorporated

Brian Krantz
Assistant Vice President, Privacy - Compliance, Legal & Risk, LPL Financial

Rose Kuba Herbig
Senior Claims Analyst, Topgolf

Eugene LaFlamme
Attorney, McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC

Michael LaFond
Director, Claims Litigation, Pekin Insurance Company

Linda Lane
President, Harbor Health Systems

Maureen Lane Pachucki
Counsel, Liberty Mutual

Robert Lapidow
Partner, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.

Barbara Laskaris-Lorigan
Assistant Vice President, Large Loss Specialist, Construction Defect Claims, Arch Insurance Group Inc.

Gary Leonard
Senior Vice President, Western Litigation, Inc.

Jason Lockhart
Attorney, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC (MGC)

Steve Lokus
Vice President, Construction Practice Group Navigators, A Brand of The Hartford

Thomas Lookstein
Vice President, Financial Lines and Professional Liability Claims, Starr Adjustment Services, Inc.

Jason Lowe
Attorney, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Cayce Lynch
Administrative Partner, Tyson & Mendes LLP

Dave Lynch
Director, Risk Management, GameStop, Inc.

Donna MacConnell
Senior Vice President, Claims Manager, Lockton Companies, LLC

Kimberly MacDonald
Supervising Claims Counsel, AXA XL

Ari Magedoff
Assistant Vice President D&O/FI Claims, AXIS Insurance

Charles Mailloux
Attorney, Picciano & Scahill, PC

Alex Malino
Partner, Barry, McTiernan & Moore

Casimir Maliszewski CLMP, CCP
Director, Litigation & Casualty Claims, Security First Insurance

Elliot Mandel
Senior Manager, Analytics, Metrics & Strategy, Liberty Mutual

Laurie Mandell
Assistant Vice President, Chubb

Julia Manganaro
Complex Claims Specialist Navigators, A Brand of The Hartford

Glen Mangold
Product Leader, North America, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Brian Margolies
Partner, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Michael Markey
Investigator III, SIU, Chubb

Brad Markvart
Claims Counsel, SECURA Insurance Company

Eric Marler
Assistant Vice President, Claims, Hanover Insurance

Vic Marmo
Senior Director, Global Claims, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation

Jeff Marshall
Claims Manager, Mars, Inc.

James Martin
Complex Case Leader, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Kathy Martin
Global Head, AIG

Joni Mason
Vice President National Practice Advisor, Wells Fargo Insurance Services

Dena Mastrogiovanni
Vice President, Litigation Management, AMS Management Group

Richard Mastronardo
Senior Vice President, Complex Claim Officer - North America Claims, Chubb

Valerie T. Matherne
Attorney, Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo & Matherne, L.L.C.

Ronald A. Mazariegos
Claim Executive, Arrowpoint Capital

Sponsors & Partners

2020 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Selman Breitman LLP

EMERALD SPONSORS:
• Ontellus
• WSHB

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AXIOM Requisition
• Callahan & Fusco LLC
• Clara Analytics
• Compex
• Donan
• Franco Signor
• imedview, inc
• Kubicki Draper
• Lewis Brisbois
• Magna Legal Services
• Optum
• Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
• Ringler
• Robson Forencsic
• U.S. Legal Support
• Veritext
• Winget Spadafora Schwartzberg LLP
• Wolters Kluwer

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ABI
• Acuity ELM
• Arcadia
• ARCCA
• Cozen O'connor
• EDT
• EnVista Forensics
• Epiq
• Esquire Deposition Solutions
• First Legal
• Legal Languange Services
• Lexitas
• Meredith CPAs
• National Arbitration and Mediation
• S-E-A
•MCS
• Torres Victor

SILVER SPONSORS:
• American Legal Records
• Authentic 4D
• Beytin, McLaughlin, McLaughlin, O'Hara, Kinman & Bocchino Professional Association
• BIA
• Bottomline
• Choice Legal
• Conroy Simberg
• Consilio
• Desimone
• Skinder - Strauss LLC
• Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting
• Forensic Engineering Technologies
• Gavelytics
• International Sureties, Ltd.
• JS Held
• My COI
• NuQuest
• Social Media Investigations, Inc.
• Traub Lieberman

SHOW DAILY SPONSORS:
• ABI
• JDI
• MC Consultants Inc.
• Melchiode Marks King LLC
• Wilson Elser

EXHIBITORS:
• Coventbridge Group
• Cubeworks Inc.
• ECC Horizon
• ESI
• FWC
• Galloway
• HG Deposition and Litigation Services
• Judicate West
• LCS Record Retrieval
• Legal Net Inc.
• Litchfield Cavo LLP
• Macro Pro
• Nelson Forensics
• PACE
• Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc.
• Picciano & Scahill, PC.
• Rocket Matter
• Cweren Law Firm
• Vernis & Bowling
• Vortex Legal
• Your House Counsel
• Zehner Trial Consulting LLC