Announcements
Lew Hassett’s and Cindy Chang’s article, “Public Access vs. Arbitration Confidentiality: A Balancing Act that Tilts Towards Access” has been published in the June 20, 2008, edition of Mealey’s Litigation Reports: Reinsurance.
The firm is pleased to announce that our friend and colleague Joe Cregan has accepted a position as counsel for longtime client MAG Mutual Insurance Company, based in Atlanta. While we are sad to see him leave, we congratulate him on his continuing success.
Skip Myers will be speaking on federal and state regulatory issues at the National Risk Retention Association meeting in Washington, DC on September 22 - 24, 2008
The firm is pleased to announce that James “Jim” Maxson, a leading practitioner in the life settlement industry, has joined the Atlanta office of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP. Maxson teams with MMM partner Ward Bondurant to co-chair a newly formed Life Settlements Group. The new group will advise domestic and international clients on critical legal, insurance regulatory, tax and financial issues. Maxson was formerly Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Habersham Funding, LLC, a leading life settlement provider.
We are delighted to welcome Tony Roehl back to the firm. Tony spent a year with Nationwide Insurance as Assistant General Counsel in the office of the General Counsel supporting the commercial insurance group. He rejoins the firm with this additional experience and will continue to pursue his specialty practice in insurance regulatory, mergers and acquisitions and complex multi-state projects Tony received his law degree from the University of Michigan and has five years experience in the Insurance Group at the firm.
Skip Myers will again be an instructor for the ICCIE course on Risk Retention Groups starting on October 29, 2008.
Lew Hassett will serve as a group leader at the Reinsurance Association of America’s upcoming seminar “Reinsurance Claims Management For Claims Professionals by Claims Professionals,” to be held September 17-18, 2008 at the Helmsley Hotel in New York City.
Jim Maxson spoke on regulatory issues at the Life Insurance Settlement Association’s Industry Services Forum on August 6th-7th.
Jim Maxson will speak on litigation issues impacting the life settlement industry on September 23rd - 25th at the 2008 Life Settlements Conference taking place at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Skip Myers will be speaking on regulatory issues affecting captives at the Nevada Captive Insurance Association meeting in Las Vegas on October 25, 2008.
Jim Maxson will be on reporting and regulatory issues at the 2008 LISA (Life Insurance Settlement Association) Regulatory and Compliance Conference taking place at the Westin in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 25th - 26th.
Jason Cummings joins the Insurance Practice after graduation from Mercer University where he received the highest academic achievement award in three areas of study. He received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.
Chris Petersen moderated a panel presentation at the recent “Health Reform & the 2008 Elections: What’s Ahead for Health Care Access, Delivery and Financing” symposium held in Washington, DC. Mr. Petersen’s panel examined reform perspectives from the states.
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