Nancy D. Adams, CPCU is partner and member of the Insurance, Reinsurance, Investigations & Risk Management Practice at Mintz Levin in Boston. She has extensive experience representing and advising primary and excess admitted, surplus and specialty lines insurers on the business and legal implications of a variety of complex coverage issues involving both commercial and personal lines of insurance. Her practice has involved representing insurers in state bankruptcy, and federal courts across the country. Ms. Adams is Chambers-ranked and a member of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.

James W. Bryan has been practicing law for 28 years and is a Member with the Greensboro office of the Nexsen Pruet law firm. He practices in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, tort litigation, trucking industry defense, commercial litigation, and environmental law. He is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extra-contractual Counsel. He has held several leadership positions in DRI, and currently is a member of the Insurance Law Committee and the current Chair for its First Party Property subcommittee. Jim is the Vice-Chair of the Council of the Insurance Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and was President of the Greensboro Bar Association.Jim is Prorgam Co-Vice Chair of the 2018 Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium

Jordan E. Clay graduated from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 1989. He was a visiting scholar in the University of Hong Kong, LLM program in 1988, clerked for Chief Judge Frank Q. Nebeker of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals in Washington, D.C., 1989-1990 and was a Partner in the Wichita, Kansas law firm of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC, where he worked from 1990 to 1999. In 1999 he accepted a position as in-house counsel with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company at its home office in Bloomington, Illinois. His work at State Farm has primarily focused on the defense of extra-contractual suits filed against his client. He has also provided counsel to the Claims department on the auto damage service program, litigation counsel to the Subrogation Unit, and counsel to the client on product liability and public relations issues.

William Clayton (Clay) Crawford is a partner in the Kansas City Missouri law firm of Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford. He is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. Clay has been named to "Best of the Bar" by the Kansas City Business Journal "Best Lawyers in Kansas City" by Ingram's Magazine, and "Top Lawyers in Missouri" by the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Clay is a past President of the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers and has served as an adjunct professor of insurance law at the UMKC School of Law. Before joining the firm, Clay served as an officer of GE ERC, now part of Swiss Re.

Andrew B. Downs is a shareholder in the San Francisco office of Bullivant Houser Bailey PC. Licensed in both California and Nevada, Andy represents insurers in complex coverage and extracontractual matters across multiple lines of insurance, with a focus on large first party property losses, professional liability, Directors & Officers, and Marine. Andy is a former Director of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. He is a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. Andy is recognized by Chambers USA for insurance law and is a Northern California SuperLawyer.

F. Lane Finch, Jr. manages the Alabama office of Swift Currie, an Atlanta-based insurance law and litigation firm. He has provided insurance coverage advice, defended bad faith claims, and litigated first and third-party claims in federal and state courts in California and Alabama for more than 30 years, handling disputes involving up to $500 million. Lane is the Vice Chair of DRI's Insurance Law Committee and is very active in DRI programming and leadership. He has also written and presented extensively on insurance coverage and litigation issues over the years.

Laura A. Foggan is a member of Crowell & Moring's Insurance/Reinsurance Group. She recently was recognized as a Thought Leader for Insurance & Reinsurance by Who's Who Legal (2018) and named Washington DC Insurance "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers (2017). Laura represents insurers in a wide range of complex insurance matters, such as coverage disputes and extra-contractual matters. She has participated in more than 250 appellate cases including key national precedents on insurance issues. She also counsels insurers and reinsurers on strategic opportunities, litigation trends, and emerging risks such as autonomous vehicles and drones, privacy and cyberliability, global warming (climate change), internet-of-things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and utilization of blockchain or distributed-ledger technology.

Daniel I. Graham, Jr. a founding partner in his firm, assists his insurance company clients in both appreciating and navigating the complex coverage issues intellectual property infringement and unfair business practice claims present. He has represented his clients' interests before state and federal courts nationwide, at both the trial and appellate level, and in doing so, helped law addressing the scope of insurance coverage in the context of emerging technology-related coverage issues. He has been recognized by Leading Lawyers Network, Chambers USA, and Super Lawyers magazine.

Beth Zaro Green is the Director of Claims Litigation Management at W. R. Berkley Corporation. Beth is responsible for providing litigation oversight for high exposure complex claims, bad faith and coverage litigation across select Berkley companies which focus on Professional Liability. She also manages the WRBC enterprise-wide defense counsel panel. Prior to joining W. R. Berkley Corporation, she was Senior Vice President and Managing Attorney of AIG's Litigation Management, Professional Errors & Omissions and Coverage Department and she also managed the in-house coverage law office which litigated coverage matters in New York and New Jersey. Previously she worked as a trial lawyer admitted in New York and New Jersey after completing a judicial clerkship in New Jersey.

Jacqueline J. Harding is a partner in the Wilson Elser Los Angeles office who specializes in employment and labor law. Jackie's practice focuses defending clients in discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination cases. She also has extensive experience handling class action wage-and-hour claims. In addition to litigation, Jackie assists clients with preventive counseling, conducting investigations, and management training on sexual harassment, implicit bias and micro-inequities. Jackie also serves as the Chairperson of the national Pro Bono Committee for the firm.

Ronald P. Harrell is Senior Vice President of Claims for Catalina U.S. Insurance Services LLC, a member of Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. Group. Catalina is a major player in the runoff of commercial insurance programs in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Harrell manages the San Diego office which oversees all construction defect litigation in the U.S., as well as managing other commercial auto and general liability programs in runoff. Prior to Catalina, Ron was Vice President, Claims for Crum & Forster where he had responsibility for claim operations managing commercial auto and transportation claims, general liability and excess & surplus lines claims.

Lawrence Klein is a partner with Robinson+Cole and a member of its Insurance + Reinsurance Group. Mr. Klein provides advice to domestic and foreign insurers on complex coverage issues and sophisticated insurance programs. He represents insurers in disputes before state and federal courts and arbitration panels throughout the United States and in Bermuda. Mr. Klein has handled many high-stakes, multimillion dollar claims involving numerous disciplines, including acts of terrorism in the U.S. and abroad, class actions, construction projects, major pollution events, product recall, financial institutions, healthcare, and mass torts. He is currently conducting coverage investigations regarding the opioid epidemic.

Kelly M. Lippincott focuses her practice on insurance coverage, product liability, and professional liability. She has first-chaired dozens of jury and bench trials in federal and state courts in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In the area of insurance coverage, she has advised insurers on an array of matters and defended insurers in federal and state courts. Kelly has litigated disputes involving property coverage, life insurance coverage, and additional-insureds, as well as other areas of coverage.Kelly is the Program Chair for the 2018 Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium.

Ling D. Ly is Counsel at Travelers in the Claim Legal General Liability Group, where she advises on coverage issues and manages coverage litigation involving the company. She was previously an associate attorney at Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C., focusing on policyholder coverage issues and litigation. She is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law and Wesleyan University and is admitted to the bars of Connecticut and Virginia. Ling is President of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association for the 2017-18 membership year.

Lawrence D. (Larry) Mason is a Goldberg Segalla, LLP Partner where he dedicates his practice to first-party and third-party coverage, reinsurance, and defense issues, including products liability, environmental and toxic torts, professional liability for clients in construction, environmental and related industries, complex commercial litigation, and assistance to underwriters regarding policy drafting and strategy. Larry also serves as an expert witness. For nearly three decades, Larry has been a thought leader in the insurance law community, a member of DRI, including its Insurance Law Committee, and is a frequent author and speaker concerning the most pressing issues in insurance and related fields.

Kathleen J. (Kathy) Maus a partner of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, is active in her firm's bad faith, casualty, and first/third party insurance coverage practices. She is a recognized Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage and a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. Her memberships are varied, including Past Board Member of the Defense Research Institute. Kathy is an author and served as a speaker at numerous seminars on issues including first and third party coverage and bad faith..

William K. McVisk is with Tressler LLP in Chicago. Bill focuses his practice on complex insurance coverage litigation, and hospital law and medical liability. He has handled all areas of coverage and bad faith litigation, especially third-party bad faith and coverage litigation involving commercial general liability, professional liability coverages, as well as personal lines coverages such as auto and homeowners coverages.and focuses on complex insurance coverage litigation. He has published numerous articles on insurance coverage. He is a fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, and is an active member of the DRI Insurance Law Committee. He has tried numerous serious cases, including insurance bad faith cases and personal injury cases with injuries as severe as brain damage and death.

Alan S. Miller His practice concentrates in the fields of insurance coverage and bad faith and environmental law. He represents insurance companies in a wide array of coverage disputes arising out of commercial, excess, property and personal lines policies, including coverage involving construction defects, exposure to toxic substances, product defects, and infringement of intellectual property rights. Mr. Miller is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, has been recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in Insurance Coverage, was selected one of Pittsburgh's Top 50 Lawyers in 2005 – 2007 and 2015 - 2016, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2005.

Julia A. Molander is a shareholder in the San Francisco office of Cozen O'Connor. Julia has more than 35 years' experience in strategically managing insurance risk on an enterprise-wide basis. She represents the insurance industry in coverage advice and litigation, extracontractual (bad faith) liability, insurance fraud, underwriting matters, policy drafting, insurance insolvency and legislative issues. She also serves as an expert. Julia is a former chair of the DRI Insurance Law Committee and has served as a speaker at a number of DRI conferences. In 2014 she was elected a fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.

John B. Mumford, Jr. leads Hancock Daniel's insurance coverage practice group from the firm's office in Richmond, Virginia. John represents insurance companies in litigating coverage disputes in multiple jurisdictions and forums, with a focus on Virginia, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He also advises insurers on coverage related matters, such as extra-contractual liability avoidance and the handling of complex claims with coverage issues.

James P. O'Connor A graduate of Boston College and Hofstra University School of Law, Jim has been a practicing attorney in New York State for 25 years. For seven years he represented the Long Island Lighting Company as staff counsel assigned to defend the Company in personal injury and property damage lawsuits. In 1995, Jim was appointed by New York Governor George Pataki and The New York State Insurance Fund's Board of Commissioners as General Attorney of the New York State Insurance Fund. Jim is an officer and director of the Defense Association of New York. Jim is also a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section; and a member of DRI.

Milind Parekh is an Assistant Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Resolute Management Inc. Mr. Parekh focuses on providing complex claims counseling to claims professionals and managing coverage litigation nationwide with an emphasis on asbestos, pollution and other long-tail matters. Previously, Mr. Parekh was in private practice with Troutman Sanders LLP where he litigated complex insurance coverage cases and commercial disputes throughout the country. Mr. Parekh is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law and the University of Michigan.

Asker A. Saeed is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP where he is responsible for leading the firm's global diversity and inclusion initiative. Prior to joining Fried Frank, Mr. Saeed was the head of Diversity and Inclusion at Day Pitney and practiced law for 10 years at two large law firms and United Technologies Corporation. He has also held senior business roles at Robert Half Legal and International Aero Engines. He is a long time speaker on diversity and inclusion and career development and has held leadership positions with the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut and SABA North America.

Justin P. Schorr, PhD earned his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University in 2008 and his Master's (2010) and Doctorate (2015) degrees from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Schorr's specialties are focused mainly in three areas: transportation engineering, applied mathematics, and intelligent systems engineering. Specific to collision reconstruction and intelligent vehicles, Dr. Schorr is well trained in traffic engineering and highway safety, highway design, intelligent transportation systems, vehicle dynamics, real world crash investigation, crash investigation and analysis, vehicle standards and crash test analysis, and intelligent control systems.

Christopher T. (Chris) Sheean is a partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP in its Chicago office, where he practices in commercial, products liability and intellectual property litigation. He is a past chair of the DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, and is a frequent author and lecturer on products liability, class actions, trade secrets and unfair competition for various publications. Chris is also chair of his firm's Class Action Practice Group. As lead trial counsel, Chris has handled trials throughout the country. He currently serves as a member of the DRI Law Institute and is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School where he teaches trial advocacy.

Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin is the Vice Chair of the Insurance Recovery Practice Group at Polsinelli PC. Lauren's practice is concentrated on insurance recovery counseling and litigation on behalf of policyholders in connection with all types of insurance. Lauren also counsels clients on risk management, and has drafted insurance policies for insurers, self-funded insurance pools, and captive insurance programs. Lauren also represents the firm's business, financial, and health care clients in complex commercial litigation, including class actions and multidistrict litigation, from inception through resolution. Lauren graduated, cum laude, from Wellesley College, and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

Julia K. Ulrich is a Vice President of Complex Casualty Claims in the Coverage Department at AIG. Her team handles claims involving complex coverage issues and manages coverage litigation throughout the country. Prior to joining AIG, Julia worked as a coverage attorney in the New York and Connecticut offices of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge. Julia is Program Co-Vice Chair of the 2018 Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium.

Tyler Bryant Walker is a partner with Goodman McGuffey, LLP in its Atlanta office specializing in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. She represents and advises insurers on coverage issues for all lines of coverage and alleged bad faith practices in both state and federal courts. Tyler is a First Honor Graduate of the University of Georgia, where she obtained a B.A. in Journalism, summa cum laude, in 2005. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2008. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Claims Association, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, the American Bar Association, DRI, and NSPII.

Rebecca R. Weinreich is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and chair of the Bad Faith Litigation Practice. She devotes her practice to coverage and bad faith litigation arising from first and third party policies, in both commercial and personal lines. Ms. Weinreich has represented insurers in a wide variety of complex, large exposure lawsuits brought by policy holders, has tried cases in both state and federal court and has lectured extensively on numerous topics within her field of expertise.