Charles W. (Chuck) Browning is a partner at Plunkett Cooney, where he oversees the firm's nationwide insurance coverage and bad faith practice. He is annually listed in the publication The Best Lawyers in America, and is a Super Lawyer and Leading Lawyer. Mr. Browning is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extra Contractual Counsel. He is a longtime member of the Steering Committee of DRI's Insurance Law Committee and is the 2016 Recipient of DRI's Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award.

Rina Carmel defends insurers against bad faith actions, and analyzes complex claims under all types of liability policies, including CGL, professional liability, excess and personal lines, as well as first-party property policies, and counsels insurers on claims handling and regulatory compliance. Ms. Carmel sits on DRI's Publications Board, and serves as publications chair for the Insurance Law Committee.

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.

Charles E. Griffin is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and is a member of several associations, including DRI. Mr. Griffin defends insurance companies against claims of bad faith, fraud, misrepresentation, wrongful claims handling and other torts. He was named one of the top 50 attorneys in Mississippi Super Lawyers Magazine (2006). Mr. Griffin has served as lead trial counsel in a number of high stakes cases.

Matthew M. Haar is a litigation attorney in Saul Ewing's Harrisburg office and is a member of the firm's Insurance Practice Group. He focuses his practice on corporate and commercial litigation with an emphasis on complex coverage and bad faith disputes, as well as administrative proceedings and rehabilitations and liquidations. Mr. Haar also routinely handles extra-contractual liability cases for other clients in the financial services industry, such as banks, trust companies, producers and credit card companies, as well as agents and brokers in the real estate industry. A frequent speaker on the law of bad faith, Mr. Haar is an active member of DRI's Insurance Law Committee, chair of its Bad Faith Subcommittee and previously served as co-editor of the committee's monthly e-newsletter Covered Events

Michael A. Hamilton is a partner in the Global Insurance Services Group of Goldberg Segalla LLP (Philadelphia). Mike handles high-exposure insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. He focuses his practice on professional liability, environmental, construction defect, and business torts claims. Mike is an active member of DRI's Insurance Law Committee, as well as being the immediate past Chair of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee of the IADC. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.

Martin P. (Marty) Lavelle is Managing Counsel - Major Case of Travelers Insurance Co., Claim Legal Liability Group, and leads a team of attorneys charged with providing coverage advice, litigation management and other legal services to Travelers liability claim professionals. Marty was previously employed by AIG as the Supervising Attorney of the coverage practice group of Green & Lavelle, a captive firm, and as in-house coverage counsel for CNA. He is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and holds the Associate in Reinsurance designation.

Charles A. Lynch Bio not received

Randy J. Maniloff is an attorney at White and Williams, LLP in Philadelphia where he represents insurers in coverage disputes under a host of policies. He is the co-author of General Liability Insurance Coverage – Key Issues in Every State (3rd edition, National Underwriter) and the publisher of the newsletter and website Coverage Opinions.

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.

R. Brandon McCullough is a senior attorney at Houston Harbaugh, P.C., where he focuses his practice on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, business litigation, and appellate litigation. Mr. McCullough regularly represents insurers in a wide array of coverage and bad faith disputes involving numerous types of personal and commercial lines policies. Mr. McCullough is a member of the Insurance Law Committee of DRI, where he serves as Compendium Vice Chair, Chair of the Young Lawyers Subcommittee, and Vice Chair of the State Mobilization Initiative.

Kathleen D. (Kathy) Monnes is a partner in Day Pitney's Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes practice group. She represents insurance companies and brokers in a wide variety of matters involving claims under life, health, and property and casualty policies. She has extensive experience representing clients in connection with disputes over coverage, unfair trade practices, and bad faith.

Joanna M. Roberto concentrates her practice in complex insurance coverage, product liability, and commercial litigation, with significant experience in aviation litigation. She serves as counsel for multi-national insurance carriers in numerous matters pending throughout the country, and has counseled large insurers on risk management, underwriting procedures, and policy rewriting and claims practices.She has litigated all phases of declaratory judgment actions and arbitrations. Joanna has handled all phases of nationwide litigation for commercial and general aviation companies. She has counseled domestic and international aviation manufacturers and led safety risk meetings for management teams. She has a deep understanding of the aviation industry and is equally knowledgeable in areas of litigation, insurance and contractual disputes.Joanna is multi-lingual and well-versed in international claims-handling practices. She is a member of DRI's Insurance Law Steering Committee.

Lynne M. St. AndreNo bio provided