03/13/2009 10:56:14 AM EST
NOMINATED FINALISTS: LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Person of the Year 2008 -- COMMENTS TAKEN THROUGH MARCH 18
The LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Advisory Board releases the following list of finalists for the LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Person of the Year awards for 2008. The Board invites commentary from visitors to this site through March 18, 2009.
Finalists are grouped according to the award category in which they were nominated. Names are listed in alphabetical order, with links to available biographical information. While the source of each nomination shall remain confidential, readers may review a representative sampling of the supporting remarks that accompanied each nomination by clicking here.
To submit a comment about one of the nominated finalists, simply click on the link below to login to your insurance center account. If you don’t have an account set up yet, click on the ‘create an account’ link and follow the prompts. Then choose the box labeled ‘post comment,’ type a comment on any of the nominated finalists in the box that will display, and press submit. There will be a brief posting delay pending review.
The Nominated Finalists for LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Person of the Year are:
Policyholder Attorney of the Year – the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance policyholder positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of policyholders.
- Ray Cotkin, Cotkin & Collins, Los Angeles.
- Mark DeBofsky, Daley DeBofsky and Bryant, Chicago
- Robert Horkovich, Anderson Kill, New York
- Ernest Martin, Jr., Haynes and Boone, Dallas
- William F. Merlin, Jr., Merlin Law Group, Tampa
- Kirk Pasich, Dickstein Shapiro, Washington D.C.
- Brian S. Sheldon, Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Sheldon, Spokane, Washington
- Roger Simpson, Cotkin & Collins, Los Angeles
- Richard C. Trahant, Law Offices of Richard C. Trahant, Metairie, Louisiana
- Ray Zuppa , The Zuppa Firm, Brooklyn, New York
Insurer Attorney of the Year -- the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance insurer positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of insurers.
- William S. Berk - Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC
- Stuart Cotton – Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
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- Lawrence Greengrass -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
- Lloyd A. Gura -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
- Rick L. Hammond – Johnson & Bell, Chicago
- Laura J. Hanson, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
- Bradley M. Jones Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
- Leo J. Jordan -- West Orange, New Jersey
- Peter H. Klee -- Luce Forward, San Diego
- Randy Maniloff – White and Williams, Philadelphia
- Barry R. Ostrager -- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York
- Mark D. Plevin - Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.
- Francine Semaya -- Nelson Levine de Luca and Horst, LLC
- Philip Silverberg -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
- Chuck Spevacek, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
- James Veach -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Insurance Regulator of the Year – the international, federal, state, or local regulator who had most impact during 2008.
Insurance Jurist of the Year -- the judge or justice whose rulings had the largest impact on insurance law during 2008.
Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson
Justice Nathan L. Hecht
Justice Harriet O'Neill
Justice Dale Wainwright
Justice Scott A. Brister
Justice David Medina
Justice Paul W. Green
Justice Phil Johnson
Justice Don R. Willett
Informed (but not bound) by your commentary, the Board anticipates making its final selections for the Insurance Law Center’s Person of the Year and announcing the honorees on March 20.
If you have questions or require additional information, contact insurance law center site coordinator Karen C. Yotis at Karen.yotis@lexisnexis.com.
The board thanks you for your participation and looks forward to receiving comments on the finalists that ILC community members have nominated.