Richmond, Douglas R.

Doug Richmond is Senior Vice President in the Professional Services Group of Aon Risk Services, the world¿s largest broker of insurance for professional services firms. Before joining Aon in Chicago, Mr. Richmond was a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP in Kansas City, Missouri (1989-2004), where he had a national trial and appellate practice. In 1998, he was named the nation¿s top defense lawyer in an insurance industry poll as reported in the publications Inside Litigation and Of Counsel. He is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Mr. Richmond has also been selected to The Best Lawyers in American the areas of legal malpractice, personal injury litigation, and railroad law. In 2003, the Euromoney Legal Media Group named him one of the nation¿s top insurance and reinsurance lawyers. He is the co-author of a leading treatise, Understanding Insurance Law (third ed. 2007), published by LexisNexis. Additionally, Mr. Richmond has published roughly 50 articles in university law reviews, and many more articles in other scholarly and professional journals. He teaches Legal Ethics at the Northwestern University School of Law and he is a regular National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) faculty member. He previously taught Trial Advocacy and Insurance Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, and Insurance Law and a seminar on Damages at the University of Missouri School of Law. Mr. Richmond earned his J.D. at the University of Kansas.

Rossmiller, David R.

is a partner in the Insurance Coverage and Recovery section of the Business and Commercial Litigation Department of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue. His practice focuses on insurance coverage and recovery counseling and litigation including environmental property damage, errors and omissions and professional liability coverage, directors and officers liability, sex abuse coverage, construction defect, business interruption insurance general commercial liability, first-party commercial property disputes, bad faith litigation, homeowners and auto, maaged care, employer liability and others.

Thomas, Jeffrey E.

Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey E. Thomas is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Missouri ¿ Kansas City. Dean Thomas graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 1983, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), in 1986. He is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association. Dean Thomas is President of the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, a Past Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and has served in various leadership positions in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA. Dean Thomas is author of numerous articles on Insurance Law published in the United States and internationally. His work has been presented at academic and professional meetings throughout the U.S. and in Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is the co-author with Alan I. Widiss of the three-volume treatise ¿Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance¿ published by LexisNexis, has been on the Editorial Board of the CGL Reporter, and is an Advisor to the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal. Dean Thomas previously served as a Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago, a Fulbright Fellow in China, and the Tiera M. Farrow Faculty Scholar at UMKC.

Barker, William T.

is a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., with a nationwide practice representing insurers in complex litigation, including matters relating to coverage, claims handling, sales practices, risk classification and selection, agent relationships, and regulatory matters. He has published over 100 articles and speaks frequently on insurance and litigation subjects. He has been described as the leading lawyer-commentator on the connections between procedure and insurance.

Foggan, Laura A.

is a partner in the insurance practice and co-chair of the appellate practice of Wiley Rein and Fielding LLP in Washington, DC. She represents insurers in a wide range of coverage and regulatory matters, handles critical appeals and is counsel to the Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association. She has been lead counsel in trial and appellate matters involving underlying terrorism, environmental, products liability, pharmaceutical, technology and mass tort claims. Recognized in Euromoney's 2006 Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, she also has been named one of the "100 Leading Women" in insurance by Business Insurance magazine and one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" for four consecutive years by Chambers USA.

Marick, Michael M.

is a founding partner of the firm of Meckler Bulger & Tilson in Chicago. His nationwide practice focuses on insurance coverage counseling and litigation involving all types of commercial and professional liability policies. He has authored many articles and book chapters on insurance law topics, and is frequently invited to speak to legal professional and insurance industry audiences.

Maister, Marc S.

is a member of the insurance and litigation practice groups of Irell & Manell LLP, where he specializes in handling high-profile insurance matters and general civil litigation. He also assists clients, brokers and risk managers with the structuring of insurance programs and works with transactional attorneys on various sophisticated insurance matters.

Chester, Max B.

Chester, Max B. is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP where he is a member of the firm¿s Insurance Dispute Resolution and Securities Litigation, Enforcement& Regulation Practice Groups. He concentrates his practice in the areas of arbitration and litigation of complex reinsurance disputes and securities litigation and government enforcement matters.

Firtch, Susan E.

is a partner at Burnham Brown in Oakland, California, where she has practiced insurance law since 1991. She has extensive experience with all aspects of CGL coverage matters, including advertising injury coverage

Kent, Ronald D.

Kent, Ronald D. is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he heads the litigation department. Mr. Kent also co-chairs the firm¿s nation-wide insurance coverage and litigation group. He has tried cases and handled appellate matters in state and federal courts throughout California, as well as in many other states. Among other publications, Mr. Kent co-authored the liability insurance chapter in the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide.

Ludwig, Brett H

Ludwig, Brett H. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is vice-chair of the firm¿s Insurance Dispute Resolution Practice, and a member of the General Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Ludwig focuses his practice on reinsurance counseling and dispute resolution. He has represented both ceding companies and reinsurers in disputes over reinsurance receivables. He has also enforced arbitration provisions in reinsurance treaties against reluctant reinsurers, compelling them to arbitrate under the Federal Arbitration Act. Mr. Ludwig also has a substantial practice in general insurance matters. He has represented insurers in federal courts from New York to California.