2024 Spring Topics & Presenters:              

Keynote:

EEOC Update Current Initiatives, Emerging Trends & Lessons Learned

Keith E. Sonderling
Commissioner

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Moderator: Mercedes Colwin
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

EPL Market Place & Underwriting Trends

Justin J Blacklock
Assistant Vice President
North America Financial Lines
Chubb

Laurie Banez
Head of Casualty – US & Bermuda and Head of US Management & Professional Lines
Canopius

Laura Zaroski, JD, RPLU
Managing Director | Law Firms Practice
Gallagher

Lisa G. Power
Partner, EPS Regional Director
USI Insurance Services

EPL Claims Trends

Moderator: Dove A.E. Burns
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Patrick N. Corrado, CPCU, AIC-M, AINS, ARe, ARM, ASLI, RPLU
Managing Claims Attorney

Executive Liability Division

Great American Insurance

Brian D. Smith, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Gallagher Bassett

Sarah Y. Cho
Senior Claim Consultant, Management Liability
Woodruff Sawyer

Linda Fisher, RPLU, CPLP
Managing Director - Law Firms
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC

Should Employers Fear Emotional Distress Damages More than Lost Wages?

Moderator: Robyn Silvermintz
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP

Tracy Ellis
Senior Technical Claims Specialist
Argo Group US

Robert Nash
VP/Head of EPL & Ancillary Lines Claims
Axis Capital

Justin Boron
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Steven R. Srenaski, Esq.
Managing Director and Counsel, Bond & Specialty Insurance
Travelers

DEI Under Siege: From the EEOC to Shareholders Employers Beware

Trudy A. Hardin, Esq.  
Sr. Vice President - Financial Services Group
Aon

Kevin L. Golden
Partner
O'Hagan Meyer

Laura Lapidus
Management Liability (EPL) Risk Control Director
CNA

Moire L. Morón, Esq.
Vice President, Advocacy and Technical Claims
NFP

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Are All Women Protected?

Meghan Wynkoop
Partner
Margolis Edelstein

Kathryn S. Patel
Specialty Claims Manager
Management Liability
The Hanover Insurance Group

Amy Jordan Wilkes
Partner
Burr & Forman LLP

Anna Lynch
Assistant Vice President, CML
Sompo International

Soaring Settlements, Limit Demands & Nuclear Verdicts:

Best Practices, Counter-Tactics and Strategies

Moderator: Samantha J. Manfredini Look, Esq.
Vice President, EPLI
Aon

Wendy Mellk
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Melisa C. Zwilling
Shareholder
Carr Allison

Megan K. Lieber
Attorney
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP

Patrick Palmer
Account Executive Director
Bond & Specialty Insurance, Private Non-Profit
Travelers

Ethics Credit:

Artificial intelligence: Employment Law Implications & Ethical Issues

Moderator: Raymond Cashman, Esq. CPCU
Director, Management Liabaility and Specialty Claims
Nationwide

Sandra M. Tata
VP Product Manager Lead Specialty Liability
Hartford Steam Boiler

Robert T. Bernstein
Partner
Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Antonio Trotta
Vice President, Financial Lines Claim Practice Leader - Cyber & Professional Liability
QBE

Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services

Accommodations Claims on the Rise -

From Religious to Medical Employers Take Heed

Alina Klimkina
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Anne Ray
Senior Counsel of Professional Liability Claims
Bowhead Specialty Underwriters, Inc.

Hillary J. Raimondi
Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Matt Odalen
Vice President Claims - D&O Management Professional Liability
Core Specialty

Seth B. Brickman, CPCU, RPLU
Managing Director
Business Risk Partners

Are Employment Claims still Arbitrable?

Moderator: Brian H. Leinhauser
Partner
MacMain Leinhauser

Stephen S. Zashin
OSBA Certified Specialist
Labor & Employment Law
Zashin & Rich

Daniel Finerty
Shareholder
Lindner & Marsack, S.C.

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