Senior independent claims handler, with expertise in Healthcare Professional Liability.

• Manage complex professional and general liability claims, for diverse healthcare Insureds, from inception to resolution.• Understand and apply a range of professional liability insurance policies, with highly varied limits, terms, and attachment points.• Determine and set case reserves.• Efficiently achieve results in the best interests of Insureds. Utilize negotiation skills, directly or through defense counsel; alternative dispute resolution; dismissal or summary judgment of lawsuits; and verdicts.• Oversee litigation, through regular communications with Insureds and outside counsel.• Improve relationships with Insureds, brokers, third-party administrators, and others, by proactively managing and resolving claims, while keeping all stakeholders apprised of developments.• Adjust strategy and communications to serve the needs and interests of diverse Insureds, from businesses with under $30,000,000 in revenue, experiencing their first claim, to large hospital systems with revenue in excess of $1,000,000,000 and dozens of lawsuits.• Directly participate in mediations, with full authority to settle claims for reasonable value.• Analyze potential coverage issues, and work with Insureds, brokers, and coverage counsel to achieve win-win solutions.• Participate in regular meetings with underwriters to discuss developments, unusual issues, and product ideas.• Review Insureds’ claims files, claims management program, and legal environment, and draft reports for underwriters, brokers, and Insureds.• Member of the Community Committee.

• Managed day-to-day aspects of more than twenty cases, including some valued in excess of $1 million, from receipt of the Bill of Particulars to the filing of the Note of Issue.• Deposed individuals and corporate representatives with a focus on trial preparation.• Kept insurance carrier up to date with a multitude of reports on topics spanning from individual conferences or depositions to complete file summaries, with analysis of all legal issues and the client’s exposure on each.• Conducted case law and statutory research on Westlaw for a variety of purposes, such as drafting discovery and dispositive motions.• Conferenced cases with clients and medical experts.• Reviewed large volumes of dense medical records to efficiently and effectively curate relevant information.• Appeared in Supreme Courts throughout New York City, Long Island, and Upstate New York for preliminary, compliance, and settlement conferences, as well as oral argument on motions.

• Selected for tangential aspects of the project and an extension, based on recognition as a consistent top performer.

• Reviewed and coded thousands of documents, using Concordance and Stratify software, to determine their responsiveness and confidentiality in pending complex False Claims Act and pharmaceutical litigation.• Examined Requests for Production to ensure the proper categorization of documents.• Acted as technical support for co-workers, having rapidly learned nuances of the software.

• Prepared federal appellate cases for use in a comprehensive legal research database, covering a variety of procedural and substantive bodies of law. Quickly analyzed court opinions efficiently and accurately, resulting in an extended period of employment.

• Drafted and proofread pleadings, motions, and letters to clients and opposing counsel.

• Investigated allegations of unethical, wasteful, and fraudulent behavior by State of Illinois Executive Branch employees. Analyzed and advised on the legal findings and determined the proper course of action.• Furthered the development of an in-house library of legal issues and precedent by drafting memoranda on a variety of topics, with a general focus on labor and employment law.

• Aided Assistant District Attorneys in all facets of the criminal trial process, including case preparation, plea negotiations, arraignments, jury selection, pre-trial hearings, trials, and sentencing.• Researched and analyzed statutory law and case law on a variety of issues, such as criminal defendants’ rights, criminal procedure, crimes, and jurisdiction.• Drafted and prepared motions for a wide range of purposes, including discovery requests, subpoena requests, and responses to defendants’ motions.• Interviewed witnesses, police officers, and victims.