Darryl Colman Email & Phone Number

Olympia, Wa, Us

• Senior level director within the Office of Legal Affairs providing legal services to various departments within OSPI, with a focus on Government Relations and Fiscal• Provides strategic planning support and advice on emerging and ongoing legal matters that affect OSPI and K12 education statewide• Proactive process improvement with focus on closing opportunity gaps, aligning with the agency’s antiracist objectives, mitigating agency risk, and meeting or exceeding compliance requirements• Analysis and research applying laws and regulations on statewide education• Assists fiscal staff in drafting statutes or rules through the legislative or agency implementation process• Provides time-sensitive bill analysis that furthers OSPI’s strategic legislative goals• Assists School Apportionment staff to provide assistance regarding fiscal allocations to school districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools• Assists the Public Records Office with disclosure of public records and protection of private information in accordance with state and federal laws• Reviews contracts between OSPI and third party entities for delivery of services and goods• Coordinates the review and processing of OSPI internal policies and procedures• Collaborates with the Attorney General’s office to manage litigation cases against OSPI

Tumwater, Wa

• Supervises 3-5 Insurance Enforcement Specialists, assisting with litigation strategy and outcomes, meeting performance measures, and work product quality. Also includes direct mentoring and advice regarding legal analysis and case strategy. Directs support staff in litigation matters.• Pursues enforcement actions for violations of the Insurance Code and related regulations, including levying fines and taking action against licenses and certificates of authority. • Litigates administrative hearings (enforcement actions, insurer mergers, license applications). • Negotiates consent orders and other settlements, including cases of significant policy importance and large penalties. • Hearing experience includes major administrative litigation involving complex legal questions and substantial witness preparation and testimony. Has represented the Insurance Commissioner in administrative cases of significant interest both to agency mission and the public. • Rulemaking and legislative analysis. • Provides legal analysis and advice to agency stakeholders. Active resource for many agency personnel who have legal questions. • Directly reports to and collaborates with Deputy Insurance Commissioners on matters of particular significance. • Casework involves deep familiarity and engagement with Insurance Code and related regulations. • Facilitates and presents at periodic internal agency meetings, such as Producer Enforcement Group and Compliance Committee, in order to improve agency processes and results. • Assists and collaborates with the Office of the Attorney General on legal questions as well as with enforcement cases that go to Superior Court.

Tumwater, Wa

• Acting Attorney Manager as of July 12, 2018• Pursues enforcement actions for violations of the Insurance Code and related regulations, including levying fines and taking action against licenses and certificates of authority. • Litigates administrative hearings (enforcement actions, insurer mergers, license applications). • Negotiates consent orders and other settlements, including cases of significant policy importance and large penalties. • Hearing experience includes major administrative litigation involving complex legal questions and substantial witness preparation and testimony. Has represented the Insurance Commissioner in administrative cases of significant interest both to agency mission and the public. • Participates in rulemaking, both in the drafting and enactment process. Performs legislative analysis. • Provides legal analysis and advice to agency stakeholders. • Provides mentoring and advice to newer insurance enforcement specialists regarding legal analysis and case strategy. Directs support staff in litigation matters. Active resource for many agency personnel who have legal questions. • Casework involves deep familiarity and engagement with Insurance Code and related regulations. • Participates in and presents at periodic internal agency meetings, such as Producer Enforcement Group and Compliance Committee, in order to improve agency processes and results. Facilitates certain sessions. • Assists and collaborates with the Office of the Attorney General on legal questions as well as with enforcement cases that go to Superior Court.

Longview, Wa

• Practiced general civil litigation, with sole responsibility for the majority of cases. • Areas of practices included contractual disputes, insurance coverage, unlawful detainer, landlord-tenant relations, real property disputes, adult guardianships, and collections cases. • Also assisted co-counsel with more complex litigation, including appellate work. • Conducted extensive legal research on complex legal issues. • Participated regularly in motion practice, including research, drafting, and argument. Drafted numerous other pleadings, including appellate briefing and complaints. • Tried multiple evidentiary hearings and bench trials as sole counsel.

Pro bono work mostly involving family law and property issues - includes legal research, drafting legal memoranda at both trial and appellate levels, arguing hearings - primary representative of clients under supervising attorney

Legal research, departmental interviews (especially on a major project involving e-discovery), participated in negotiations to settlement, draft correspondence to both clients and adverse parties

Juris Doctor

B.A., History, Spanish

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