Practice focused on national program management, insurance coverage, general liability matters and overseeing national litigation programs for insurer clients.

Successfully managed all aspects of in-house Legal operation during a 13-year period characterized by constant change at the department and company level due to mergers, restructures, and business line sales. Consistently saved millions in legal expense through the use of innovative programs and establishing operational efficiencies within large in-house legal group. Created, organized, and implemented a variety of company-wide litigation management programs and initiatives all with the goal of reducing total case and legal expense, including the negotiation of one of the insurance industry’s largest alternative fee programs. Led company to become one of the earliest adopters of electronic billing, review and payment of legal bills Managed staff counsel operation that ranged in size from 27 nationwide offices, 300+ employees, and a $30M+ budget to eventual elimination due to company's sale of its personal and commercial lines business. Managed legal group that prepared hundreds of coverage opinions annually. Created bill review program that included a Central Bill Review Unit, Case Handling and Billing Guidelines, electronic billing and payment, and a comprehensive suite of on-line litigation management reports. Established annual review process that evaluated every panel law firm based on total case cost, claims’ feedback, guideline compliance and aggregate results from on-line counsel evaluations for the prior year. Managed bad faith unit and provided legal advice to company regarding extra contractual exposures Oversaw Claims Unit handling environmental claims including pollution, asbestos, coverage actions, and other toxic tort matters.

Managed all aspects of environmental coverage litigation including court appearances, witness preparations, and coordination of discovery. • Served as national coordinating counsel for over 70 environmental declaratory judgment actions.• Conducted seminars on environmental coverage issues and advised claims professionals on coverage determinations.• Supervised and selected external law firms to represent the company in large environmental coverage lawsuits.• Served as sole counsel on numerous declaratory judgment actions• Successfully argued significant coverage cases at the appellate level

Represented a diverse range of clients in civil and commercial litigation, zoning, and appellate matters• Significant first chair trial experience in the defense of design and construction professionals,