Lori V. Berke is the founder and principal of the Berke Law Firm PLLC in Phoenix. Ms. Berke's primary areas of practice are governmental and public entity liability, commercial litigation, professional liability and family law. She has represented numerous cities, counties and school districts in Arizona. Significant portions of her governmental and public entity liability cases involve § 1983 claims. Ms. Berke is a member of the State Bar of Arizona Maricopa County Bar Association, Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Arizona Women Lawyers Association and DRI. She is the chair of DRI's Governmental Liability Committee and serves on the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence 2009 Program Committee. Lori V. Berke has been practicing law in Phoenix, Arizona for 21 years, and is the founder and principal of Berke Law Firm PLLC. She has represented public entities throughout Arizona, including cities, counties, school districts and public transportation organizations. The majority of cases she handles for public entities include 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights defense, accident and injury litigation, premises liability, road design, construction and maintenance liability, and transit litigation. Lori is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been designated a Southwest Super Lawyer.

Karen M. Blumis a Professor Emerita at Suffolk University Law School where she taught for forty-three years in the areas of Federal Courts, Police Misconduct Litigation, and Civil Procedure. She received her B.A. from Wells College, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and an LL. M. from Harvard Law School. Professor Blum has been a regular faculty participant in Section 1983 Civil Rights Programs and Institutes throughout the United States. Since 1990, she has served as a faculty member for workshops sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center for Federal District Court and Federal Magistrate Judges. She has authored numerous articles in the Section 1983 area, including a piece entitled Qualified Immunity: Time to Change the Message, 93 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1887 (2018). She is co-author, along with Michael Avery, David Rudovsky, and Jennifer Laurin of the treatise POLICE MISCONDUCT: LAW AND LITIGATION.

Jody C. Corbett has been practicing law in Phoenix, Arizona for 17 years. She has represented numerous public entities throughout Arizona in cases involving the following issues: civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C.1983, premises liability, construction and maintenance liability, road design, personal injury, and intentional torts. She also has experience in contract law, insurance, and collections, including garnishment actions. Jody has extensive experience representing clients in state, federal, and tribal appellate courts regarding numerous issues some of which include jurisdiction, immunities, proper jural entities, and res judicata.

Christopher (Chris) Duffy is Vice President in the Chicago Claim office of Munich Re Specialty Insurance and has 25 years in the insurance industry. He handles single risk, program business and Reinsurance treaty losses, in multi-line casualty losses, including Professional and General Liability, Personal Injury and Auto Liability claims for both governmental entities and non-governmental entities. He assists clients in analyzing coverage issues, evaluating, reserving and developing resolution/settlement plans for large catastrophic losses. He conducts audits of clients and potential clients claim operations. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

Thomas H. (Tom) Dupree, Jr. is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's litigation department and its Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group, and serves as the hiring partner for the DC office. Mr. Dupree is an experienced trial and appellate advocate. He has argued more than 80 appeals in the federal courts, including in all thirteen circuits as well as the United States Supreme Court. He has represented clients throughout the country in a wide variety of trial and appellate matters, including cases involving punitive damages, class actions, product liability, arbitration, intellectual property, employment, and constitutional challenges to federal and state statutes.

Mary G. Erlingson is a founding member and the managing partner of Erlingson Banks, PLLC. Mary serves as general counsel to several law enforcement agencies in Louisiana. In addition, Mary represents various public entities in civil litigation. Her dual role as general counsel and defense attorney has provided Mary with the unique opportunity to develop many related areas of practice including governmental relations, employment law, ethics law, law enforcement defense, corrections defense, and administrative law.

Whitney M. Harvey has handled a broad range of civil litigation matters involving governmental liability, wrongful death, and personal injury. Whitney is experienced in managing litigation matters in both state and federal court, including leading jury trials to verdict. Additionally, Whitney's experience includes serving as in-house counsel for a major insurance company and supervising outside counsel on all aspects of civil litigation in five western states. Whitney is an AV rated attorney in Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.

Christopher L. (Chris) Heigele is a trial attorney and member of Coronado Katz LLC in Kansas City, Missouri. His litigation practice focuses on defending Missouri and Kansas municipalities and other governmental enti-ties in civil rights and other personal injury or tort liability claims, and representing and defending indi-viduals and companies in personal injury, products liability and construction defect cases. He has suc-cessfully argued numerous appeals in the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri, the Kansas Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is the Program Chair for this seminar, past publications chair for the committee and a member of the steering committee.

Alissa Hurley handles complex public entity and water utility commercial claims, including analyzing coverage issues, conducting investigations, and evaluating damages and liability and works collaboratively with outside panel counsel on defense strategy and resolution of litigated claims.

Eugene G. (Gene) Iredale has tried over 200 criminal and civil cases to verdict in federal and state courts. Gene has practiced in the Courts of Appeals as well, having argued more than 50 times before the Ninth Circuit, more than 20 times before state appellate courts, and twice before the U.S. Supreme Court. An honors graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Gene began his career as a federal public defender, ultimately becoming the Chief Trial Attorney at Federal Defenders of San Diego. He has been in private practice for over thirty-five years since 1983.

Sidney K. (Sid) Kanazawais a mediator, trial lawyer, and perpetual student of persuasion. For 40 years, he represented plaintiffs and defendants in direct negotiations, mediations, class actions, regulatory matters, and jury and court trials in the maritime, motor vehicle, tobacco, securities, pharmaceutical, environmental, construction, real estate, toy, and product distribution industries. He is a frequent NITA instructor, a former DRI Trial Tactics Chair, and a graduate of both the Harvard Program on Negotiation and the Straus Pepperdine Mediation Program.

David P. KaramessinisIs a Second Vice President in the Travelers Complex Claims Department. Mr. Karamessinis practiced law in state and federal court and has over 20 years' experience handling public sector claims, including tort, civil rights, and employment. Mr. Karamessinis has delivered the public sector training to Travelers claim personnel. He assists the Risk Control Department with its employment and law enforcement training sessions.

Robert S. Lafferrandre is a senior partner of the Oklahoma City law firm of Pierce Couch. He has specialized in the defense of civil rights and employment cases for 33 years and has defended hundreds of cases involving public and private jails and prisons. Robert has handled numerous class actions and high-profile cases including Terrence Crutcher vs. Betty Shelby, a shooting case which gained national attention. Robert is past vice chair of this committee and has spoken on this panel numerous times.

Katherine E. Lengiewicz began her career in private practice as a civil defense attorney primarily at the law firm of SmithAmundsen in Chicago. While practicing she tried 28 cases to verdict. After leaving practice she began her insurance career handling excess casualty claims for Zurich North America. She soon moved to working in public sector/government risk claims. She has spent the past four plus years with OneBeacon insurance where she handles a wide variety of government risk claims including employment practices, law enforcement, and public official's matters.

Robert C. Lockwood is a shareholder with Wilmer & Lee, P.A. in Huntsville, Alabama. His practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on labor and employment law and governmental liability. Mr. Lockwood is a member of the Alabama Board of Bar Examiners and he is a past-president of the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association. He operates a blog dedicated to updating employers on employment law issues in Alabama: www. EmployingAlabama.com

R. Jeffrey Lowe is a partner in Kightlinger & Gray LLP in New Albany, Indiana. He regularly defends mu-nicipalities throughout southeastern Indiana and Kentucky. His practice involves issues ranging from con-stitutional torts to zoning matters, employment issues, as well as state law claims made against his mu-nicipal clients. Mr. Lowe has successfully defended officers in a police chase shooting and has success-fully defended a local zoning authority on a Telecommunications Act claim before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He serves on the DRI Board of Directors.

David J. MacMain is the Managing Partner of The MacMain Law Group, LLC, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His practice focuses on defending a wide variety of civil rights, employment and school claims, and is often specially retained to defend §1983 and municipal liability cases throughout the country. David has tried over 125 cases to verdict in favor of his clients. He has been named a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" each of the past 13 years in the field of Civil Rights, and is rated "AV" Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Prior to legal career, David served as a Pennsylvania State Trooper.

M. James Maley, Jr. is the Partner of Maley Givens, P.C. Mr. Maley regularly represents New Jersey municipalities, County agencies and private developers in the redevelopment of commercial, industrial and residential areas in projects utilizing public and private lands and funds. he regularly counsels governments and business interests on a broad spectrum of issues.

Jeffrey C. (Jeff) Mando is a veteran trial and appellate attorney and a member of Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC in Covington, Kentucky. He has tried over 80 cases and argued over 60 appeals in federal and state courts in Kentucky and Ohio. Jeff focuses his practice on defending local government entities, their employees and elected officials in civil rights and governmental liability claims and is lead counsel in numerous federal and state court opinions. He also serves as counsel for the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission and has served as a Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Laurie K. Miller is a Member in the Charleston, West Virginia office of Jackson Kelly PLLC. She practices in the firm's Litigation Department within the Health Care Practice Group where she represents hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other health care providers in litigation matters. She is also experienced in pharmaceutical/medical device litigation, product liability, and commercial litigation. Ms. Miller is a member of DRI's Law Institute.

Stacy L. Moon practices in the areas of government liability; municipal liability; insurance defense; employment law; construction contracts and law; commercial litigation; and civil litigation, and she is an experienced litigator, having tried cases in diverse subject areas, including personal injury cases, section 1983 claims, and construction and other commercial litigation matters. She is AV-rated and admitted to practice law in Alabama state courts, all federal courts within the State of Alabama, and the 11th United States Circuit Court. She is active in DRI, and is currently chair of the Law Practice Management Committee. She is also active in the Employment Law, Government Liability, and Trial Tactics Committees. Ms. Moon is also a member of Alabama Defense Lawyers' Association and the Huntsville/Madison County Bar Association. Stacy L. Moon practices in the areas of government liability; municipal liability; insurance defense; employment law; construction contracts and law; commercial litigation; and civil litigation, and she is an experienced litigator, having tried cases in diverse subject areas, including personal injury cases, section 1983 claims, and construction and other commercial litigation matters. She is AV-rated and admitted to practice law in Alabama state courts, all federal courts within the State of Alabama, and the 11th United States Circuit Court. She is active in DRI, and is currently chair of the Law Practice Management Committee. She is also active in the Employment Law, Government Liability, and Trial Tactics Committees. Ms. Moon is also a member of Alabama Defense Lawyers' Association and the Huntsville/Madison County Bar Association.

Jackie W. Moran, JD is the Director of Compliance for Student Affairs at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, and also serves as the Title IX Coordinator and ADA Coordinator for students. As the Title IX Coordinator, Ms. Moran oversees investigation of all reports of sexual violence, stalking and relationship violence involving Rutgers students, and regularly provides education and training to the university's students, staff and faculty on these issues.Prior to joining Rutgers in September 2013, Ms. Moran was a senior staff attorney at the New York office of the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). While at OCR, Ms. Moran investigated complaints alleging discrimination and harassment based on sex, disability, race, color, national origin and age filed against elementary, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions located in New Jersey and New York. Ms. Moran began her career in the private legal sector, serving as board counsel and special education counsel to school districts throughout New Jersey and representing employers in various labor and employment issues. Ms. Moran received her J.D. from Boston College Law School, and her B.A. in English and Criminal Justice from The George Washington University.

Paul V. Mullin is a Partner with the Sugarman Law Firm of Syracuse, New York (since 1996). He is a former Onondaga County Assistant District Attorney (1985 to 1990) and is admitted to practice before all the New York State Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Western Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. A graduate of Siena College (BA Political Science), St. John's University (MA Public Administration) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.), Mr. Mullin's practice includes representing the State of New York, many County, City, Town and Village governments as well as their officials. He also serves as a lecturer to governmental agencies and lawyers on handling civil rights claims brought against municipalities.

Darcy L. Proctoris a litigation partner with Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd., with offices in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas. Ms. Proctor is chair of the firm's Governmental Liability and Civil Rights Defense practice group. Over the course of her twenty-five plus year legal career, Darcy focused her practice on the representation and counseling of public entities, public officials and educational institutions, in a wide variety of complex tort, civil rights and employment law claims.

Christina (Tina) Retts defends government entities, law enforcement, and corrections professionals against civil rights claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Bivens, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as state tort claims and class action litigation. Tina represents law enforcement in a broad range of civil claims, including cases involving excessive force, wrongful conviction, and false arrest. She has also defended cases involving crime lab testing of evidence, including DNA; and arson investigations and dog handling.

John T. Roy is a Senior Risk Control Field Consultant with OneBeacon Government Risks. He has 30 years' of experience representing and advising State, County and Municipal governments. After several decades of trying cases, John joined OneBeacon Government Risks to adjust large government claims OneBeacon's insureds throughout the county. He moved to his current role of providing risk control services and training for local governmental entities to serve OneBeacon's clients by keeping them out of litigation.

Philip W.(Phil) Savrin is a partner in the Atlanta office of Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP where he chairs the Appellate Practice Team and the Insurance Coverage National Practice Group. Before entering private practice he was a staff attorney for the Eleventh Circuit and then a law clerk for Judge Murphy of the Northern District of Georgia. He has argued two Section 1983 cases in the Supreme Court, Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007) and Reed v. Gilbert, 135 S.Ct. 2218 (2015).

Casey C. Stansbury focuses his practice on civil rights and governmental liability issues, insurance coverage and bad faith, professional liability and licensing, product liability, construction and commercial litigation, including auto and commercial trucking. He represents local, regional and national clients. He is a frequent speaker, has received numerous awards, including DRI's 2014 Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award, and he is also the DRI Government Liability Committee Vice-Chair and the Kentucky Defense Counsel President.

Steven C. Stern represents municipalities, school districts, public authorities, and public officials throughout the State of New York in civil rights matters, including employment, police, free speech and religion, and land use. Before forming Sokoloff Stern LLP, Mr. Stern spent several years with the New York City Law Department, defending some of the City's most high profile federal civil rights and employment cases. He frequently lectures in the areas of federal practice, civil rights, employment, and municipal liability.

Craig Wilder, AIC, CCLA (Bachelor of Art in Economics, Associate in Claims, Senior Claims Law Associate) has more than 33 years in the industry and currently serves in the capacity as a Senior Technical Specialist for Trident Insurance Services, LLC. overseeing the more complex coverage and litigation cases arising from commercial auto, general liability, employment practices, public officials, and law enforcement liability claims venued in both federal and state courts across the country.

Monté L. Williamsa former state trooper, works to protect his clients at trial, managing litigation, negotiating settlements, conducting investigations, or partnering with them to find ways to avoid future problems. Monté collaborates with his clients long before litigation is a reality to protect them and fight for the best possible outcome. Monté is the head of Steptoe & Johnson's General Litigation Practice Group and the firm's Oil & Gas Emergency Response Team.

Ricardo A. Woodsis a trial lawyer and shareholder in Burr & Forman, LLP's Mobile office. He is a creative problem solver who provides his clients with innovative and cost effective solutions and strategies. Ricardo has first-chair jury trial experience, as well as extensive pre-trial litigation experience. He has successfully defended matters, which included allegations of wrongful death, paralysis, severe bodily injuries, and catastrophic property loss. Ricardo serves as the Chief Legal Counsel and City Attorney for the City of Mobile. In his capacity as City Attorney, Ricardo manages the City's outside counsel, serves as chief legal adviser to the executive branch of the local government, and he serves as the executive director of the City of Mobile's internal legal department.