David L. Brandon is AV rated and represents professionals in Los Angeles in malpractice and ethics matters. He is Chair of DRI's Professional Liability Committee, is immediate past Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Ethics Committee, and teaches appellate advocacy at Loyola Law School.

Gawain Charlton-Perrin, Director of Risk Management, The Hanover Insurance Group. Gawain is a nationally recognized author and lecturer on Professional Liability claims, ethics and risk management. At Hanover, Gawain focuses on risk management for Professional Liability Programs (Accountants Architects & Engineers, Lawyers, Real Estate Agents & Brokers, Mortgage Field Services, Home Inspectors, Property Management Firms, Debt Collectors and Title Agents). Gawain is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, the Federal Northern District court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Gawain has also passed the Illinois Real Estate Broker Exam in November 2015.

Adam I. Cohen, CISSP, CEH, is a Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group LLC in New York. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and former practicing attorney who for more than 20 years has advised clients on the intersection of technology and law, including cybersecurity, electronic discovery, and information governance. Adam has authored several books and his work has been cited in several landmark federal court opinions. He has served as a court-appointed neutral eDiscovery expert in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and is an active member in professional organizations and educational institutions.

Amy Markham DeCesare is Assistant Vice President, Litigation Management at Allied World Assurance Co. in Farmington, Connecticut. She is a frequent speaker on topics relating to litigation and technology, including litigation management and cost analytics, electronic discovery, and data security and was recently mentioned in Forbes. She is co-chair of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance's eDiscovery Committee and serves as Secretary for Connecticut Chapter of Women in eDiscovery.

Penelope (Penny) M. Deihl is a trial attorney whose practice emphasizes the defense of professionals including insurance brokers/agents, real estate brokers/agents, accountants, and financial advisors. Penny is Chair of her firm's Professional Liability Group. She is AV rated and is a licensed real estate broker.

Wilhelm Dingler has been a trial attorney for over 30 years. Wilhelm devotes his practice to the defense of professionals, primarily accountants, attorneys and real estate professionals. He has litigated hundreds of cases in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Alaska and Oregon. Prior to his engagement in the private practice of law, Wilhelm served as an assistant attorney general for the State of Washington providing counsel to the state's industrial insurance agency.

Gale S. Dwyer is a Senior Claims Analyst in the North American Claims Group at Allied World Assurance Company. She is responsible for managing errors and omissions (E&O) liability claims, with an emphasis on lawyers, insurance agent liability, privacy, technology and architects and engineers errors and omissions liability. Prior to joining Allied World, Gale was in private practice and was in house counsel for Travelers Property Casualty Company, and Division Counsel for AIG. Her primary areas of practice were commercial litigation and insurance coverage/bad faith. She has been a speaker at numerous industry conferences and seminars. Gale is a member of the bar in Connecticut and Washington State. She is also affiliated with several professional associations including the American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the DRI and CLM.

Mark A. Fahleson is a partner with Rembolt Ludtke LLP in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializing in employment and labor law. Mr. Fahleson is a frequent presenter and author on workplace law issues and has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he taught employment law. An active DRI member, Mr. Fahleson is past chair of the DRI Employment and Labor Law Committee.

Dennis L. Galvin is Assistant Vice President - Claims of Argo Pro, in charge of overseeing the Lawyers Professional Liability claims group. Prior to joining Argo Pro, Mr. Galvin was Vice President – Professional Liability Claims for OneBeacon Professional Insurance, where he oversaw a group of claim attorneys handling claims in Lawyers Professional, Real Estate Professional, Insurance Agents Errors & Omissions, Content Technology and Cyber Insurance. Prior to joining OneBeacon, Mr. Galvin worked for Lexington Insurance Company, where he was responsible for handling complex professional claims in a variety of areas including LPL, RPL, insurance agents, accountants, media corporations and government entities. Prior to joining Lexington, Mr. Galvin was in private practice in the Boston area where he specialized in civil litigation including insurance defense and coverage litigation. Mr. Galvin received his Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stonehill College in North Easton, MA. Mr. Galvin is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a frequent speaker at various industry events and an active member of CLM.

Scott Matthew Ginsberg is an Underwriting Executive at General Star Management Company. He joined General Star 12 years ago and currently works in the Programs Business Unit managing Accountants, Architects & Engineers, and Title Agents E & O lines of business that are distributed through regional and national program administrators. He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU), and the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) designations.

Kiera O'Connell Goral is Assistant Vice President for Professional Liability Claims at QBE North America. Kiera oversees claims involving QBE's MGA partners and serves as relationship manager on several large programs including accountants, insurance professionals, real estate professionals and health care professionals. Kiera also assists the Specialty Business Group with the development of new program opportunities.

Jonathan R. Harwood is a partner at Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP. Mr. Harwood has represented lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, manufacturers, corporations and religious institutions in all phases of litigation. Mr. Harwood has also analyzed coverage issues raised by professional liability and D & O policies, as well as represented Directors and Officers, directly, in various types of litigation. See more about Mr. Harwood at http://www.traublieberman.com.

Melody J. Jolly is a partner at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Wilmington, NC. She leads the Firm's Professional Liability Section, and concentrates her practice on the defense of professionals including design professionals, attorneys, real estate professionals and others. An active member of DRI's Professional Liability Steering Committee, she currently serves as Annual Meeting Chair.

China Ladner is an attorney who practiced over 10 years in the private and public sectors focusing on real estate, bankruptcy, civil litigation and municipal law. She transitioned into the insurance industry in 2008 where she handles primary insurance claims for various lines of professional practices including lawyers, accountants, broker-dealers and insurance agents and brokers. She also handles fidelity bond and employment practices claims for credit unions. Ms. Ladner is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a Board Member for the Children's Harbor Montessori School.

Seth L. Laver is a partner in Goldberg Segalla whose practice primarily involves professional liability defense and employment litigation. He represents attorneys, design professionals, and accountants in professional negligence claims. Seth is Vice Chair of DRI's Professional Liability Committee and the editor of Professional Liability Matters, a blog focusing on the professional liability community.

Shari Claire Lewis is a partner in Rivkin Radler LLP. She handles diverse professional liability, ethics, cyber liability, computer and technology cases. Shari frequently lectures and writes on issues concerning professional liability, privacy and technology and writes a New York Law Journal bimonthly column regarding Law and the Internet and Social Media. She is an active member of DRI's Professional Liability and Privacy Committees as well as other professional organizations.

C. Thomas Ludden is a litigation partner with the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office of Lipson Neilson Cole Seltzer & Garin PC. His practice is focused on professional liability defense, commercial litigation, insurance defense, and insurance coverage matters in the trial and appellate courts Mr. Ludden is a member of DRI's Professional Liability Committee.

Lisa R. Midkiff, CPCU, RPLU, is the Director of Claims for B&B Protector Plans, Inc. d/b/a Lawyer's Protector Plan (LPP), a nationwide lawyers professional liability program. For over 13 years, she has specialized in lawyers professional liability claims. Prior to joining LPP, Ms. Midkiff was engaged in private practice and primarily handled medical malpractice and general insurance defense cases. Ms. Midkiff is a member of The Florida Bar and holds the CPCU and RPLU designations.

William Angelo Muñoz is a shareholder with Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney in Sacramento, California. He is a trial lawyer and a certified specialist in Legal Malpractice Law by the California State Board of Specialization whose practice primarily focuses on the defense of attorneys. His practice also includes the defense of other professionals including real estate agents/brokers, real estate appraisers, and insurance brokers, as well as defending employers in employment-related litigation. He is a member of DRI, serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Defense Counsel for Northern California and Nevada and is a Commissioner on the California State Bar Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Committee.

Jeffrey R. Neidle, Vice President, manages the Architects & Engineers Claims Group for OneBeacon Insurance Group. Mr. Neidle joined the A&E claims team after serving for almost 5 years as Assistant Vice President and Claims Counsel to the Lawyers, Realtors, Insurance Agents, Technology and Network security liability claims groups. Prior to joining OneBeacon, Mr. Neidle worked for Hartford Financial Products and Chubb, where he was responsible for handling complex professional claims in a variety of areas including LPL, EPL and D&O. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and a Master's candidate at the University of Chicago in Law and Humanities.

Alex N. Niederman, a licensed attorney in New York and Massachusetts, is a Director of Claims at YorkPro, Inc. He focuses on professional liability claims, including attorney, design professional, and condominium/HOA liability, and insurance coverage. He also works with insurers to develop and draft policy language.

Kimberly K. Noble is Senior Vice President and lead underwriter for the Lawyers' Professional Liability product at Argo Pro. Ms. Noble has 22 years of professional liability experience, both as outside counsel and in underwriting management roles. Ms. Noble obtained her law degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and is licensed to practice law in four states. She holds her CPCU, CCM and RPLU designations.

Richard S. Pevner is a Senior Vice President with Summit Risk Services Inc. located in Horsham, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple University School of Law and is admitted to practice law in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He works with numerous insurance companies as a third party administer specializing in public sector litigation including employment issues involving school boards, public officials, and other governmental entities.

Dennis J. Quinn is a partner at Carr Maloney PC in Washington, D.C. He concentrates his practice on professional liability defense and ethics counseling. He has successfully represented hundreds of clients in legal and accounting malpractice actions and ethical complaints, and has tried cases in most of the state and federal courts in Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland. Mr. Quinn is a member of the DRI, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is currently serving as the Lawyers SLG Vice Chair of the DRI Professional Liability Committee

James R. Redeker is a claims manager in the Insurance Agent's E&O Program at SwissRe Corporate Solutions. Mr. Redeker practiced insurance defense law in Kansas and Missouri prior to handling E&O claims. After handling claims for thirteen years, Mr. Redeker made the switch to management and is finishing his second year as a claims manager in the Insurance Agent's E&O Program.

Richard J. Rogers graduated New York Law School, and is a partner at Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP. Mr. Rogers' practice focuses on all aspects of insurance law. He has dealt with complex coverage litigations, which dealt with contractual and extra-contractual liabilities in a variety of jurisdictions. Mr. Rogers is also experienced in the management of "books" of claims, as coverage and monitoring counsel. He has defended tort litigations, including professional liability cases. In addition, Mr. Rogers is often called upon to draft many types of professional liability policies.

Gary R. Shendell is the managing partner of Shendell & Pollock PL. He is involved in the defense of complex professional liability cases, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. His practice focuses on the defense of lawyers, accountants, agents & brokers, fiduciaries, A&E, D&O, E&O, EPL and construction defect claims. He also represents clients before the SEC and state boards of accountancy. Mr. Shendell is a member of DRI, the American and Florida Bar Associations and CLM.

Albert L. Sica, The ALS Group's founder, leads the firm's efforts to provide C-level leaders with the desperately-needed and unbiased third-party expertise they require to bring their most urgent risk-management and insurance issues under control. Al brings more than 25 years of experience to his role, combining the strategic vision of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) with decades of hands-on experience implementing strategies at the tactical level, working with executive leaders and front-line operational managers alike, bringing needed change management to risk-exposed organizations trapped in old-game paradigms. As Managing Principal, Al manages The ALS Group's client relationships, fostering long-term, collaborative partnerships that allow us to provide flexible, personal attention—while crafting solutions that deliver the greatest return on our clients' investment. Al's professional experience spans numerous verticals and geographies across the globe, including real estate, construction, retail, manufacturing, distribution, private equity/venture capital, M&A due diligence, and Public/Private Partnerships (P3). He routinely supports clients with risk and coverage analysis, including OCIP vs. CCIP evaluations, broker RFPs, and enterprise-wide risk assessments. A respected author and dynamic speaker, Al is routinely sought as a presenter before professional organizations desiring to learn from his unique "three-dimensional" perspective of risk management. Al is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society and holds a Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designation. In the rare moments when he's not working (The ALS Group responds to client needs on a 24/7 basis), Al is an avid golfer and hockey fan. He enjoys spending time with his wife of more than 30 years and his son and daughter.

Roy A. Umlauf is a founding Shareholder of Forsberg & Umlauf PS and past Director of DRI. See website for more info http://www.forsberg-umlauf.com/attorney/umlauf.html. He has more than 30 years of experience defending professionals in malpractice cases. In addition to his trial and litigation work, Mr. Umlauf provides witness preparation training to fortune 100 clients and professionals.

Catherine Vieth is a PhD Anthropology student at McGill University in Montréal, Québec. Previously, Ms. Vieth has conducted research on constitutions in the Middle East, legal codification projects in North Africa, ideas of mercy in Islamic law, and intersections of legal norms and gender. With training as a historian, legal scholar, and now anthropologist, Ms. Vieth is currently researching how UK legal systems articulate Islamic law, and is excited to discuss how legal anthropologists talk about concepts of "law" and "legal pluralism."

Andrew Michael Williamson is an associate at Maurice Wutscher, LLP's Washington, D.C. area office. He is a trial lawyer focusing on professional liability, real estate, consumer financial services, and other complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. His professional liability experience includes defense of real estate professionals, lawyers and law firms. Andrew is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Jonathan S. Ziss is a partner in Goldberg Segalla's Philadelphia office, devotes much of his practice to representing professionals, particularly accountants, in administrative and civil proceedings. He is President of the Professional Liability Defense Federation and Lead Chair of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance's Professional Liability Committee. Jonathan frequently writes and lectures on professional risk and claims management.