Webinar: Litigation Soft Skills: Initial Evaluation with an Eye on Early Resolution
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Webinar: Litigation Soft Skills: Initial Evaluation with an Eye on Early Resolution

3/20/2025
When: Thursday, March 20, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Central)
Where: via Zoom
United States
Contact: Sabrina Von Lanken
sabrina@pldf.org
309-222-8947


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Join us for the first webinar in a three-part series covering the beginning, middle, and end of a claim. The focus will be on file opening, initial evaluation, budgeting, and general best practices. 

Our featured speakers will be:

David Anderson is a shareholder of Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, and has over 25 years of litigation experience. He has successfully defended a wide variety of professional liability claims, ranging from legal malpractice to claims against accountants, insurance agents, architects and engineers, real estate/title agents and even fine art appraisers. He has also successfully defended numerous corporations against product liability claims, including death cases. Over those years, David has gained considerable jury trial and arbitration experience.

 

 Anthony Burrows is Vice President and Claims Counsel at Sompo International where he manages the SompoPro Commercial E&O claims team overseeing claims involving insurance agents/brokers, property managers and other miscellaneous classes of professionals. Anthony has over 17 years’ experience handling claims and has worked as Claims Counsel for four other leading insurance carriers after a period of private practice in Buffalo, New York. He received his BA from the University of Vermont and his JD from Albany Law School and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

 

Jen Faas joined Aspen Insurance in October 2023 where she handles professional liability claims for financial and investment professionals, insurance agents, and lawyers. Jen has over 20 years of experience directly handling and managing teams of claims professionals handling Lawyers Professional Liability, MPL, Private Company D&O, Fiduciary, and Fidelity claims. She also worked as an associate at a law firm in New York City where she represented clients in coverage litigation. Jen graduated summa cum laude with a BA in English from Wagner College and received her JD from Pace University School of Law with a Certificate in Environmental Law. She is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

Megan Zurn is a Large Loss Claims Specialist in AXA XL’s Atlanta office.  She handles high exposure professional liability claims for AXA XL insureds nationwide with a concentration on lawyers professional liability matters.  Prior to joining AXA XL, Megan practiced law in an Atlanta boutique litigation firm where she represented policyholders in coverage disputes and litigated a variety of complex commercial matters in state and federal courts.  Before transitioning to civil litigation, Megan began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in Athens, Georgia.

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