2021 Annual Meeting Speakers

Featured Speakers

	Michelle Arbitrio is the managing partner of Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman’s White Plains, NY office. She is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney who is vastly experienced as a litigator in state and federal courts in New York and Connecticut. A recognized thought leader in the areas of directors and officers, errors and omissions, and employment practices litigation, Michelle is the current chair of the PLDF’s Insurance Agent/Broker Claims Committee. Michelle is frequently published in the New York Law Journal and other renowned publications. She is also often consulted and quoted as an expert in business, insurance and claims publications. Michelle has received countless awards for excellence in litigation management and client service.
	Stephen Bedosky is a Vice President and Equity Partner at York International Agency, LLC where he works as the head of the Executive, Professional, & Cyber Liability practice. For 15 years, Steve has advised clients on various methods to transfer their risks in all manners of Management & Professional Liability policies, while also consulting on risk mitigation before the loss. In the SPAC space, he has worked with dozens of teams from the initial IPO to the reverse merger and liquidation processes to achieve the most efficient utilization of insurance possible.
	Peter J. Biging of Goldberg Segalla LLP is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney with more than 30 years of experience as a litigator in the state and federal courts of New York. His practice focuses on litigation involving directors and officers, financial institutions and defense of management and professional liability claims, including the defense of a variety of professionals against errors and omissions claims, labor and employment practices litigation, commercial litigation, municipal liability litigation, and professional liability coverage work. His E&O work includes defending insurance agents and brokers, securities brokers, lawyers, and miscellaneous professionals. Peter regularly handles complex, high-stakes commercial litigations and claims involving allegations of fraud or malfeasance, as well as litigations of non-solicitation/non-compete disputes. A partner in the firm's Manhattan offices, he heads up the Goldberg Segalla metro area Management and Professional Liability practice and is Co-Chair of the M&PL practice group nationally. Peter is widely recognized as an authority on D&O, management and professional liability, E&O, EPL, and coverage issues. In addition to regularly writing and presenting to national audiences on these topics, he is a past chair of the ABA's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Professional Liability Insurance Committee and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of PLDF.
	Jeffrey P. Brien is a Claim Attorney for Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. In this role, he oversees legal malpractice actions as well as attorney ethics complaints. He also serves as the Regional Sales Director for Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Mr. Brien is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and, prior to joining MLM in 2019, maintained a diverse civil litigation practice including the defense of doctors, lawyers, and other professionals. Mr. Brien is a graduate of Boston College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
	Andrea Cahill is Vice President, Business Management with Swiss Re. Andrea is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has over 20 years of industry experience in both casualty and professional lines claims having worked for ERC, Westport Insurance, GE Re and currently, Swiss Re. She has published articles on diverse topics from Opioids to Privacy.
	Andrew Carroll of Clark Hill PLC in Philadelphia focuses his practice on handling matters relating to professional liability, real property, and commercial litigation. In the professional liability field, Andrew’s experience includes representing attorneys, accountants, brokers, and directors and officers in civil litigation and investigatory matters. He also handles complex commercial litigation matters stemming from various claims of statutory violations, contractual disputes, and alleged breaches of fiduciary duties.
	Matthew L. "Matty" Connelly earned his Juris Doctor in 1994 from Boston College Law School. A partner with YLAW, P.C. since 2009, Mr. Connelly’s civil litigation practice covers medical malpractice, veterinary malpractice, public entity defense, liquor liability, personal injury, residential treatment care, and workers’ compensation. Having spent his first decade of practice as a criminal attorney, Mr. Connelly has tried more than 25 cases to juries and in excess of 100 cases to the bench in court and administrative proceedings.
	Christopher J. Conrad is a shareholder in the Camp Hill, PA office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, PC, and he is a member of the firm’s Professional Liability Department. As part of his practice, Mr. Conrad defends school districts, intermediate units, charter schools and other academic institutions in employment and civil rights litigation and in all phases of special education litigation, from administrative due process hearings to federal court appeals. Mr. Conrad is a 1998 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and a 2001 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in federal and state courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.
	Todd Cusano is Senior Vice President at Ascot Group Limited. Todd began his career in private law practice with the venerable law firm of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. where his practice concentrated on professional liability matters. He transitioned his career into insurance following service in elected office. Todd managed a large LPL program underwritten on admitted and surplus lines paper before taking a role at an MGA in Connecticut where he managed several E&O lines. Immediately prior to joining Ascot, Todd was a Director of Underwriting at a large carrier where he underwrote and drafted products for several lines of E&O business. Todd holds both his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and his law degree from the University of Connecticut.
	Cassandra Ferguson is Vice President and Managing Team Leader of the Management Liability Claims Unit at RSUI Group, Inc., where she manages a team of 13 lawyers and their assistants. Cassandra has substantial employment law, insurance coverage and directors and officers experience. Prior to joining RSUI, she was a judicial law clerk for both state and federal court judges, and an associate at a large defense law firm. Ms. Ferguson is a member of the Maryland Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association and earned her J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in Valparaiso, Indiana, graduating in the top 10% of her class. She also holds a Masters’ degree in Employment Law and is a Rule 31 Mediator. Cassandra started with RSUI in December 2002.
	Timothy M. Fletcher, J.D., CPCU, is Gen Re's Senior Emerging Issues Specialist and a Vice President. He heads the company’s Emerging Issues unit, drawing from 35 years of experience and a wide range of responsibilities. In his former claims role, Tim helped clients successfully resolve high-exposure cases and respond to various claim and legal issues. He is also a guest lecturer on Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia State University, and he is based in Gen Re’s Atlanta office. Tim is the Immediate Past President of the Atlanta CPCU Chapter and currently serves on CPCU’s RE&S (Reinsurance, Excess, & Surplus) Interest Group.
	Erin Fry, CPCU, RPLU, ARe is President of Public Entity Risk Solutions at Munich Re Specialty Insurance (“MRSI”). She manages the Public Entity, Mobility and Innovation practices within MRSI and is responsible for underwriting public entity and mobility clients through innovative problem solving and non-traditional approaches to account design and financial structuring. Prior to joining MRSI in July 2019, Erin severed as the Senior Vice President for QBE North America’s Specialty & Casualty Programs. In that role she was responsible for developing and executing the strategic underwriting and distribution plan for specialty and casualty programs. She joined QBE in 2015 from XL Catlin where she was the Head of Professional Liability Programs. Throughout her seven years working at XL Catlin, Erin held various other positions, including Vice President of Underwriting and Claims Attorney for the Environmental Division. Erin also worked as a Staff Attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Erin holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from West Chester University and a Juris Doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. She is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) and has earned her Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designation.
	Jeffrey H. Geiger serves as General Counsel at Sands Anderson PC (headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is on its Board of Directors after a decade leading the Litigation Group. Jeff's practice encompasses legal malpractice/ethics defense, professional liability defense and corporate litigation, including fiduciaries and D&O. Jeff served on the faculty of the Virginia State Bar's Harry Carrico Professionalism Course and is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond. Virginia Business magazine has listed Jeff as being among the Virginia Business "Legal Elite" since 2005. In addition, Jeff has been listed among Virginia's Super Lawyers® and was named a "Leader in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Jeff received his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the College of William & Mary.
	J. Peter Glaws, IV is a Partner at Carr Maloney P.C. and chairs the PLDF’s Financial Professionals Committee. Playing a key role in Carr Maloney’s professional liability practice, Peter regularly represents accountants, lawyers, architects, and other professionals including international, national, and regional accounting firms in disputes arising out of complex auditing, tax, consulting, and other accounting services. Peter represents law firms of all sizes in disputes, which have included, among other things, underlying patent applications, real estate transactions, white collar criminal defense, and litigation (commercial and civil). Peter also represents professionals before state and national licensing and regulatory bodies such as state bar authorities, boards of accountancy, inspectors general, and federal agencies.
	Kiera O'Connell Goral serves as Vice President and Reinsurance Claims Team Lead for Swiss Re's U.S. Property & Casualty Large Client Business. Prior to joining Swiss Re, Kiera managed a team of claims professionals for QBE's Alternative Markets Specialty Program Business. An attorney licensed in Florida and Texas, Kiera began her career defending carriers and insured clients across multiple lines of business before making the switch to the insurance industry.
	James S. Haliczer, co-founder and the managing partner of Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, has been involved in dozens of trials involving numerous substantive areas of the law including medical and legal malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, commercial and construction litigation. He concentrates his practice in the trial of complex cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury/wrongful death, and business disputes. Mr. Haliczer has the unique experience of having successfully represented both defendants and plaintiffs.
	John E. Hall, Jr. is one of the founding partners of Hall Booth Smith, P.C. He specializes in the defense of high exposure cases, involving medical providers, hospitals, and groups. He manages and handles high exposure cases across the country as National Counsel for several insurers, companies, groups, and hospitals. He has extensive litigation experience, having tried more than 125 civil cases. Mr. Hall is licensed in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Colorado, and Michigan. He lectures on various topics at legal and business programs throughout the country. Mr. Hall has received several awards including: Super Lawyer; Insurance Man of the Year; The Best Lawyers in America, and peer rated AV with Martindale Hubbell.
	Michael D. Handler is an Of Counsel attorney at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., in Seattle, Washington, with over two decades of experience in insurance coverage advice and litigation, helping insurer clients to assess and efficiently resolve risks, and expertly advancing his clients’ positions on professional liability coverage and other complex claims. He has also defended Pacific Northwest healthcare providers and lawyers, as well as local and national insurance agents and brokers.
	Anne W. Hill is in the Virginia office of Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company since 2003, first as Underwriting VP, and then as Claim Attorney, managing professional malpractice claims against its insured attorneys, and presenting educational seminars. Prior to this, she was with ANLIR for 12 years, another malpractice carrier which also insured attorneys for legal malpractice, including serving as Claims AVP and then as Underwriting VP. Prior to her malpractice insurance career, Anne was a Trust & Estates / Tax attorney with McGuire Woods Battle and Booth in Richmond, after obtaining her J.D. and M.B.A from University of Richmond.
	Courtney Kasper is AVP Financial Institutions Claims Practice Leader for QBE North America. She is responsible for handling directors and officers, employment practices, and fiduciary liability claims for financial institutions. Courtney also has experience handling professional liability claims involving financial professionals, real estate agents, lawyers, long-term care providers, and insurance agents and brokers. Prior to joining QBE, Courtney began her career as an Attorney at Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons L.L.P. During her tenure, she focused on insurance litigation and coverage matters involving both standard and professional lines. Courtney earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Southwestern University and a Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
	Jeff Kichaven of Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation in Los Angeles is “Ranked in Chambers (USA) 2020” as one of the country’s top mediators. “Who’s Who Legal 2020” has honored him as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” in mediation, one of only five in the United States and 20 in the world. Jeff is an Honors Graduate of Harvard Law School (1980) and a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1977). Based in his native Los Angeles, he has been a full-time mediator with a nationwide practice since 1996. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has been named California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in ADR. “Best Lawyers” has listed him for 15 straight years, and in 2015 honored him as the single Best Mediation Lawyer in Los Angeles. His views on mediation have been cited in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
	Ari R. Magedoff, Esq. joined AXIS Insurance of North America in November 2010 and is Head of Management Liability Claims. In this role, Ari is responsible for leading the claims team responsible for E&O and D&O claims for middle market and large company commercial, financial, and private equity lines. Prior to joining AXIS, Ari practiced in the securities litigation group of White & Case LLP and the insurance coverage group of Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP. Ari is an active member in PLUS and the American Bar Association. Ari is a cum laude graduate of the University of Miami and received his law degree from Seattle University School of Law.
	Phillip Maltin is a trial lawyer in the Los Angeles office of Raines Feldman LLP. Phil is Chair of the firm’s Commercial & Employment Risk Control Department, which handles EPLI, D&O, E&O and coverage matters. He has represented businesses of all sizes (some on the Forbes list of the 100 largest privately held companies) in litigation and trial. He is a Southern California Super Lawyer and an instructor in the Trial Advocacy Project.
	Casey Marshall is an attorney with the Minneapolis litigation firm Bassford Remele, P.A. He represents corporations and individuals in commercial disputes, and navigates families, businesses, and individuals through trust and estate conflicts. Casey has represented clients in matters ranging from simple disputes involving a will, trust, or estate, to some of Minnesota’s most high-profile trust and estate cases.
	W. Barry Montgomery, Jr. is a partner with KPM Law in Richmond, Virginia and focuses on the defense of various professionals including other attorneys, health care professionals, real estate professionals and insurance agents. He also represents employers in labor and employment law matters in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies. Barry has first chair trial experience in over 75 jury trials in state and federal courts and regularly represents clients before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Virginia Department of Labor & Industry, and various professional regulatory boards. Barry has an “AV” rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is a former member of the Board of Directors for PLDF.
	Ralph Mylie, Jr., CPCU, RPLU is Vice President – Global Risks for the family of ITC companies based in West Point, GA including ITC Broadband Holdings; ITC Capital Partners; and ITC Holding with offices throughout the U.S. and Asia. With a career encompassing multiple lines of commercial Property \| Casualty insurance in risk evaluation, corporate insurance consulting, and underwriting, Ralph provides an integrated, holistic view of solutions to risks, negotiating favorable terms with insurance brokers and underwriters to benefit client companies. He is widely recognized for his work with Management Liability Insurance including Directors’ and Officers’ and Employment Practices Liability as well as other exposures for domestic and Multinational companies having developed a strong global network of colleagues who will work to bring creative and compliant solutions.
	Erika Nelson, Esq., CPCU is AVP, North America Claims Group with Allied World Insurance Company. Erika joined Allied World in 2013. Erika is responsible for handling a wide variety of E&O liability claims, including an emphasis on high severity cyber insurance, insurance agency and insurance company liability claims. Erika is also a manager on Allied World’s Cyber Claims Response Team which is responsible for handling first and third-party coverages under Cyber/Privacy insurance policies. Prior to joining Allied World, Erika practiced as an attorney for four years with Bendett & McHugh and with Martha Croog, LLC, both located in the greater Hartford, Connecticut area. Erika earned her B.A. in Economics from Drew University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, where she also served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the International and Comparative Law Review. She is a member of the bar in Connecticut.
	Kimberly K. Noble, JD, CPCU, RPLU, CCP is Senior Vice President at Thompson Flanagan, where she advises lawyers and law firms on insurance coverage, risk management and claims processes. Ms. Noble has 26 years of professional liability experience in outside counsel, underwriting management, and advisory roles. She previously managed professional liability programs at The St. Paul, GE Westport, OneBeacon and Argo Pro. Ms. Noble obtained her law degree from the University of Missouri (Kansas City) and her undergraduate degree in Business and Economics from Drury University.
	Jorge A. Perez, MD is a board-certified plastic surgeon, practicing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for over 30 years. A graduate and former faculty member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, he is selected regularly among Castle Connolly/U.S. News and World Report’s listing of Americas Top Doctors. Dr. Perez has been featured as an expert in plastic surgery on worldwide media including ABC, NBC, CBS, Univision, Telemundo and elsewhere, and has lectured and trained thousands of surgeons, in dozens of countries, in multiple languages, in the areas of facial rejuvenation, breast surgery and body contouring. He has served as a consultant to Mentor/Johnson & Johnson, Allergan Medical, and others, and as an FDA principal investigator. Dr. Perez has been retained as a consultant and medical expert and testified in matters of plastic surgery and soft tissue injuries, for both plaintiff and defense, for over 25 years.
	Sean C. Pierce is a member of the Birmingham firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC and practices across Alabama and the Southeast. Mr. Pierce is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell and has 20 years of experience in handling management (labor and employment, D&O, corporate and commercial litigation), technology (cyber security and data privacy and protection), and professional liability (including E&O and malpractice) claims and cases, with an emphasis on complex litigation and class actions. He received both his Bachelor of Science in Business and his Juris Doctorate from The University of Alabama and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Alabama and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is the Chair of the PLDF Employment Practices Liability (EPL) Committee and the Chair of Cyber Liability and Steering Committee Member for DRI’s Professional Liability Committee.
	JoEllen Riehl has been working in the insurance industry for 30 years. Throughout her career as a claim professional, she has worked for national insurance carriers, law firms and third-party administrators investigating, evaluating and resolving claims. She also managed a worker’s compensation subrogation program for a large law firm in Pennsylvania which gave her the opportunity to work on the Plaintiff and Defense side of an action in multiple jurisdictions. For the past ten years, JoEllen has been employed by Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). UHS is one of the largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services in the nation with nearly 90,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates 26 Acute Care hospitals, 334 Behavioral Health inpatient facilities, and 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care centers in 38 states in the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. JoEllen is responsible for handling not only their professional liability claims but oversees their commercially insured facilities and their physician program.
	James Rizzo is a New York based D&O Underwriter with Beazley Executive Risk. Jim is leading Beazley’s global SPAC initiative and has been writing this asset class for nearly two decades.
	David A. Robles is an Assistant Vice President in the North American Claims Group for Allied World Insurance Company. He is currently involved with the handling and oversight of complex professional liability claims involving lawyers, insurance agents, insurance companies, architects, engineers, and other types of professionals. Mr. Robles spent approximately 17 years practicing law in the State of Connecticut prior to joining Allied World. His concentration was in insurance defense. He was admitted to the Connecticut State Bar in 1996 and the United States District Court, District of Connecticut in 1998.
	Laura J. Ruettgers is a partner attorney with Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, experienced in complex insurance coverage matters, based in San Francisco and Oakland, California. Laura is Chair of the firm’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group. She assists her carrier clients with complex issues arising in both litigated and non-litigated contexts, addressing high exposure losses in both primary and excess scenarios. Her emerging-trend work has included specialty lines such as cybersecurity policies, and newer products written to address risks arising out of emerging technology such as drones and autonomous vehicles. Her nationwide coverage experience navigates the nuances of pollution policies, Coverage B, Excess, Professional, and Directors & Officers lines, and so-called “Package Policies” blending traditional and non-traditional coverages into a single form.
	Jennifer K. Saunders, Senior Partner at Haight Brown & Bonesteel in Los Angeles is certified by the California State Bar in Legal Malpractice Law and has over 32 years of experience defending professionals in pre-claim issues, as well as civil litigation and disciplinary matters through trial.
	James C. Sawran is the managing shareholder of the Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney Ft. Lauderdale office. He defends professionals and healthcare clients in a range of high-stakes litigation matters. Over the course of his career, he has represented hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, surgeons, podiatrists and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice and related claims. He has served as lead trial counsel to one of the largest hospital corporations doing business throughout Florida and has represented clients in class actions and complex product liability matters. Mr. Sawran has also been involved in representation of clients in pharmacy and other professional liability claims, and with insurance coverage and bad faith.
	Cheryl Shaw is Senior Claims Specialist at AXA XL Insurance and a licensed Georgia attorney with 18 years of litigation experience. Prior to joining AXA XL in 2019, Cheryl was a partner at two mid-size Atlanta firms where her practice concentrated on representation of design professionals in all types of construction disputes, including negligence, breach of contract, and delay claims. A significant part of her practice was devoted to client consultation regarding professional service agreements and risk management strategies. Her general and business liability experience also includes defense of negligent security, transportation, sexual assault, slip and fall, and premises liability claims. Cheryl received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maine (B.A., cum laude), and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude) where she was a member of the Moot Court Board.
	Christopher K. Sweeney of Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP in Boston is a construction lawyer. He represents engineers, architects, owners, general contractors, and subcontractors in construction defect and personal injury cases. He also advises owners and property managers in commercial real estate disputes and defends professionals accused of malpractice. In addition to his regular appearances in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire trial courts, Chris has significant experience practicing before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
	Alan J. Taylor is a Shareholder with Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney in its Michigan office. Mr. Taylor is co-chair of SMSM’s Professional Liability Practice Group. Mr. Taylor’s practice focuses on real estate law, commercial litigation and the defense of professional liability claims for lawyers, accountants, securities agents and broker/dealers, real estate agents and insurance agents.
	Paul C. Troy, Esq. has practiced with the firm Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer in suburban Philadelphia since 1991. He defends attorneys, health care providers, accountants, insurance brokers, architects, and engineers in professional liability matters, as well as defending D+O, and E+O cases. Mr. Troy has been fortunate enough to be voted by his peers to be one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Philadelphia and/or Pennsylvania each year since 2012. He was honored to be elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2018. He has tried well over 100 cases to verdict in Philadelphia and throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.
	Meg Hatfield Yanacek is a partner with Hall Booth Smith P.C. where she focuses her practice on medical malpractice, health care, premises liability, dental, and correctional health care. In addition to being an active trial attorney, she is a Certified Professional Health Risk Manager. Ms. Yanacek’s legal experience also includes serving as Associate Counsel for a large hospital system.
	Laura Zaroski is the Managing Director of Gallagher’s Law Firms Practice and is responsible for the placement of Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance, Management Liability Insurance, and Risk Management services for Gallagher law firm clients. Her primary focus is mid-size to large law firms.
	William J. Zee is a partner with Appel, Yost & Zee. He serves as chair of the Education Law Group. Bill has represented public and private schools, intermediate units and higher education institutions throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey for the past 15 years. He spearheads the Education Group’s professional development and training initiatives, with a special focus on student services, trauma-informed and restorative practices, and public-school policy. Bill is frequently sought out to lecture locally and nationally on a wide-range of school law, student service, and disability related topics. Prior to entering private practice, Bill taught at the secondary level in the public schools in Philadelphia and New Jersey and in higher education at Eastern Michigan University and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He also served as a Dean in both admissions and academic affairs. He holds a B.A. from Rutgers, M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania, and J.D. from Villanova University. Bill is a servant leader on the board of directors for several community benefit organizations that are important to him, including Leadership Lancaster, Aaron’s Acres, and the Lancaster Education Foundation.
	Megan Zurn joined AXA XL in 2015 as a Senior Claims Specialist. She handles a variety of professional liability claims for AXA XL insureds nationwide with a concentration on lawyers professional liability matters. Prior to joining AXA XL, Megan practiced law with a boutique litigation firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Before transitioning to civil litigation, Megan began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in Athens, Georgia.