- Expand your experience and knowledge base
- Stay abreast of changes in professional liability law
- Make key contacts with more than 500 professional liability defense specialists throughout the country
- Develop professional referrals and business opportunities
- Opportunities to speak, publish and further share your experience and expertise
- Influence substantive law
- Leadership opportunities where you may further develop your connections and standing in the professional liability community
Join the Professional Liability Defense Federation today and partner with us in our mission to enhance the stature and effectiveness of professional liability defense professionals through education, training and the exchange of information.
 "My membership in PLDF has been rewarding in so many ways. I have formed strong friendships with industry professionals and defense attorneys across the country, which has been a source of new business and cross-referrals from other firms. The annual meeting is a can’t-miss event, with excellent CLE that is very relevant to my practice area, and networking events that are designed to make it easy to meet new people and catch up with old friends. I have also enjoyed writing for and reading the PLDF Quarterly, which keeps me up to date on professional liability defense strategies. An all around great organization!" - Erin Higgins, Managing Partner, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP, Boston, MA |
PLDF is for Those Who Want ...
- Access to an ever-growing community of professional liability defense specialists;
- To get involved in substantive law committees which are devoted to enhancing their practice;
- Unparalleled opportunities to network with professional liability attorneys, claims professionals and risk management specialists
- Opportunities to publish in our well-respected publications
Why Should You Become a Member of PLDF?
As a member of the Professional Liability Defense Federation you become part of an exceptional community of professional liability attorneys, claims professionals and risk management specialists. The PLDF community eagerly shares their expertise
and insights – an invaluable benefit to its members, helping them to successfully defend against professional liability claims.
Malpractice claims affecting different professions often present common procedural rule and substantive law elements. Although standard of care evidence differs among the professions, skills learned in the defense of one profession are
often transferable to others. PLDF’s goal is to harness this expertise in one organization devoted solely to improving the management and defense of professional liability claims.
The Professional Liability Defense Federation differentiates itself from other professional organizations by providing its members with unparalleled opportunities to develop relationships with key players in the professional liability
community.
Membership Benefits
- Access to a nationwide network of professional liability counsel and claims professionals who are focused on the defense of malpractice claims and board disciplinary proceedings – not on policy underwriting and not on unrelated claims.
- Access to risk-free referral relationships because malpractice defense work is largely local (i.e., it is not well suited to national counsel templates).
- Access to E&O-specific educational programming provided by the Annual Meeting and CLE/CEU Presentation, Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, and password-protected messaging
resources confined to the membership.
- Access to professional growth and marketing opportunities provided by the PLDF’s website’s membership roster posting, website blog posts, article publication in the Quarterly, CLE speakership publicity, and by participation in organization
leadership as a member of the PLDF Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
- Discounted membership for young attorneys and complimentary membership for industry professionals.
- Access to the PLDF amicus program to aid in industry-supported appeals.
- Access to E&O claim knowledge involving professions not currently represented by members that will expand the scope of members’ portfolio of expertise and range of representation.
- Access to opportunities to potentially connect with colleagues both within and beyond the insurance industry orbit, e.g., large self-insureds and governmental bodies.
