2025 D&O Symposium On-Demand

Jaimie Hunter is a Senior Broker at Lockton Re in the New York and Stamford area. She has 20+ years of experience in the Reinsurance Industry working across the Casualty spectrum with a focus on Auto and Professional Lines. Jaimie specializes in a range of client solutions including treaty, facultative and hybrid facilities. After graduating from Penn State University (B.S. Finance, B.A. Sculpture), she spent most of her career at Guy Carpenter in the Philadelphia, London and New York offices where she was a Managing Director before joining the Lockton Re team.

Brian Zink is Senior Vice President, Head of Everest Specialty Underwriters (ESU) and U.S. Financial Lines.

Prior to joining Everest, Mr. Zink was Head of Financial Lines for the Zurich’s U.S. National Accounts, also serving in various leadership roles including Head of Management Liability domestically. Prior to that, Mr. Zink held a variety of financial lines leadership positions with Beazley Group and The Hartford.

Jeremie is currently Head of U.S. Executive Risk at Beazley. He joined in 2007 and has been in the industry in various capacities as an underwriter, broker and actuary specializing in D&O, EPL, fiduciary, crime & fidelity and all related classes. Prior to joining Beazley he worked for AIG, Marsh, and Hartford. Jeremie has a degree in Applied Mathematics from the University at Buffalo and an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business.

Ziad Kubursi is the Head of the Financial Institutions, Executive Liability & Transactional Risk units of The Hartford Financial Lines a part of their Global Specialty Division. He has held various Senior Leadership rolls including Head of Financial Lines (Asia Pacific, Australasia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa and South America) at AIG, SVP and Head of FI and Management Liability at CNA as well as SVP and Head of Philadelphia Insurance Companies Management & Professional Liability Division. Mr. Kubursi brings over 20 years of experience in Financial Lines Insurance in various leadership capacities across underwriting, brokerage and claims. Thirteen years of his career was spent at AIG in various management positions in the U.S. and Internationally.

After graduating with a BA in Government & Politics from George Mason University, Ziad went on to earn an MBA from Adelphi University, and an EMBA from London Business School (LBS). He also carries an RPLU designation from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

With two decades of experience prosecuting complex litigation in federal courts, Jim Harrod’s practice focuses on representing the firm’s institutional investor clients in securities fraud-related matters. He also leads the firm’s Global Securities and Litigation Monitoring Team, which monitors securities class and group actions around the world, and advises BLB&G’s institutional clients on potential avenues for recovery in those actions.

In connection with his representation of institutional investors, he is a frequent speaker to public pension fund organizations and trustees concerning fiduciary duties, emerging issues in securities litigation and the financial markets.

Jim is recognized as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation and is regularly named to lists of leading practitioners by Lawdragon, and Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers for his professional achievements. More recently, he was named a Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers by The National Law Journal.

Noona Barlow is the Head of Financial Lines Claims at boutique insurance broker McGill and Partners. Noona practised law in Toronto for a number of years before moving into insurance. Prior to joining MGP, Noona was the Head of International Financial Lines Claims at AIG in London.

David Ackerman is Global Practice Leader for Commercial Management Liability and Financial Institutions Claims for Allianz Commercial. He is currently located in Hong Kong. David has nearly 35 years of experience in Financial Lines insurance. He has served as Underwriting Counsel and Claims Counsel for several major as well as start-up Financial Lines Insurance markets, and he has managed claims and teams of claims professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia. As a US licensed attorney, David practiced in New York and Chicago as a partner of a leading law firm focused on serving US and multi-national insurers and their clients. David is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and its College of Arts and Sciences.

Keith Bethlehem leads the complex coverage team at Colin Biggers & Paisley, with a focus on financial institutions and D&O insurance.

Keith has a reputation for pragmatic and industry-aware advice. He has been ranked in Chambers as a leading insurance lawyer since 2014. In the 2022 edition, a client notes that Keith “is quick to identify issues of contention and obstacles in the resolution of claims and seeks to circumvent the adversarial nature of coverage disputes”.

Keith is an accomplished litigator. Keith conducted the seminal case on the operation of claims made policies under Australian Law, Chubb & Others v Moore & Others. In 2021, Keith represented London market insurers that resisted joinder under the newly enacted Third Party Rights Against Insurers Act, the first case in which Insurers successfully opposed joinder on discretionary grounds.

Keith has a market leading role in relation to the series of class action against major banks and financial institutions arising from the Financial Services Royal Commission, and acts as coverage and monitoring counsel in relation to numerous Securities Class Actions. He acted for the co-primary insurers that supported the successful defence in the precedent setting Iluka proceedings.

With her background in law, underwriting, and broking, Natalie brings a 360-degree understanding of claims and the fundamental importance of fair outcomes to her role at Mosaic. She qualified as an insurance lawyer in 2001 and worked in private practice in the City of London before joining Ironshore/Pembroke Syndicate 4000 as a claims manager in 2010, where she managed a broad spectrum of claims across multiple lines of business. Natalie later served Aon’s Global Broking Centre as head of financial, professional & specialty claims, overseeing a cradle-to-grave claims service to wholesale and retail clients globally. She joined Mosaic at its inception in 2021 and is the Head of Claims across all divisions and regions.

Zach Taylor is a partner in the Securities & Governance Litigation team at BakerHostetler. Zach focuses his practice on securities and governance litigation, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, fiduciary duty litigation, M&A litigation and Section 220 demands. He also has extensive experience with SEC and internal investigations. Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Zach served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Berman, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and was a securities litigation associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

David Navetta is a prominent leader in privacy, information security and technology law. He has extensive experience counseling clients on novel and cutting-edge data protection issues, including data breach response, cybersecurity risk management, consumer and employee privacy, incident response planning and preparedness, technology transactions, vendor management, board of director advice and consultation, regulatory investigations, litigation and due diligence in corporate transactions. David serves as a “breach coach” on an approved panel for numerous cyber insurance carriers and companies, and he has helped some of the world’s leading corporations to effectively respond to complex data security breaches and protect their enterprise. David’s clients range from startups to large Fortune 500 multinationals across a range of industries, including ecommerce, consumer products, name-brand traditional brick-and-mortar, hotels and hospitality, social media, technology, professional services, healthcare, financial institutions and energy. David received his BA from Michigan State University and his JD from DePaul University College of Law.

Cassandra has been in the insurance industry for close to 30 years. She worked for 17 years as a commercial litigator representing policyholders in complex insurance coverage disputes, in negotiations, litigation, arbitrations, mediations and on appeal. She successfully recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds for her individual and corporate insured clients, including numerous Fortune 500 companies.

Cassandra brought that extensive experience to Gallagher in 2011 as a Senior Claims Advocate in the Management Liability Practice Group, resolving a myriad of complex coverage issues and forging relationships throughout the market. In 2021, she stepped into the position of National Leader for Gallagher’s Management Liability & Cyber Claims Advocacy Team. Cassandra built the team from the ground up prior to its launch in May 2022. She is responsible for oversight of a team of advocates who partner with clients and insurers on D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Crime, Cyber, and Kidnap & Ransom Claims.

Brian is the CEO of Commercial Risk Solutions North America responsible for business performance and leadership. In this role, he is responsible for leading and delivering best-in-class industry solutions, services, capabilities, data & analytics to clients through commercial risk product leaders, specialties and teams. He also ensures the U.S. broking strategy is aligned with our global objectives, while developing and fostering our market relationships. Brian’s area of expertise includes directors’ and officers’ liability, professional liability for financial institutions, employment practices liability, transaction facilitation insurance and blended financial products programs. He is a member of the Aon North America Leadership Team.

Prior to Brian’s current role, he served as U.S. Chief Broking Officer. His direct management responsibilities included the Financial Services Group (FSG), National Property, National Casualty, Aviation, Crisis Management, Marine and Aon’s Global Risk Consulting Group (AGRC). In addition, duties included setting best practices for commercial broking that reside in our field organization and where broking is embedded inside our industry practice groups.

Prior to Chief Broking Officer, he served as the chief executive officer of Aon’s financial service group (FSG) for the U.S. from 2014-2018. In his roles at Aon, he has had direct client responsibilities for some of FSG’s largest and most complex clients. In addition to managing the practice, he managed market relationships, acted as a claims advocate on serious claims and led client deal teams in this product area.

Brian is a frequent public speaker on management liability and has participated in engagements at RIMS, PLUS, and ACI. He was the recipient of the 2008 Power Broker Financial Institutions – Risk & Insurance Award.

Brian earned a B.S. in accounting from Rutgers College and an MBA in finance from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.

Deirdre Martin is Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer for the Financial Lines Division of Sompo with responsibility within North America. In this role, Deirdre collaborates with underwriting, legal, actuarial, product and claims leadership toward the development and implementation of underwriting strategies and processes, with continual focus on advancing Sompo’s offerings and capabilities for Broker and Insured clients.

Deirdre is a graduate of Providence College. She is a past Co-Chair for the PLUS D&O Symposium. Deirdre serves as Secretary and a Director of the Board for The Bridge, an inclusive not-for-profit networking organization that supports the development of female talent in Financial Lines insurance and reinsurance. Deirdre has worked alongside leaders in the Financial Lines industry to advance The Bridge’s mission since its launch in 2019.

Sanjay Godhwani is Head of North America at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Sanjay has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of AIG Latin America and Caribbean and Property Product Line Leader, AIG Property Casualty in the U.S. and Canada. Sanjay holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Nationally and internationally known for his successful litigation and arbitration strategies and execution, Adam S. Ziffer represents policyholders in actions for damages and declaratory relief and counsels clients on a range of insurance-related issues. Adam litigates some of the most cutting-edge, precedent-setting insurance coverage cases in trial and appellate courts throughout the country. They include privacy liability, employee dishonesty, first-party, errors and omissions, directors and officers, product liability, asbestos, environmental, and employment coverage matters. In his global practice, Adam represents clients in arbitrations in London, Bermuda, and other international venues.

Clients have reported to Chambers that “Adam is an extremely good advocate in court and a great person to have on your side when the stakes are high,” and that he is one “of the best coverage attorneys we found with an outstanding knowledge of policy coverage law and how to litigate.” Another client told Chambers that Adam “does a great job at implementing the strategy and winning at the pleading stage” and “pays great attention to detail.”

Serving as lead counsel in state and federal courts, Adam treats discussions with judges very respectfully but also as if he is in a dinner conversation with them. This approach helps him gain rapport with judges and juries, which sets him apart in a sea of attorneys—Adam becomes the voice that the judge or jury looks to for the direct and candid answer, and this credibility then extends to his clients. A proponent of cultivating relationships and collaborating with opposing counsel, Adam works hard to keep matters moving along smoothly in discovery and other stages of the litigation process. He knows how to identify for judges the key impasse issue in summary judgment motions, which often results in quicker and more efficient positive resolutions for his clients.

While understanding the many granular nuances of a matter, Adam also considers the big-picture perspective and knows when to launch surgical strikes in making pivotal points at trial and during negotiations. He often draws on his diverse general litigation background, which includes cases involving general commercial and contractual disputes, securities fraud claims, and labor and employment issues. Throughout his career, Adam has tried to apply reasonable and thoughtful positions to his matters, which serve as guideposts in representing clients and achieving the most optimal outcomes.

Jennifer Odrobina is the Senior Vice President, Head of Financial Lines Claims at Sompo. She is responsible for the management of the U.S. Directors and Officers, Professional Liability, and Healthcare claims teams. In this role, Jennifer leads teams handling severe and complex claims across multiple lines of business including private and public directors and officers, employment practices liability, fidelity, fiduciary, financial institutions, professional liability, insurance agents & brokers, miscellaneous professional liability, architects and engineers, environmental, and cyber/network security and privacy, tech and media-related lines of coverage. Jennifer received her JD, magna cum laude, from The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, and her BA, summa cum laude, from Canisius College. Jennifer is a member of the New York and Connecticut Bars. She also has received an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation and is a member of the Board of Directors of the PLUS Foundation.

Lawrence Fine is the Management Liability Coverage Leader for Willis Towers Watson’s FINEX North America division, with prior experience at law firms and an insurance carrier. He has more than 30 years’ legal and insurance industry experience, particularly in relation to Directors and Officers Liability, Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary Liability.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, and after working at two law firms, Larry spent 27 years at AIG where he was responsible for all U.S. commercial D&O, fiduciary liability, employment liability and non-tech professional liability claims. For several years Larry was also Global Head of Professional Liability and D&O Claims at AIG. In his role as Claims Chief Technical Officer, Larry also helped write all of AIG’s Financial Lines policies and many endorsements which are still in use.

In his role at WTW, Larry provides Thought and Product Leadership in connection with D&O and fiduciary exposures, utilizing his voluminous experience working on complex and high exposure claims to provide unique insight to our clients. Larry provides clients with his coverage analyses, recommends litigation strategies, and uses his deep network of insurance executives, defense counsel, coverage counsel and mediators to leverage successful resolutions for our clients.

Speaking Engagements/Publications

Larry has spoken concerning directors and officers' liability, lawyers' liability, securities law, ERISA, employment and insurance issues at conferences sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), Bloomberg, Thomson Legalworks, Director’s Roundtable, the Association of Enrolled Actuaries, the American Conference Institute (ACI), Directorship/Directorship.com, the FICC (Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel) and others. Larry has been published in diverse publications, including the Rutgers Law Review, Directorship Magazine, Legalworks ERISA Litigation Conference Handbook (Thomson), Pension Plan Investments: Confronting Today’s Issues (PLI), Securities Litigation Report, The Market Standard and Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact.

Kevin is an Executive Vice President at RT ProExec. He is also the author of The D&O Diary.

Paul is the Head of Private/Non-Profit Management Liability at Zurich Insurance. He has been with Zurich for 15 years, spending the first 11 in the public company space before moving over to run private in 2021. Paul began his carrier as a General Partnership Liability underwriter and also has experience in Transactional Risk Liability. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a major in finance.

Taylour Donovan joined CAC Specialty in May of 2022 as Senior Vice President in the Financial Lines Practice. With over fourteen years of experience, she will aid her team in securing, growing, and servicing private company clients executive risk programs.

Prior to joining CAC, Taylour served as Vice President for Arch Insurance Group Inc. She possesses a proven record of building a high performing team and managing talent to empower individuals to adapt to increasingly challenging roles and environments. Taylour’s ability to implement a strategic plan while driving efficient execution and profitable growth makes her an asset to her team. In addition, Taylour is a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RLPU).

She is a graduate of Illinois State University where she was involved in numerous organizations on campus. In 2021, Taylour was presented with the Rising Star Award by Business Insurance.

Bill is a Senior Vice President and head of the Private/Non-Profit Division at Berkley Professional Liability. Prior to starting the private company book at Berkley Pro, Bill held senior management roles at both the Hartford and CorPro where he led high performing private/non-profit underwriting teams.

Nick has 20 years of insurance experience in selling, creating and underwriting a comprehensive suite of Management & Professional Liability products including Cyber Liability, Kidnap and Ransom, and Representations and Warranty Insurance. His experience includes placements for organizations of all sizes and structures, publicly traded or privately held, and includes government entities, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, as well as other complex and distressed situations.

Lainee Beigel is a Principal with EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants based in the Northeast Region. She currently serves as the Sports and Entertainment Vertical Lead for the Professional, Executive & Cyber Solutions team within the Insurance Capital Solutions Group.

Lainee has over 17 years of industry experience and brings a depth of knowledge to Commercial and Financial Lines clients. She began her career as an insurance defense attorney in New York City, subsequently holding a Claims Counsel position for a large global Insurance carrier. In this position, she managed claims on various professional, financial and specialty lines products.

Utilizing the extensive knowledge gained on the carrier side, Lainee has since spent several years providing brokerage services and risk management advice to larger public and private companies. Lainee has specific product expertise in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Commercial Crime, Kidnap & Ransom/Special Crime, Cyber and Professional Liability. She provides strategic placement and day-to-day services to clients in a broad range of industries, including, sports and entertainment, financial and professional services firms, healthcare, retail, biopharma manufacturing, and technology.

A strong established claims and legal background allows Lainee to assist clients and colleagues in not only navigating the marketplace but in understanding compliance issues, trends, and insurance complexities.

Lainee is licensed to practice law in the State of New York.

Claire Davey is an experienced insurance professional, specializing in cyber and professional and financial lines. As Head of Product Innovation and Emerging Risk at Relm Insurance, Claire leads the research and development of Relm’s strategic product innovation while identifying and managing potential risks associated with emerging sectors and technologies. Claire is both CISSP and ACII qualified.

Julie Goldsmith Reiser, co-chair of Cohen Milstein’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, is a highly accomplished securities class action attorney. Clients, co-counsel, and opposing counsel recognize her tenacious advocacy, shrewd understanding of complex financial and economic issues, meticulous preparation, and dynamic leadership.

Julie has led or played an instrumental role in the prosecution of more than 100 matters during her more than 20 years of practice, recovering billions of dollars for investors. She was recognized by The American Lawyer as “Litigator of the Week” for her role in negotiating an historic $310 million settlement in In re Alphabet Shareholder Derivative Litigation, a shareholder derivative action which established a framework for board accountability following allegations of systemic sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. Including Alphabet, Julie has helped shareholders achieve a total of $550 million in corporate commitments and workplace policy changes at Wynn Resorts, Pinterest, and L Brands through novel shareholder derivative litigation she helped pioneer.

In addition, Julie has led litigation teams in several of the country’s most complex securities class actions and landmark settlements, including a $500 million settlement related to Countrywide’s issuance of mortgage-backed securities and the Fifth Circuit affirmation of an investor class in the BP securities fraud litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which settled for $175 million. She was also a member of the Cohen Milstein team that secured an historic, all-cash $1 billion settlement against Wells Fargo in 2023, now the 17th largest securities class action settlement of all time and the 6th largest in the last decade.

Julie’s accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. Law360 recognized Julie as a Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar, not long after citing her as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law. Benchmark Litigation named her one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation, Corporate Counsel recognized her with a Women, Influence & Power in Law Award in the Innovative Leadership category, The National Law Journal placed her among the Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar and, Lawdragon has repeatedly named her one of the leading 500 lawyers in America.

Jeffrey (Jeff) Chivers is CEO and Co-founder of Syllo. Before launching Syllo, Jeff spent more than ten years of his career in litigation, starting at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and later in a firm he co-founded. He clerked for the Honorable Pamela K. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Jeff graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Computer Science and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where he has taught two semesters of Artificial Intelligence, the Legal Profession, and Procedure.

Boris Feldman specializes in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and fiduciary duty and disclosure counselling.

Boris has represented many of the leading technology companies: Google, Genentech, Salesforce, Instacart, Rivian and Palantir (complete list here).

Boris has also represented legendary entrepreneurs, including Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Herb Boyer, Sergey Brin, Vint Cerf, Carly Fiorina, Arthur Levinson, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Boris has defended over 275 shareholder class actions, derivative suits, and merger challenges throughout the United States on behalf of domestic and foreign issuers. He has represented boards of directors in internal investigations and regularly represents companies and individuals in SEC enforcement proceedings. A major part of his practice is advising public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues.

Boris was born in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Yale College on a National Merit Scholarship. At Yale, he was President of the Yale Debate Association and Speaker of the Yale Political Union. Boris graduated from Yale, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in history. Boris graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as Note & Topics Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He was also the Director of Debating for Yale University while a law student.

Boris has served on a variety of legal organizations, including the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the American Law Institute. He has been outside counsel to Palo Alto Community Eruv.

Boris has lectured at many law schools, including Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. He has published extensively on litigation and securities law topics.

I am Deputy D&O Product Leader (West) in Aon’s Financial Services Group. In that role, I focus on optimizing coverage wording for my clients to maximize their protection against the exposures of today and those on the horizon.

I am a lawyer by background. I came over to Aon in 2021 from Goodwin Procter, where I was a partner in the Securities Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense practice. At Goodwin, I spent a decade defending clients in D&O matters, including securities class actions and shareholder derivative lawsuits, as well as DOJ and SEC investigations.

Priya Cherian Huskins is a partner at Woodruff Sawyer, a full-service insurance brokerage that services clients worldwide. She is a recognized expert in D&O liability risk and its mitigation. In addition to consulting on D&O insurance matters, she counsels clients on corporate governance, including ways to reduce their exposure to shareholder lawsuits and regulatory investigations.

Priya is a frequent speaker on D&O issues. She has appeared on CNBC and been quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Financial Times. She is also the editor of the D&O Notebook, a blog that analyzes issues as they arise in the areas of D&O liability, insurance, and corporate governance.

Priya serves on the board of directors of Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O) and NMI Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMIH). She also serves on the boards of Woodruff Sawyer and the Long Term Stock Exchange. In 2024, Priya was named an NACD Directorship 100 honoree.

Priya is a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance and is an active participant in their programs such as Stanford’s Directors College.

Prior to joining Woodruff Sawyer, Priya practiced corporate and securities law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Priya has worked with both public and private technology companies through all stages of their development, including IPOs and M&A transactions.

Priya was awarded her juris doctorate with honors from the Law School at the University of Chicago. She earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from Harvard University.

Adam is Co-Chair of the Global Executive Committee and Board and U.S. Chair at A&O Shearman. With decades of experience defending companies and their directors and officers in high-stakes matters, Adam is described as “the best of the best” in securities litigation in Chambers USA, and The American Lawyer named Adam a “Litigator of the Year” in 2023 and 2021. Uniquely versatile, Adam is also the only lawyer recognized by Chambers USA for each of Securities Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, and Financial Services Enforcement and Investigations. Adam is one of only four lawyers in New York recognized by Chambers USA as a “Star Performer” for Securities Litigation, a special designation above Band 1. Law360 selected Adam for its prestigious “MVP” recognition five years in a row. Forbes named Adam one of America’s “Top 200 Lawyers,” Benchmark Litigation has named him its sole “Securities Lawyer of the Year” four times, and The Legal 500 has named him to its “Hall of Fame” for securities litigation.

Michelle Yoshida has been a full-time mediator, arbitrator, and special master since 2007 and she joined Phillips ADR Enterprises at its November 2014 inception.

As a neutral, Michelle has been involved in successfully mediating and managing multi-party and multi-faceted cases, with an aggregate settlement value of billions of dollars, annually. She brings her comprehensive experience in ADR process design and mediation of issues in complex matters to Phillips ADR Enterprises.

She has been involved in the mediation of over five hundred disputes, involving a myriad of diverse matters, including financial and accounting cases, securities and derivative matters, insurance coverage, regulatory matters, professional liability, ERISA, and trustee issues. She is known for her ability to ascertain and comprehend legal and factual issues quickly, and she is particularly adept in managing large, complex ADR cases proficiently and objectively.

Samuel Rudman is a founding member of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, a member of the Management Committee, and manages the Firm’s New York offices. His 26-year securities practice focuses on recognizing and investigating securities fraud and initiating securities and shareholder class actions to vindicate shareholder rights and recover shareholder losses. Sam is also part of the Firm’s SPAC Task Force, which is dedicated to rooting out and prosecuting fraud on behalf of injured investors in special purpose acquisition companies. A former attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sam has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for shareholders, including a $200 million recovery in Motorola, a $129 million recovery in Doral Financial, an $85 million recovery in Blackstone, a $74 million recovery in First BanCorp, a $65 million recovery in Forest Labs, a $62.5 million recovery in SQM, a $50 million recovery in TD Banknorth, a $48 million recovery in CVS Caremark, a $34.5 million recovery in L-3 Communications Holdings, a $32.8 million recovery in Snap, Inc., and a $18.5 million recovery in Deutsche Bank.

Sam graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Dean’s Merit Scholar, a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. Upon graduation from law school, Sam joined the Enforcement Division of the SEC in its New York Regional Office as a staff attorney, where he was responsible for numerous investigations and prosecutions of violations of the federal securities laws. Thereafter, Sam joined one of the largest corporate law firms in the country, where he represented public companies in the defense of securities class actions and also handled white-collar criminal defense matters.