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Litigation Management Group offers online Seminar on Environmental...

Come join the NAILM in an online seminar/discussion about handlingenvironmental claims exposure from the perspective of the claims handler, the lawyer, the consultant and the claims officer, featuring discussion on:



Cost Savings in Environmental Claims Management



Environmental claims are often the most expensive claims to handle.

Quite often, the allocated expenses outstrip the loss payment, due

in large part to litigation management issues that have nothing to

do with attorney costs. Rather, the costs of managing documents and

other aspects of discovery is the culprit here. Come here Kevin Carr

of Interlegis explain why "he who wins the paper chase most often

wins the race" in environmental claims handling.



Kevin Carr is the founder of Interlegis and has served as President

since 2002. He is an expert in litigation technologies, particularly

in document management systems. With his direction, InterLegis has

continued to develop leading-edge, best-of- breed technologies,

including advanced concept analysis, automatic categorizations,

advanced natural language searching, artificial intelligence,

similarity matching, and auto-coding technologies. He has written

many articles that have been published in various trade journals

including National Law Journal, Law Technology News, Law Office

Computing, Law.com New Jersey Law Journal, Law Practice, and

Digital Discovery and e-Evidence. He has also been invited to appear

as an industry expert or speaker at a number of industry events,

conferences and trade shows.



"We've got you covered" Coverage and the Environmental Claim.



Environmental Claims present perhaps the greatest coverage

challenges amongst all the potnetial losses claims handlers and

their lawyers encounter. Knowing what to look for, how to deal with

these challenges- whether arising out of a CGL policy or an EL

policy- is half the battle that confronts the litigation manager



Robert Valdez, Senior Partner of Ray, Valdez, McChristian & Jeans,

P.C, will address these issues and more. Mr. Valdez has been involved in a civil trial practice in San Antonio, Texas since 1987. He represent insurance carriers, self-insureds, medical and legal professionals, business owners and municipalities in areas of litigation involving catastrophic losses, personal injury and product liability, professional malpractice, environmental, and governmental liability. Mr. Valdez is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1987, is also an expert in insurance coverage matters.



He has represented carriers and insureds extensively in coverage litigation and has qualified as an author and lecturer in the areas of insurance coverage and personal injury, as well as legal ethics and professional malpractice. Mr. Valdez also represents clients in civil rights cases before the EEOC as well as in state and federal court. In 1993, the Texas Supreme Court appointed Mr. Valdez to the Texas Board of Law Examiners. He presently serves the Court as the Chairman of the Texas Board of Law Examiners. He also serves as a director of the San Antonio Bar Association and has been appointed special counsel for the prosecution of cases before the Judicial Conduct Commission.



Unique Methods for Dealing with the aftermath of Environmental

Claims



Quite often, the "best practice" for dealing with the aftermath of an environmental loss is one that involves a unique and imaginative approach. Ed Pennington of the Pennington Group offers one such solution.



The Pennington Group works to establish effective and reliable risk management strategies for dealing with environmental claims post incident. A niche area of specialization for the group has emerged as a buyer of contaminated property from turnaround managers as they face the challenges of liquidating environmentally impaired assets.



Edward Pennington, President, has over twenty years of experience in insurance and risk management and has facilitated the completion of over $300,000,000 in transactions nationwide. Those projects range from the sale of a to a residence contaminated by a termite pesticide to a Federal Superfund site in which the U.S. Department of Defense was potentially responsible.



The Pennington Group is actively pursuing opportunities to purchase environmentally impaired assets. One of the greatest concerns to a seller is the possibility of Liability reverting to the seller.

Utilizing experience gained in closing numerous transactions, Pennington has established an approach which provides structure and security to satisfy Fortune 500 Companies and their outside auditors.



Preparing for Environmental litigation



What should every adjuster know or have in his file when dealing with an environmental claims How can both counsel and the adjuster enhance the cooperative relationship that will lead to the best resolution of the claim



Hear Willima Rowe of the Rowe Law Firm discuss this important area

of claims litigated management.



William Rowe is the principal partner of the Rowe Law Firm, a Baton

Rogue Based firm that handles Insurance Defense, ProfessionalLiability, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Toxic

Torts, Products Liability, Legal Malpractice, Business Law,Corporate Law, Environmental Law amongst other areas of the law.



Sign up for this Seminar Today by clicking the Link Below



http://nailm.org/_wsn/page4.html



THIS SEMINAR IS FREE FOR ALL NAILM MEMBERS, AND ALL DIRECT EMPLOYEES

OF INSURANCE CARRIERS.ALL OTHERS PAY A $75.00 SIGN UP FEE.



The Seminar is on September 20th, 2005 on line!

- Starts at: 1:00 pm central

- Date: September 20th, 2005

- Who Should Attend: Lawyers handling environmental claims

- Front line Adjusters handling environmental losses

- Independent Adjusters Handling environmental losses

- Claims officers and managers responsible for Environmental

claims.



Visit the NAILM website's seminar preview page for additional information at www.nailm.org

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