Michael T. Skoglund will be leading a panel discussion entitled, "Exploring the Excess Exposure Playbook: What to Do (and Not Do) When a Claim Presents Exposure in Excess of Coverage." The panel discussion is hosted by the ABA on March 5, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona. The discussion will be led by Michael T. Skoglund of BatesCarey LLP, Kelly Castriotta of Arch Insurance Group, Dana A. Ferestien of Williams Kastner & Gibbs, and William T. Um of Hunton & Williams, for the ABA Section of Litigation 2015 Insurance Coverage Litigation CLE Seminar.

R. Patrick Bedell will be leading a panel discussion entitled, "Transition from Primary to Excess Coverage: Effortless Step or Grand Canyon Leap?" The panel discussion is hosted by the ABA on March 5, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona. The discussion will be led by Patrick Bedell of BatesCarey LLP, Patrick J. McGrath of Navigant Consulting, William Howard of Zurich Insurance Group, and Benedict M. Lenhart of Covington & Burling, for the ABA Section of Litigation 2015 Insurance Coverage Litigation CLE Seminar.

BatesCarey LLP partner, Adam H. Fleischer, will present a webinar titled Independent Counsel: When Required & Strategies for Defense. The half-hour webinar is presented through the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) 2015 Webinar Series. It will take place on Wednesday, March 11 at 11 a.m. central. For registration, click here.

Kari Timm has joined BatesCarey LLP, and brings extensive experience in cyber and privacy insurance issues. Kari has been at the forefront of this new and developing area of insurance law. She currently serves as designated coverage counsel on multiple cyber facilities, and consults with foreign and domestic insurers on claims, underwriting, and product development in this burgeoning space. Kari counsels her clients on responses to data breaches and security incidents, as well as remediation efforts, and serves as coverage counsel on cyber and privacy liability claims. Before joining BatesCarey, Kari was a partner at Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP.

In recent months, courts have issued numerous decisions impacting both the liability exposures frequently seen on the professional liability front, as well as the insurance coverage issues arising from those liabilities. To keep you abreast of these developments, we provide below a summary of those recent professional liability decisions. As an overview, the decisions generally fall into these categories, addressing the following issues:

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that eight of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars lists.

Congratulations to Robert J. Bates, Jr., Scott L. Carey, Maria G. Enriquez, and Adam H. Fleischer who were recently selected to the prestigious international listing of Who's Who Legal: Insurance and Reinsurance 2015! London-based Who's Who conducted interviews and collected questionnaires and research from across the world to identify the preeminent insurance and reinsurance coverage attorneys in 59 different countries. We are pleased to announce that Bob, Scott, Maria and Adam were among those 559 attorneys worldwide that were ultimately selected for this recognition, with only 32 from Illinois.

Jordon S. Steinway has been invited to join the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. The CLM is a nonpartisan alliance comprised of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals, and attorneys. Through education and collaboration the organization's goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. Selected attorneys and law firms are extended membership by invitation only based on nominations from CLM Fellows.

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that David L. Koury and Jordon S. Steinway have been elected to the partnership, effective January 1, 2015.