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8:00 – 8:30 2015 CAROLINAS CONSTRUCTION
& ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS
CONFERENCE
MARCH 6, 2015, 8AM–2PM
MAGGIANO’S SOUTH PARK
CHARLOTTE, NC
Registration, continental breakfast
8:30 – 8:50 Seeing the Forest and the Trees
An overview of the current issues affecting construction, environmental,
and other complex claims
Roy Shelley, Rogers Townsend
8:50 – 9:40 Don’t go Bare: Finding Coverage for Potential Claims
A panel discussion on working with brokers, underwriting issues, types of
policies/coverages, riders, exclusions, and self-insured retention issues
Karen McCabe, Insurance Management Consultants, Inc.
Matthew J. Ford, Esq., Catlin Insurance
Kevin J. Collins, Schinnerer & Co., Inc.
Roy Shelley (moderator)
9:40 – 10:00 Protecting your Acorns: Risk Management in construction & other contracts
A discussion of business practices that could undermine insurance coverage or other liability protections
Bryan Barnes & Lucy Dinkins, Rogers Townsend
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:30 Hiding your acorns: Protecting the claim investigation file from discovery
by opposing counsel
Josh Bennett, Rogers Townsend
10:30 – 10:45 Bumblebees can’t fly: Science in Environmental Claims
The use of isotope analysis to identify the source of contaminants; compliance
with Daubert and legal sufficiency standards
Steve Moon, Rogers Townsend
10:45 – 11:45 Cultivating Experts
Presentation & discussion on the best practices for selecting and using experts,
including rapid response, investigation guidelines, leveraging experts for claim
resolution, communication with clients and carriers, and examples of “bad
experting”
Shannon Haddox & Bob Hird, EFI Global
Bryan Barnes, Rogers Townsend
11:45 – 12:00 Lunch served
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2015 CAROLINAS CONSTRUCTION
& ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS
CONFERENCE
MARCH 6, 2015, 8AM–2PM
MAGGIANO’S SOUTH PARK
CHARLOTTE, NC
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Keynote: Leading Your Team to Greater Heights
A discussion of tools and strategies to be an effective leader in the claims process
Doug Grant, Ethos for Business
12:45 – 1:20 Winter is Coming: Coverage Issues in Construction and Environmental Claims
An update on current insurance coverage litigation, including pollution exclusion
cases, claims under specific environmental coverage policies, and the current
law in North and South Carolina on issues related to “occurrence” and allocation
of coverage
Tom Alleman, Esq., Cox Smith
1:20 – 1:40 Following the Sun: The Art of Litigation: Five Essentials for Victory
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
Robert Williams, Rogers Townsend
1:40 – 2:30 Plant What Will Grow: Strategies that work
A panel presentation and discussion on strategies and tactics that have been
successful in resolving construction, environmental, and other complex claims
(mediation & settlement Strategies, technical mediations, third-party practice,
settlement traps for the unwary)
Steve Moon & Trey Turner, Rogers Townsend
Shannon Haddox, EFI Global
Other panelists invited
Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, with offices in Columbia, Charlotte,
Charleston, Greenville, and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, has 50
attorneys practicing in a wide range of industries and practice areas, including construction, toxic tort, and environmental matters. We are approved
counsel for over a dozen national insurance carriers and have extensive
experience in claim evaluation and litigation budgeting.
We represent construction industry clients in both the transactional
aspects of their work (contracts, negotiations, evaluation) and the
dispute-resolution aspects (arbitration, litigation, mediation).
Our construction lawyers regularly call upon the firm’s other practice areas for support in areas affecting construction industry clients, including
insurance and bonds, labor and employment law, negligence defense,
real estate law, occupational safety and health, environmental counseling,
federal, state and local regulatory matters, and bankruptcy law.
Our attorneys also defend toxic tort and environmental claims on behalf
of industries and through insurance carrier assignments, handling matters
seeking multi-millions in damages.
The Rogers Townsend Environmental Team also provides guidance to
clients with enforcement actions, and our Transactional Department can
assist with environmental issues that arise during development projects
(such as testing and “brownfields” redevelopment).
EFI Global, Inc., is a full-service engineering, fire investigation,
environmental, health and safety, and specialty consulting services firm
serving a variety of industries in both the public and private sectors.
Over the last four decades, we have grown from a boutique firm
specializing in handling insurance fraud and arson cases and providing
expert witness testimony, to becoming a recognized leader in engineering
failure analysis, origin and cause investigations, environmental consulting,
laboratory testing and specialty consulting.
Each member of our multi-disciplinary team of more than 400 professional
engineers, fire investigators, architects and scientists was selected for his
or her technical proficiency, in-depth industry knowledge and commitment
to professional integrity. Together, our diverse backgrounds and collective
insights empower clients to make better-informed business decisions.
This expertise coupled with the extensive coverage of our 27 national
offices and global work abroad capability, has earned the firm a reputation for delivering timely responses that consistently meets our clients’
expectations — anytime, anywhere.
Our complete line of environmental consulting services is designed to
help property owners, managers and developers maintain compliance with
current environmental regulations, minimize risks and optimize business
objectives through appropriate evaluation, timeliness and
resourceful project approaches.