FIRM:
Of Counsel
PRACTICE FOCUS:
Leader, Insurance Regulatory Law Practice Group
EXPERTISE:
Served as Assistant Commissioner for the Utah Insurance Department, where he had managerial responsibility for the Property and Casualty, Financial Examination and Licensing, Administrative Enforcement and Fraud Divisions.
Over the past 8 years has maintained a specialty law practice focusing on title insurance mergers, acquisitions and business entity creation and expansion.
Government relations, licensure and compliance.
Experience in foreclosure, escrow, settlement services, administrative law and mediation.
CAREER:
Assistant Commissioner for the State of Utah Insurance Department, 1999-2003
Judge Pro Tempore in Utah’s Third District Court, 2002-2004, 2008-present
Attorney at Law, Private Practice, Salt Lake City, 2003-2011
Business Development for regional and national underwriters
His career has included positions as a senior-level executive, judicial clerk, mediator, entrepreneur, business manager and licensed contractor
Judicial Clerk, Eighth District Court, State of Nevada for the Honorable Stephen Huffaker, 1997-1998
EDUCATION:
Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, J.D., Dean’s List, 1997
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, B.S., 1994
National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Commissioners School, 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member, Utah State Bar, Washington State Bar (inactive)
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Member, Utah Insurance Department, Bail Bond Surety Board, 2011-15
PERSONAL:
Born in Morristown, New Jersey.
