Frantz Ward partner Brett K. Bacon is the Program Co-Chair of the ALFA International 2017 Insurance Law Roundtable Seminar that will take place at The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park in New York, New York from June 14-16. The seminar, “Driving the Risk Highway to Success – Are You on Auto Pilot or Are You in Control,” will bring industry experts together who will share their insights, strategies and concerns. The program offers two tracks – Life, Health, Disability and ERISA; and Property and Casualty.
Frantz Ward attorney Lindsey Carr Siegler also will participate as a panelist in the session, “What’s Trending in ERISA.”
ALFA International is the premier global network of independent law firms. Founded in 1980, ALFA was the first and continues to be one of the largest and strongest legal networks. ALFA has 150 members firms throughout the world. Its 80 U.S. firms maintain offices in 95 of the 100 largest metropolitan areas and its 70 international firms are located throughout Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. More information is available at www.alfainternational.com.
Brett Bacon represents insurers, lenders, transporters, manufacturers, and other business entities in all aspects of litigation in the federal and state courts, and before various arbitration venues. He has tried to verdict, before juries and courts, class actions, insurance, product liability, lender liability cases, commercial, trucking, real estate, and other business disputes. He has defended insurers in all aspects of commercial, life, health and disability coverage. He has tried or negotiated lender disputes involving letters of credit, repurchase agreements, revolving credit agreements, mortgage priority issues, usury and point disputes, and participation agreements. He has defended lenders in nearly all aspects of consumer claims, including class actions. Brett is a frequent speaker at lender, trucking, insurance, and other litigation seminars. He appears before the Supreme Court of Ohio and various federal circuit courts. He is also an experienced American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator, having been involved in numerous commercial and insurance arbitrations, with formal training both by the AAA and the Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Institute for Dispute Resolution. Brett earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and his B.A., with Highest Honors, from the University of Dubuque.
Lindsey Carr Siegler devotes her practice to civil litigation with a focus on contract disputes, ERISA and insurance litigation, product liability claims, consumer matters and class actions. She also advises clients on anti-corruption issues, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, and other international anti-corruption laws. Lindsey earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, an LL.M. from New York University School of Law, and a B.S. from Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.