Thursday, July 23rd 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern
The presentation will NOT be RECORDED
Our special guests this week, Vivian Villegas AVP, Latent and Environmental Claims, Zurich North America and Clarence Lee, Partner, Vice-Chair of Insurance Industry Group, Saul Ewing will present on:
Forever or Just For Now? The State of PFAS Litigation in the United States
PFAS, or forever chemicals, litigation has exploded across the United States including in the Aqueous-Film-Forming Foam (“AFFF”) multi-district litigation (“MDL”) over the past half-decade. This webinar explores the science of PFAS and future type of litigation. We will talk about the mediation and resolution of certain PFAS issues, the ongoing disputes regarding scientific links, and the potential for ADR on ongoing and future PFAS litigation.
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Our presenters:
Vivian Villegas is a senior claims executive and attorney with over 20 years of multi-line Property & Casualty experience, currently serving as Assistant Vice President, Environmental Claims at Zurich US. She specializes in leading high exposure environmental and complex commercial casualty teams, shaping claims strategy, and improving portfolio performance. Vivian is recognized for her leadership in emerging risks.
Vivian began her career in insurance at AIG. Prior to joining Zurich, she was a Senior Associate at Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, where she defended insurers in complex coverage, toxic tort, environmental, and general liability litigation.
Vivian holds a Juris Doctor from the City University of New York School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and in her free time, volunteers with immigrant rights and animal rescue organizations.
Clarence Lee is an experienced litigator who represents insurers in a wide range of insurance coverage counseling and litigation. Clarence provides insurance coverage advice and litigation representation on a variety of insurance issues, including managed care, errors and omissions, hospital liability, general liability, environmental, cyber, technology, director's and officer's liability, professional liability, and architects and engineers’ policies.
Clarence provides claims and coverage guidance in a monitoring and litigation capacity for insurers on complex claims, ranging from environmental site pollution to managed care claims. He has experience representing insurers in trial, alternative dispute resolution, and pre-dispute resolution, and works to find solutions to difficult client problems. Clarence also has experience drafting and advising on policy language.
Outside of his insurance practice, Clarence has also represented clients in in intellectual property and commercial litigation. He also has an active pro bono practice that involves immigration and asylum cases, as well as family law issues in local courts.
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