The Nominated Finalists for LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Person of the Year are:
Insurer Attorney of the Year -- the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance insurer positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of insurers.
William S. Berk - Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC, Coral Gables, FL.
Stuart Cotton – Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Gary M. Eldin - Grippo & Elden LLC, Chicago
Lawrence Greengrass -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Lloyd A. Gura -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Rick L. Hammond – Johnson & Bell, Chicago
Laura J. Hanson, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
Bradley M. Jones Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
Leo J. Jordan -- West Orange, New Jersey
Peter H. Klee -- Luce Forward, San Diego
Randy Maniloff – White and Williams, Philadelphia
Barry R. Ostrager -- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York
Mark D. Plevin - Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.
Francine Semaya -- Nelson Levine de Luca and Horst, LLC
Philip Silverberg -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Chuck Spevacek, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis
James Veach -- Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York
Policyholder Attorney of the Year – the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance policyholder positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of policyholders.
Ray Cotkin, Cotkin & Collins, Los Angeles.
Mark DeBofsky, Daley DeBofsky and Bryant, Chicago
Robert Horkovich, Anderson Kill, New York
Ernest Martin, Jr., Haynes and Boone, Dallas
William F. Merlin, Jr., Merlin Law Group, Tampa
Kirk Pasich, Dickstein Shapiro, Washington D.C.
Brian S. Sheldon, Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Sheldon, Spokane, Washington
Roger Simpson, Cotkin & Collins, Los Angeles
Richard C. Trahant, Law Offices of Richard C. Trahant, Metairie, Louisiana
Ray Zuppa , The Zuppa Firm, Brooklyn, New York
