Joshua R. Schwartz is General Counsel, Secretary and Regional Compliance Officer for ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd. His responsibilities include providing legal advice on professional lines, excess liability, property and reinsurance claims; participating in mediations, arbitrations and other litigation; counseling underwriters on policy wording and reinsurance (fac and treaty) wording; assisting with new insurance product development; ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations; and providing advice on risk management issues. He sits on the ACE Bermuda Risk, Management Audit, Reserving, Pension and Investment Committees. Josh is also a founder and the president of CLM Bermuda.Josh joined ACE INA in 2006 as Associate General Counsel - Litigation in New York, where he worked on corporate litigation, including the contingent commission/alleged bid-rigging litigation and regulatory matters, and internal investigations. Prior to joining ACE, he worked as Counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP representing clients on a variety matters, including insurance, securities, white collar, mass tort, pharmaceutical, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He also worked as an Associate at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and as Law Clerk to the Hon. Federico A. Moreno, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. While practicing law in New York, Josh taught a mediation course at New York University School of Continuing and Professional Services. He graduated Order of the Coif from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Rhode Island. In law school, Josh served as Notes Editor for the Cardozo Law Review.

Daren S. McNally maintains a practice that is intensely focused on insurance coverage litigation and counseling, with an emphasis in complex insurance and reinsurance litigation, trials and arbitrations in both domestic and foreign arenas. As a broadly experienced insurance coverage practitioner, he represents insurers and reinsurers based in the United States, Europe and Bermuda in every aspect of insurance coverage in both the third-party liability and first-party property contexts. Daren represents domestic and foreign insurers in a wide variety of insurance-related matters, including general insurance coverage, excess liability claims, directors and officers liability, long-tail claims, such as asbestos, environmental and other toxic torts, construction defect, bad faith/extra-contractual claims, reinsurance matters, product liability, life and disability insurance, group health claims, and catastrophic loss.

Daren began his legal career in New York City with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. He joined Connell Foley in 1995 before moving on to Clyde & Co US in 2010 where he works with in the Insurance Practice Group.

During his law school career, Daren served as the Articles Editor for the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal. He also interned with the Honorable Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Jed D. Melnick, Esq. is a Panelist at JAMS and the Managing Partner of Weinstein Melnick LLC, working alongside the Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), one of the nation's preeminent mediators of complex civil disputes.

Jed has been involved in the mediation and successful resolution of hundreds of complex disputes with an aggregate value in the billions of dollars. He has mediated over 750 disputes, published articles on mediation, founded the nationally ranked Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and taught young mediators. Mr. Melnick serves as a mediator, appointed by Judge Kaplan, in the Lehman ADR Derivative Contract Program.

In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Melnick was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” the only “Rising Star” in the Alternative Dispute Resolution category in Pennsylvania. He was also selected to the 2010 list of Pennsylvania “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” a recognition given to 30 Pennsylvania Lawyers under the age of 40 by Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly.

Jed's full bio is available at www.jamsadr.com under neutrals.

Matthew P KerisScranton, PennsylvaniaShareholderphone (570) 496-4602fax (570) 496-0567email mpkeris@mdwcg.com

Matthew P. Keris has extensive experience in medical practice defense, having represented doctors, physician groups, hospitals, and regional health centers for over a decade. He concentrates his practice in medical malpractice, general liability (slip/fall), and auto defense work.Matthew has handled hundreds of medical malpractice matters, both as an attorney and an adjuster, including the management of claims in the Philadelphia area.

Matthew lectures extensively, both locally and nationally, on issues pertaining to medical malpractice through educational institutions including the National Constitution Center, Lorman Education Services, Stafford Legal Teleconferences, and Progressive Business Publications. He is recognized nationally for his expertise in electronic medical record issues, and has spoken for numerous organizations including the American Society for Health Risk Management; American College of Obstetrician/Gynecologists; Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association; The Commonwealth Medical College; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania MCARE Fund; CPACHRM of Central Pennsylvania; Center for Health Training, NOR-PANPHA and the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association; Cassatt Health System; and PMSLIC/NORCAL, and for publications including National Health Law Week, Hospital Litigation Reporter, and New York Health Law Update. He also advises medical institutions on the establishment of policies and procedures regarding responses to electronic discovery.Matthew is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the United States Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Lackawanna County, and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.

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Pennsylvania, 1996U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2000New York, 2011

Education:Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1996Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Published Works:"What's It Worth? Best Practices in Defending Economic Damages in the Catastrophic Accident," Co-Author, Litigation Management Magazine, Fall 2012

"Reducing Medical Malpractice E-Discovery Issues and Costs," The Legal Intelligencer, February 14, 2012

"A View From The Trenches: Discovery Issues With Electronic Medical Records", Risk Rx, Special Edition on the Electronic Health Record, University of Florida, Vol. 8, No. 1 January-March, 2011; and Florida Hospital Association's Risk Review, August 23, 2011Civil Litigation Update of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Co-Contributor/Author 2007-Present

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Co-Presenter-Working with Experts post-Barrick and Cooper, Panelist, PDI/NEPATLA Regional CLE, Mohegan Sun Casino, Wilkes-Barre, PA November 14, 2012

Panelist-Defending the Electronic Medical Record Deposition, ASHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition, National Harbor, MD, October 9, 2012

Panelist- OMG?!-The Impact of Social Media on the Tripartite Relationship, Moderator/Co-Presenter, Claim & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 27, 2012Moderator--Roundtable on the Discovery of Incident Reports, Central PA Association for Health Care Risk Management Fall Education Forum, Harrisburg, PA, November 4, 2011Co-Presenter, Electronic Medical Records 101: What Claims Professionals Need to Know. March 24, 2011--Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.Panelist/Speaker--E-Discovery Update--Pennsylvania Defense Institute Annual Conference, Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, PA, September 30, 2010Moderator--Ethical Issues Pertaining to the Insurance Relationship, PDI Regional CLE, Mohegan Sun Casino, Wilkes-Barre, PA, August 27, 2009

Honors and Awards:BV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships:Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, MemberLackawanna County Bar Association, 2000 - PresentPennsylvania Defense Institute, Board of Directors, 2007 - 2009Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Secretary, 2009 - 2011Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Treasurer, 2011 –2012

Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Executive Vice-President-2012-2013Secretary, PBA Health Care Law Committee, 2010-PresentPresident  Central PA Association for Health Care Risk Management -- 2012Chairman of PBA Healthcare Law Subcommittee on Civil Litigation, 2011-Present

Frank J. Brier was graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC in 1994.  Following graduation, he returned to Pennsylvania and served as law clerk to the Hon. S. John Cottone in the Lackawanna County, Court of Common Pleas.  Mr. Brier has spent the past sixteen years as a trial lawyer litigating in Pennsylvania state and federal courts.  He specializes in defending health care providers in complex cases.  In 2006, Mr. Brier joined Geisinger System Services as General Counsel and Litigation Counsel where he serves currently. He has been selected a Pennsylvania Super lawyer in the area of medical malpractice defense.  He lectures frequently on health care legal topics including professional liability, electronic medical records and fraud and abuse/anti kick back litigation.   Geisinger is a an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record, and the development and implementation of innovative care models including advanced medical home and ProvenCare® program. The system serves more than 2.6 million residents throughout 42 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org.   

Peggy Klecha is the Director of Risk Management at Pocono Health System located in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Peggy’s 30 year career in hospital risk management has included employment at several hospital systems in the four corners of Pennsylvania----Lancaster General Hospital, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, and West Penn Hospital. Peggy has enjoyed the variety of roles that fall under a Risk Manager’s realm—risk financing, multi-line insurance procurement, risk prevention, risk identification, risk trending, claims investigation, claims settlement, risk management education as well as other responsibilities that fall under the role of liaison with insurance brokers and outside defense counsel. In 1995, Peggy was instrumental in creating and managing Lancaster General Hospital’s Captive insurance company and experienced its 10 year growth to be the second largest company in the hospital system’s family. Over the years, Peggy has enjoyed successful settlements with patients in strict liability claims without attorney involvement. She has been responsible for creating many written policies and procedures related to outside regulatory agency rules and regulations.

Peggy has lectured on risk management topics on a local, state and national basis. She served as Past President of the Central PA Association for Healthcare Risk Management.

Peggy earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Health Planning & Administration from Penn State University and her Master’s in Public Health from University of Pittsburgh. She is a Fellow in the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of the Central PA Association for Healthcare Risk Management. She also holds an inactive PA Nursing Home Administrator’s license.