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Managing Case Costs for All Sizes of Litigation


Level: Intermediate
Runtime: 57 minutes
Recorded Date: February 28, 2023
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Agenda

  • Mitigating costs
  • Navigating relationship between adjuster and defense counsel
  • Technology’s impact on value of case versus value of services
  • Billing systems: Ethical concerns?
  • Best Practices

Runtime: 57 minutes
Recorded: February 28, 2023

For NY - Difficulty Level: For both newly admitted & experienced attorneys

For NY - Difficulty Level: Both newly admitted and experienced attorneys

Description

Managing litigation costs is important for all sizes of litigation. The technological advances in recent years has enabled parties to participate remotely throughout many stages of litigation, but this discussion will discuss how planning your litigation strategy early can keep costs down while still effectively advocating for your client.


This program was recorded on February 28th, 2023.

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Panelists

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Hillary Price

Sr. Claims Consultant and Risk Strategist
Lockton Companies

Hillary has over 20 years of experience as an insurance claims leader, insurance broker and insurance investment manager. She began her career as an adjuster at Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation (Kemper) in Los Angeles, California, then moved intoclaims management positions, and most recently held the position of Claim Director of Chubb’s East Coast TPA Oversight Division in New Jersey/New York City.Hillary has claims handling experience handling all lines of business. She brings technical coverage expertise and risk management strategies to her current position. Her expertise includes real estate, food and beverage, hospitality, construction, general liability, transportation, financial lines and New York Labor Law.She has implemented and managed large claim programs with self-insureds, carriers, TPAs, MGAs and captives and supervised a team of nine claims managers and eighty-nine claims adjusters across the country.Hillary specializes in complex coverage and high-severity claims in the general liability, product liability, property, construction, umbrella and high excess spaces. She is considered a subject matter expert on contractual defense and indemnity, additionalinsured coverage and New York Labor Law.Along with strong technical expertise, Hillary brings a wealth of knowledge related to customer service and account management as a former business owner.

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Allyson Byrd

Attorney
McGlinchey Stafford

Ally Byrd helps her clients resolve complex liability litigation, often involving significant financial and reputational risk. As a tenacious litigator committed to minimizing the cost and disruption of trials for her clients, she handles products liability and mass tort lawsuits alleging economic loss, product defects, and personal injuries, and defends premises liability, workplace injury, and workers’ compensation claims, as well as employment litigation. She has significant experience guiding her clients to reduce risk and mitigate exposure through comprehensive risk management and workplace safety policies.With extensive experience advising companies on risk management issues and proposing timely and practical solutions to limit their liabilities, Ally acts as coordinating counsel for multiple national corporations. This has been an area of interest across her career: Ally’s first job at age 16 was as a trainer for a restaurant, where she trained employees of newly opened locations on workplace safety, policies, and procedures and how to avoid on-the-job injuries


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