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Sherilyn Pastor

Sherilyn Pastor—a partner, executive committee member and chair of the insurance recovery, litigation and counseling group at McCarter & English in Newark—became ninth president of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC). She represents corporate policy holders. Established in 2012, ACCC's 336 members all have spent a minimum of 15 years practicing insurance or extracontractual law, devoting at least 75% of their practice to the subspecialty. "One of my important goals for this year is to offer complementary training from the ACCC's insurance experts," said Pastor in a statement. "We can help judges, arbitrators and mediators with insurance law from a neutral perspective because we have both policyholder and insurance company defense perspectives." Pastor also said she looks forward to expanding the ACCC's complementary education programs for judges, arbitrators and mediators; increasing diversity among the membership; and, adjusting the ACCC's offerings to adapt to the the coronavirus pandemic. Pastor is co-chair of the ABA Section of Litigation's Trial Practice Committee. She has served on McCarter's executive committee for several years and on its strategic planning committee. She is one of the first female practice group leaders at McCarter.