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Pennington’s Insurance Regulatory Practice Group recognized as top in the country by Chambers USA rankings
(06/14/2010, Pennington News Release
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TALLAHASSEE –
The Pennington Insurance Regulatory practice group received the top ranking in the Chambers USA 2010 ranking of U.S. attorneys and practice areas.
Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and lawyers in a variety of practice areas throughout America. The guide is developed through in-depth, client -focused research, and is read by industry-leading companies and organizations across the US and worldwide.
The Chambers’ rankings notes that the firm’s Insurance Regulatory practice group includes a team of “extremely fine lawyers” who are praised for their “depth of knowledge and experience.”. The practice group is highly recommended for its “top-of-the-line regulatory and legislative expertise.”
The Pennington firm’s Insurance Regulatory practice group includes former lawmakers, R.Z. (Sandy) Safley and Sam Bell, as well as former regulatory agency officials, J. Steven Roddenberry and Shirley F. Kerns. Other members of the practice group include: Mark K. Delegal, Steven M. Malono, Ashley P. Mayer, Brian A. Newman, and Meredith Woodrum Snowden.
The Insurance Regulatory practice group represents clients before the Florida Department of Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation, as well as the Legislative and Executive Branches. Representation focuses on insurer formation, acquisition, re-domestication, re-organization, market conduct examinations, financial reporting, demutualization, form and rate approval, reinsurance cessation and retrocession, bid strategy, and department rule and policymaking.
Clients interviewed for the report noted the value of the firm's strong relationships with Florida’s governmental agencies and legislators. In addition to its regulatory and legislative work, the Pennington Firm also handles insurance defense litigation and represents insurers regarding bad faith coverage.
The report also gives top honors to Pennington shareholder Mark K. Delegal, calling him an “extremely skillful lawyer" with a preeminent reputation in the insurance legislative arena.
Since 1999, Chambers USA has been researching the U.S. legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients. The rankings are widely regarded in the legal community for their objectivity and reliability.
For more than thirty years, the law firm of Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar has provided high-quality, effective legal services and government relations representation to businesses and organizations throughout Florida. Based in Florida with offices in Tallahassee, Tampa and Clearwater, the Pennington Firm is a full-service, independent law practice.
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