2026 Topics & Presenters:

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Update 
Current Initiatives, Emerging Trends & Lessons Learned

Catherine L. Eschbach
Acting EEOC General Counsel, 
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Moderator: Mercedes Colwin
Founding Partner, New York Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

EPL Underwriting Trends

Moderator: Justin Blacklock
Assistant Vice President
North America Financial Lines
Chubb

Mary Anne Mullin
SVP, Fiduciary and EPL 
Product Leader, Financial Lines
QBE North America

Samantha J. Manfredini Look, Esq.
Senior Vice President, EPLI
Aon

Christopher Williams
Assistant Vice President
Travelers

Jonathan Kurens, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Marsh

EPL Claims Trends

Moderator: Dove A.E. Burns
Regional Managing Partner California Offices
Managing Partner Connecticut Office
Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Todd DeStefano
Senior Vice President, Head of Claims
CO/ACTION Specialty Insurance Group

Kristi E. Mackin Galletti, Esq.
Assistant Vice President, Professional Claims
AXA XL Insurance

Michael J. Mazurczak
Member
Melick & Porter, LLP

Seth B. Brickman, CPCU, RPLU
Managing Director
Business Risk Partners

Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services

From Workplace Decision to Lawsuit: The Top 10 Employer Mistakes

Moderator: Robyn Silvermintz
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Tracy Ellis
AVP, Claims
Coaction Specialty Insurance

Gabrielle Grinkevich
Technical Director
Professional and Specialty Claims 
Nationwide

Stefani C. Schwartz
Senior Partner
Hatfield Schwartz Law Group LLC

Jeffrey M. Daitz
Partner
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Nuclear Verdicts - from California to Colorado and Beyond -

Factors and Defense Strategies

Wendy Mellk
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Melisa C. Zwilling 
Shareholder
Carr Allison

Zohar Lushe, Esq. 
Senior Claims Counsel, EPL
Sompo International

Jessica Kish Kennedy
Partner
O'Hagan Meyer

Terri R. Stewart
Regional Managing Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP.

The Paid Leave Labyrinth

Hillary J. Raimondi
Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

David I. Singh
Partner
Margolis Edelstein

Anna Lynch 
Assistant Vice President, Commercial Management Liability
Sompo International

AI Legislation Impacting the Workplace 

Dianna D. McCarthy
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Janine Siragusa
Claims Technical Director, Management Liability
Skyward Specialty Insurance

Laura Lapidus 
Assistant Vice President, Product Leader
Employment Practices and Fiduciary 
CNA

Sunshine Fellows
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Gloria Mejia-Repp, Esq.
Senior Claims Examiner
Counsel – Management Liability Claims
Markel®

LGBTQ - On the Basis of Sex - Title IX and Title VII  

Joseph M. Gagliardo
Managing Partner
Laner, Muchin, Ltd

Tujuana McGee
Director
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith

Alejandro Pérez
Partner, Employment, Labor, and Benefits
Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Stacey Pitcher
Partner
Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Jessica Fritz-Aguiar, Esq.
Assistant Vice President, North American Claims Group
Allied World Insurance Company

Risk, Rights, and Resolution:

Navigating the Intersection of DEI and EPLI Claims

Moderator: Brian H. Leinhauser
Founding Partner
MacMain Leinhauser

Derek Fay
Claims Director
Berkley Professional Liability, a Berkley Company

Claudine English 
Senior Product Counsel 
Dellwood Insurance

Sandra M. Tata
VP Product Manager Lead Specialty Liability
Hartford Steam Boiler

Richard Ferrigno
Senior Claim Consultant
Gallagher

Lawsuits Triggered by Changing Views on Remote Work or Industry Shifts

Bao D. Nguyen
Attorney
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP

Brian D. Smith, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Gallagher Bassett 

Adam I. Kleinberg
Partner, Chair, Litigation Department
Guercio & Guercio LLP

Kristin Kraiza
Senior Claims Consultant
Berkley Management Protection 

Elina Lawlor 
Claims Manager
Zurich North America

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