Joan Cotkin - Committee Chair

Greetings from your new Chair, Joan Cotkin!

At the Annual ABA meeting George Rockas, our immediate past Chair and Alan Rutkin, Chair-elect, adeptly ran our business meeting along with many past and future leaders in our Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. We were introduced to our administrative co-chair, Joel Mosher, who is assisting us with recruiting new members as well as keeping up with the many necessary forms to comply with all deadlines. New members are always welcome and we encourage current members to spread the news about our great committee.

Alan Rutkin provided this summary of ICLC’s participation in the Annual Meeting that I wanted to share with the membership:

ICLC played a prominent and successful role in the August 2008 Annual ABA Meeting. "Billing Guidelines and Auditors-- Are They Ethical? Are They Legal?", ICLC's program Saturday morning, featured presentations that attendees found "outstanding" and "thought-provoking." Saturday night we enjoyed a committee dinner at the Cornell Club of New York. We were led by our roastmaster and toastmaster, Jill Berkeley. Following the dinner, many of the attendees continued the Committee's business in an informal meeting at the Campbell Apartment bar, formerly the office and salon of the 1920s railroad mogul John Campbell. Despite a late evening, at 7:30 a.m. the following morning ICLC enjoyed a strong showing at its business meeting. Of course, ICLC was also represented at many other TIPS functions including an Ellis Island reception, a UN dinner, and various TIPS administrative events.