Sedgwick Elevates Five Attorneys to Partner

Four of the Partners for 2011 Are Women

 

SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 2011 – Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP will welcome Katherine Binns, Jennifer Quinn Broda, Amber Rye Brumfiel, and Dana McElroy to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2011.  On January 1, 2011, more than one-fourth of Sedgwick’s partners will be women partners who, like all of the firm’s partners, provide outstanding service to clients throughout the United States and around the globe.

 

“Our new partners are exceptional litigators and continue the firm’s legacy of excellence in the courtroom that was established more than 75 years ago by our founders,” said Sedgwick Chair Michael Tanenbaum.  “The fact that four of our new partners are women should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Sedgwick.  We place great importance on diversity within our firm and have established programs like our Women’s Forum to recruit and advance our talented women attorneys.”

 

Established in 2004, Sedgwick’s Women’s Forum has revolutionized the way gender is addressed at the firm and within the legal profession.  Since its inception, the training and client and community programs advanced by the Women’s Forum have been nationally recognized for innovation and successfully addressing the obstacles professional women face.

 

Binns (Dallas) focuses her practice on product liability, toxic torts and asbestos, business litigation, and construction cases.  She is also a registered patent attorney and defends infringement, trade secret litigation and related matters.  Binns is known for her use of out-of-the-box trial strategies that persuasively convey trial themes to juries through the use of technology in the courtroom.  She earned her B.S. (1994) from Louisiana State University and received her J.D. (2000) from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

 

Broda (Chicago) represents the London and Bermuda markets in connection with various types of coverage matters, with a focus on directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and professional liability. She also represents insurers in coverage litigation, including bad faith and other extracontractual matters.  Broda received her B.A. (1994) from Knox College. She received her J.D. (2000) from Loyola University – Chicago School of Law.

 

Brumfiel (San Francisco) has broad-based trial and litigation experience and manages a wide range of disputes.  She represents clients in tort matters, including product liability and investigation and defense of fire claims, as well as in commercial matters involving copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, fraud and breach of contract.  She has significant experience handling real estate litigation, including prosecuting and defending eminent domain actions.  Brumfiel attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her B.A., cum laude (1998).  She received her J.D. (2001) from Hastings College of the Law.

 

McElroy (Ft. Lauderdale) concentrates her practice representing various television, newspaper and radio clients on a wide range of matters, including defending defamation and invasion of privacy suits, pursuing access to judicial proceedings and public records and resisting subpoenas to journalists.  She also regularly handles intellectual property matters, as well as general commercial litigation and appellate and trial support.  McElroy received her B.A. (1984) from the University of Florida and her J.D. (1989) from the University of Florida’s College of Law.