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Sedgwick Elevates Four Attorneys to Partner
November 2008
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP is pleased to announce that four of our attorneys have been elevated to partner.
London attorney Sarah J. Hills offers insurance and reinsurance expertise to clients in Europe, Bermuda and the United States. Ms. Hills handles assignments in most classes of business including general liability, directors and officers liability, products liability, professional liability coverage, personal accident and workers compensation. In addition to her litigation services, Ms. Hills also advises clients on complex insurance and reinsurance claims, and underwriting and claims reviews. She earned her LPC (1996), with distinction, from the College of Law, Store Street, London, and her LL.B. (1995), honours first-class, from the University of Manchester. Gail Kavanagh has more than 15 years of legal experience, six of which have been spent at Sedgwick's San Francisco office. Her practice encompasses a variety of real estate and commercial litigation, including real property, title and contract disputes; commercial torts; eminent domain actions; commercial landlord-tenant matters; trademark and copyright protection; and employment actions. She is admitted to practice in California, and earned her J.D. (1991) at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, after receiving her B.A. (1988), cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Robert Kum, based in Sedgwick's Los Angeles office, represents clients throughout the United States, and has successfully tried and defended various multinational corporations in complex environmental, toxic torts, and products liability litigation. He is the head of the Toxic Torts Practice Group for the firm's Los Angeles office. Mr. Kum is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia, and is a member of the American Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. After earning his B.A. (1991) at the University of California at Berkeley, he received his J.D. (1996) from the Pepperdine University School of Law.
New York attorney J. Gregory Lahr litigates complex commercial disputes, insurance coverage matters, and counsels clients on a variety of employment issues. His clients represent a cross section of industries and include insurers, airlines, employment staffing companies and recruiters, and environmental contractors. He has also established corporate structures, negotiated vendor contracts and provided counsel on intellectual property and production and manufacturing issues within the fashion and retail sector. Prior to earning his J.D. (1997), cum laude, from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, he received his B.A. (1993) from Providence College. |
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