DButler@resolutionassoc.com

Mrs. Butler has been engaged in the full-time management of environmental and toxic tort insurance claims settlements for over eighteen years. Prior to joining Resolution Associates, Inc. in 2003, she worked for the insurance industry. In 1989, she joined the Law Department of The Travelers Insurance Company making coverage determinations in environmental cases. Later, she became Environmental Claims Liaison to the Reinsurance Department at Aetna, where she resolved coverage disputes with Aetna’s reinsurers in complex claim matters. While at Aetna she helped establish reserve and allocation methodologies for environmental, toxic tort and product claims. Mrs. Butler began consulting on behalf of policyholders in 1995, first as Claims Manager and Counsel and then as Vice President of firms specializing in insurance archaeology, negotiation and settlement of environmental claims for Fortune 500 Companies. Mrs. Butler has participated in negotiations for over $185 Million in settlements. Mrs. Butler is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, the University of Baltimore Law School and has attained the Associate Risk Manager (ARM) designation. She is licensed to practice law in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Kathleen M. Lewis, Vice President

KLewis@resolutionassoc.com

Ms. Lewis has been engaged in the full-time management of complex insurance claims and insurance coverage issues for over nineteen years. Prior to joining Resolution Associates, Inc. in 2003, Ms. Lewis gained her experience originally representing insurance carriers and for the past seven years, negotiating on behalf of policyholders. In 1987, she was in private legal practice in New York, where she defended insurance carriers in insurance coverage litigation of environmental claims. Her clients included The Hartford and other domestic insurance carriers. After nearly seven years in private practice, Ms. Lewis served as Major Claims Counsel for CIGNA Property & Casualty, advising the Environmental Claims Management Department on coverage issues and how to settle both litigated and non-litigated environmental claims. Ms. Lewis began consulting for policyholders upon joining KPMG’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Group in 1996. Ms. Lewis has successfully negotiated over $125 Million in environmental settlements between Fortune 1000 Companies and their domestic and London Market insurers. Ms. Lewis is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, and received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany. She is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.