Diane
Butler, President
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 Aetnas 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
KPMGs 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.
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