Expanding D&O Knowledge: The Experts’ DOmain – Episode 2

Justin Kudler is Senior Vice President/Senior Claims Counsel in ARC Claims Advocacy, working with clients and insurers to achieve favorable claim resolutions. Before ARC, Justin worked at AXA XL, handling D&O, E&O, EPL, and other professional liability claims. In private law practice, Justin represented defendants and plaintiffs in securities and consumer class actions, as well as individuals in SEC investigations. He has served as PLUS D&O Symposium Co-Chair and as a Hartford PLUS Chapter Steering Committee Member and Chair. For several years, he has taught D&O Claims Management for PLUS D&O University and currently is a PLUS D&O Think Tank member. He also has served on several PLUS task forces, including as Chair. Justin has published articles on D&O insurance issues, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and other securities and class action issues. He also has moderated and has spoken on panels covering topics including claim handling, claim trends, insurance for financial institutions, insurance for higher education institutions, and regulatory investigations.

Doug Greene leads BakerHostetler’s firmwide Securities and Governance Litigation Team. He has defended public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, and SEC investigations and enforcement actions full time for more than 30 years. He views himself as his clients’ friend and guide—to help them through securities litigation not only successfully, but also with empathy for their fears and frustrations. He works collegially with his clients’ D&O insurers and brokers to tap their strategic insights and to maximize his clients’ economic protections and peace of mind. Doug is the author of D&O Discourse, a blog providing securities litigation opinion from a defense perspective; author of several U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs; frequent speaker and writer; and advocate for improvement in securities class action defense and economic protections for directors and officers.