John D. Shugrue Mr. Shugrue is a partner in the Chicago office of Reed Smith LLP and is a senior member of the firm's Insurance Recovery Group. He has extensive experience in complex insurance coverage litigation involving CGL, D&O, First-Party Business Interruption and E&O claims. He was Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee from 1997-2000, and has served on the Section of Litigation's Federal Practice Task Force. He also co-chaired an American Bar Association Task Force that prepared the Manual for Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation. Mr. Shugrue writes and lectures frequently on a variety of insurance coverage issues, including Lloyd's and the London market, environmental and toxic tort insurance coverage, and Directors & Officers liability insurance.

He graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law (1987) and the University of Denver (1984). John H. Mathias, Jr. John H. Mathias, Jr. is a senior litigation partner and veteran trial lawyer at Jenner & Block. He is co-chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery and Counseling Practice and oversees its Reinsurance Practice. He is among Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance's Global Elite Thought Leaders.

Thomas A. Marrinson Mr. Marrinson is a partner in the Chicago office of Reed Smith LLP. He has experience in a wide variety of insurance coverage disputes, including those involving coverage for professional liability, D&O liability, environmental cleanup, lead poisoning, and asbestos-related property damage claims. Mr. Marrinson frequently writes and lectures on numerous insurance coverage issues throughout the country. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Law (1989) and Columbia College (1986).