The law firm of Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton has some personnel news: Lawrence H. Mirel is joining the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Insurance Regulation Practice on February 1, 2013, and Marc S. Voses has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the Insurance Coverage Practice.
Mr. Mirel has more than 25 years of insurance-related experience and served for more than six years as the Commissioner of Insurance, Securities and Banking for the District of Columbia. Mr. Mirel focuses his practice on helping insurers understand what the rapidly-evolving regulatory landscape means for their businesses. He earned his B.A. from Oberlin College and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School. Prior to joining Nelson Levine, Mr. Mirel served as a partner and co-chair of the Insurance Regulation and Legislation Group at Wiley Rein LLP.
Mr. Mirel will be based in Nelson Levine's Washington, D.C., office led by Susan T. Stead, chair of the firm's Insurance Regulation Practice and a former regulator. Focused on insurance regulatory reform with a special emphasis on federal legislation affecting insurers, Ms. Stead will move the home base of her national regulatory practice to the firm's D.C. office while continuing to lead Nelson Levine's Ohio operations.
Mr. Voses has devoted his entire legal career to advising insurers and reinsurers in large exposure, complex claims and coverage matters arising from various product lines, including Directors & Officers, Financial Lines, and Errors & Omissions. He also advises insurers on extracontractual issues and represents insurers in claims alleging bad faith as well as in matters arising out of insurers' commercial operations. Mr. Voses earned his B.S. in accounting from St. John's University College of Business Administration and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. Prior to joining Nelson Levine, he was a partner in the New York office of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.
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