Julie was pleased to present on “AI and the Legal Industry: Recent Developments and Ethical Implications” at the Association of Fraternal Benefit Counsel’s annual conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in July 2026.
Joe was a panel speaker at the Defense Research Institute’s Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Committee’s annual 3-day seminar, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2026. He presented on Annuities: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask.
Julie was honored to chair the Defense Research Institute’s Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Committee’s annual 3-day seminar, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2026.
Julie spoke at the Association of Fraternal Benefit Counsel’s annual conference in Savannah, Georgia on Ethical Implications of AI for Attorneys in June 2025.
Julie was honored to speak at and co-chair the Defense Research Institute’s Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Committee’s annual conference, held in Denver, Colorado in April 2025. She presented on Artificial Intelligence.
CMN Special Member Kaitlyn Luther was one of the panelists in a presentation about recent cases involving the intersection of life insurance and murder, mayhem, and deceit. The presentation was part of the 2025 TIPS 49th Annual Midwinter Symposium on Employee Benefits, ERISA, Life, Health & Disability Insurance, and Insurance Regulation held in late February 2025.
Kaitlyn was joined by co-panelists Samir Aguirre of Symetra Life Insurance Company and Brent Behm of Kantor & Kantor, LLP. The panel was moderated by Joe Jeffery of CMN.
CMN Member Joe Jeffery served as a panelist in a presentation entitled Ethics in 30(b)(6) Depositions, presented to a joint session of the ABA TIPS 49th Annual Midwinter Symposium on Employee Benefits, ERISA, Life, Health & Disability Insurance, and Insurance Regulation and the ABA TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee held in La Jolla, California in late February 2025.
Joe was joined by co-panelist Megan E. Schneider of Transamerica Life Insurance Company and moderator Brooks R. Magratten of Pierce Atwood LLP.
Chittenden, Murday & Novotny LLC is pleased to announce that it has elevated Kaitlyn Luther and Ryan Voss to partnership.
Kaitlyn and Ryan handle complex commercial litigation matters in the Midwest and in federal courts throughout the country, focusing on life, accident and disability insurance, ERISA-related litigation, employment matters, commercial real estate, and defending catastrophic tort claims.
Kaitlyn and Ryan continue our proud tradition of elevating our “home-grown” talent, and they are an integral part of what makes CMN a continued success.
CMN Member Joe Jeffery and CMN Associate Alex J. Verdugo authored an article published in DRI’s For the Defense in April 2024.
The article, “All in the Family: Does the Use of an Applicant’s Family History of Diseases or Disorders in Life Insurance Underwriting Violate Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act?” examines claims made in four recently filed lawsuits alleging the defendant life insurers violated Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act by relying on the plaintiffs’ family histories of diagnoses of and/or deaths due to certain diseases or disorders for underwriting purposes.
CMN Member Joe Jeffery was one of the panelists in a lively and entertaining presentation about the recent settlement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Prudential Insurance Company of America concerning the latter’s past denials of group supplemental life insurance claims due to lack of evidence of insurability.
The presentation was part of the 48th Annual ABA TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Employee Benefits, ERISA, Life, Health & Disability Insurance and Insurance Regulation held in late February 2024.
Joe was joined by co-panelists Logan Gould of Symetra Life Insurance Company, Theodore F. Glockner of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and Brent Brehm of Kantor & Kantor, LLP. The panel was moderated by Rebecca K. Bryant of Dearborn Life Insurance Company.
