Directors and Officers Liability: Prevention, Insurance, and Indemnification

John H. Mathias, Jr. is senior partner and head of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Group of the Chicago office of Jenner & Block, a national firm with offices in Chicago, Washington D. C., Los Angeles, New York, and Dallas. He has served as the Co-Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section. He is a veteran trial lawyer who has lectured and written frequently on developments in insurance law. In recent years, Mr. Mathias has counseled companies, directors, officers and risk managers on a wide array of complex insurance coverage and procurement issues in the context of securities fraud class actions. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School (1972) and Dartmouth College (1969). David M. Kroeger is a partner and senior member of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Group of the Chicago office of Jenner & Block. He has represented major U.S. policyholders in insurance coverage matters, including directors and officers liability insurance, since 1990. He has also written and lectured on a variety of insurance coverage issues. Mr. Kroeger graduated with highest honors from the University of Illinois College of Law (1990) and clerked for Judge Harlington Wood, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Matthew Neumeier (deceased) was a partner in Howrey LLP's Chicago office. He was one of the nation's outstanding class action defense lawyers in the areas of products liability, mass tort and financial services. Jerry J. Burgdoerfer is a senior partner in Jenner & Block's Chicago office, a member of its Corporate Department and Co-Chair of its Securities Practice. He experience includes representing public and privately-held companies in a wide range of corporate, corporate governance and securities law matters, such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings, registered spin-offs, dispositions and restructurings, some in excess of $25 billion. He also has extensive experience in advising companies, boards of directors, board members and executive officers on director and officer liability issues, fiduciary duties, and indemnification and defense cost obligations.