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Ms. Hans is the managing shareholder of the firm's Philadelphia office. Her practice concentrates in the area of insurance coverage exclusively on behalf of policyholders.
Ms. Hans' clients include home builders, non-profit organizations, ethanol producers, commercial lenders, and hog processors, whom she has represented in disputes with their insurance companies.
Ms. Hans also has experience counseling clients relating to the prevention of counterfeiting, piracy, and the sale, marketing, distribution and use of counterfeit and diverted goods.
Ms. Hans has also represented automobile manufacturers and other Fortune 50 Companies in product liability matters, and counseled these clients and others, including utilities, on regulatory matters. She has also represented design professionals in professional liability and design defect claims.
Ms. Hans was a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Donald F. Campbell in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County.
Publications
"Head in the Sand: 'Un-Insurance' is No Business Solution for Mortgage Insurance Companies Facing Bad Risks," Enforce: The Insurance Policy Enforcement Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1 (April 2010) (with Rhonda D. Orin)
"Managing Reputational Risk: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Business from Counterfeit," AKO's Inside Brand Integrity (Autumn 2009)
"Another View: Rewriting History in the Mortgage Crisis," The New York Times, DealBook (July 29, 2009) (with Rhonda D. Orin)
”Subprime Mortgage Mess: Can Insurance Protect You From This Catastrophe,” Corporate Counsel (February 2008), Professionals’, Officers’ and Directors’ Liability Committee Newsletter (Winter 2008) and AKO Policyholder Advisor (November/December 2007) and (with William G. Passannante)
“Insurance Coverage Available for the Subprime Mortgage Collapse: Current Developments,” International Bar Association, Insurance Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2 (September 2008) and Coverage (May/June 2008) (with William Passannante)
"The Little Provision That Could," American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Zone (August 2007)
"How to Create the Calm Before (and After) the Storm," Ethanol Producer Magazine (July 2007) (with John N. Ellison)
Speaking Engagements
"Contractual Risk Transfer," (with Joshua Gold), Risk and Insurance Management Society Educational Workshop, San Francisco, CA (July 8-9, 2010)
"Contractual Risk Transfer," (with Ronald Papa), Risk and Insurance Management Society National Conference, Boston, MA (April 24-25, 2010)
"Insurance Rescission and Exclusions: Resolving Coverage Disputes Arising From Prior Knowledge and Misrepresentation Allegations," Strafford Publications Webinar/Teleconference, Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2010)
"Contractual Risk Transfer," (with Joshua Gold), Risk and Insurance Management Society Educational Workshop, Winnipeg, Canada (December 3-4, 2009)
"Directors and Officers Liability Insurance - Responding to the Economic Crises of 2008 - The Subprime Lender Fallout & Madoff Scandal," (with William G. Passannante), 12th Annual Policyholder Advisor Conference, New York, NY (September 17, 2009)
Risk and Insurance Management Society Educational Workshop (with Robert M. Horkovich), Los Angeles, CA (June 4, 2009)
"Understanding Key E&O, D&O and Fiduciary Liability Insurance Issues," (with William G. Passannante), Winnipeg, Canadian Risk and Insurance Management Society Chapter, Winnipeg, Canada (April 28, 2009)
Risk and Insurance Management Society Educational Workshop, (with Finley T. Harckham and Ronald Papa), Orlando, FL (April 18-19, 2009)
Risk and Insurance Management Society Educational Workshop, (with William G. Passannante, Finley T. Harckham, Kevin J. Connolly, Phillip England and Ronald Papa), New York, NY (October 20-21, 2008)
"Real Estate & Construction - Practical Tips On Avoiding Claims And What To Do If They Arise," (with Mark Garbowski), 11th Annual Policyholder Advisor Conference, New York, NY (September 18, 2008)
“Understanding Key E&O, D&O and Fiduciary Liability Insurance Issues,” Greater Kansas RIMS Chapter, Kansas City, KS (June 10, 2008) and Hawaii RIMS Chapter, Honolulu, HI (July 17, 2008)
"Real Estate & Construction: Practical Tips to Avoid Claims and What To Do If They Arise," Philadelphia, PA (March 12, 2008)
"Strategies and Tactics to Avoid Liability and Maximize Coverage," Fifth Annual D&O Seminar, New York, NY (March 5, 2008)
"Current Trends in Insurance Coverage for Real Estate and Construction Exposures," 9th Annual Policyholder Advisor Conference, Philadelphia, PA (September 15, 2006)
"AIA Conference," Lorman Education Services' Seminar, Philadelphia, PA (July 14, 2006)
"How Insurance Can Solve Employee Problems," The Legal Intelligencer and Anderson Kill, Philadelphia, PA (June 27, 2006)
"Preparing the Bid," Lorman Education Services' Seminar on Understanding the Construction Bidding Process in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (March 28, 2006)
"Preparing the Bid," Lorman Education Services' Seminar on Understanding the Construction Bidding Process Seminar, Bethlehem, PA (January 26, 2006)
Bar Admissions
State and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Memberships
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Bar Association
Sunday Breakfast Club
Personal
Ms. Hans is a native of Winnipeg, Canada.
Education
Vermont Law School, J.D.
University of Manitoba, M. Sc. Civil Engineering
Thesis: Discharge Estimation Techniques for Hydraulic
Efficiency Testing
University of Manitoba, B. Sc. Civil Engineering
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