Experience Partner - Regulatory & Transactions Insurance Group Locke Lord LLP October 2007 – Present (9 years 1 month) As Co-Leader of Locke Lord's Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group, and a member of the Firm's Corporate, Capital Markets and Health Care Practice Groups, Brian focuses on corporate, M&A, corporate and structured finance and other transactional, and regulatory matters for corporate clients in the insurance, financial services and health care industries. His clients include insurance companies, insurance holding companies, managing general agents and insurance agencies, third party and claims administrators, banks and other financial institutions, investment banks and reinsurance companies. Representative Experience •Anti-Money Laundering/Office of Foreign Asset Control compliance •Bank insurance transactions, financial services modernization and CFPB •Blockchain technology •Captive insurance companies •Consumer lending •Corporate, transactional and business law •Corporate finance, venture capital, private equity and insurance structured finance transactions •The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act •Extended warranties and service contracts •Fintech •Health care and health insurance •Insurance analytics and big data •Insurance company and product taxation •Insurance linked securities, securitizations and related insurance capital markets and structured finance transactions •Insurance telematics usage-based insurance (UBI) •Insuretech •Internet, electronic commerce, electronic signatures and records, electronic payments and other technology aspects of insurance, financial services and healthcare •Life insurance •Life settlements •Long term care insurance •Mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies (life & health and property & casualty) and agencies, third party administrators, financial services •Multi-state insurance regulation and administrative law •Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act •Privacy and security •Property and casualty insurance •Reinsurance •Smart contracts •Social media •Telemarketing compliance Partner - Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Group Lord, Bissell & Brook August 2001 – October 2007 (6 years 3 months) Greater Atlanta Area Partner - Insurance & Reinsurance Group Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP May 1995 – August 2001 (6 years 4 months) Greater Atlanta Area Adjunct Professor of Risk Management Georgia State University, Risk Management and Insurance Dept 1993 – 1997 (4 years) Atlanta, GA Partner - Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Group Neely & Player December 1994 – May 1995 (6 months) Greater Atlanta Area Associate - Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Group Neely & Player September 1987 – December 1994 (7 years 4 months) Greater Atlanta Area Education The Ohio State University Doctor of Law (JD), Law 1984 – 1987 Auburn University Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, Summa Cum Laude 1980 – 1984 Activities and Societies: Powerlifting Team Emory University Master's degree, Tax Law/Taxation 1989 – 1992 Organizations American Bankers Insurance Association (ABIA) Co-Chair, Compliance and Risk Management Best Practices Panel 2011 – 2013 Association of Life Insurance Counsel (ALIC) Starting 2000 European Life Settlement Association (ELSA) Member, Executive Committee Federation of Regulatory Counsel (FORC), State of Georgia Starting 2001 Georgia State University Risk Management Foundation Board Member Starting 2011 Institute of Warranty Chain Management Legislation & Public Policy Committee Member 2011 – 2013 Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association (LIDMA) Board of Directors Starting 2006 Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) Board of Directors 2002 - 2013 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Industry Participant Starting 1989 Honors & Awards 100 Most Powerful People in the Insurance Industry - North America 2002 - 2010 Ten Most Influential People in Life Settlements Life Settlement Review 2008 - 2010 The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers 2010 The Legal 500 - United States 2008 Acknowledged for accomplishments in Insurance Practice