Experience Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C.: General Counsel and Principal Practice concentrations include: Insurance Corporations and Entities; Insurance Regulation and Compliance; Insurance Insolvency; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Guaranty Associations; Insurance Acquisitions and Holding Company Act; Market Conduct and Compliance; Insurance Discrimination and Availability; Terrorism Insurance; Licensure; Privacy; Self Insurance and Alternative Insurance Mechanisms; Surplus Lines; Residual Markets. Mr. Gamse achieved an A/V® rating from Martindale Hubbell®, the highest possible peer review rating for ethics and legal ability. Admitted • 1982, District of Columbia • 1967, Maryland Education • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1967) • Sloan School of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Industrial Management, 1964) Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements • American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) o Past Chair, TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee (formerly Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee) o Past Co-Chair, TIPS Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee o Past Member, TIPS Section Council o Member of former TIPS Insurance Insolvency Task Force o Member and Past Chair of former TIPS Task Force on Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation Modernization and Health Care Reform o Former Chair, TIPS Ethics and Professionalism Committee • International Association of Insurance Receivers o Former Member, IAIR Board of Directors • Federation of Regulatory Counsel • Former Special Deputy Insurance Commissioner of the District of Columbia for the Liquidations of Atlantic and Pacific International Assurance Co. and Capital Casualty Insurance Company Publications • "Obtaining Class Action Relief in Proceedings Before Insurance Regulators", Journal of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel (September, 2006) Speaker • 34th Annual TIPS Midwinter Symposium—Insurance, Employment and Benefits, sponsored by the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, "Alternative Vehicles for Employers to Utilize to Obtain Workers' Compensation Coverage", Fort Lauderdale, FL (January 18, 2007) • ABA TIPS Seminar – Setting Up A Workers' Compensation Carrier Or A Workers' Compensation Captive, "Maryland Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Groups", Fort Lauderdale, FL (January, 2008) • Panel Moderator, ABA TIPS Seminar, Newport Beach, California (January, 2008) • IAIR 2010 Insolvency Workshop, "Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Associations - How Does the Safety Net Work?", Miami, Florida (April, 2010)