Charlie Richardson is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Faegre Baker Daniels and a senior advisor in FaegreBD Consulting, the firm’s national advisory and advocacy division. Mr. Richardson currently chairs the Firm’s Financial Services Industry practices and was the leader of the Firm’s insurance practice group for more than 30 years. Mr. Richardson is a member of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel, an advisor to Networks Financial Institute of Indiana State University (which sponsors the Annual Insurance Public Policy Summit in Washington each March), and a frequent speaker on insurance topics around the country. He is a member (and former Director) of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel and of the International Association of Insurance Receivers. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Indiana University. Mr. Richardson and his colleagues represent NCIGF and NOLHGA in educating Congress, federal agencies and others in Washington on the operation and the strengths of the state-based insurance guaranty system. With roots dating back to 1863, Faegre Baker Daniels is one of the 75 largest law firms headquartered in the U.S. and has offices in Washington, D.C., California, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, London and China.