Qualifications to Provide Legal Services to

Nationwide Insurance

December 13, 2011

Who We Are:A Better Value PropositionA Better Value Proposition

• Established in 1991 by three attorneys• Established in 1991 by three attorneys

• Today one of the largest minority-owned and managed law firms in the United States

• Lawyers from DOJ, U.S. Attorney’s Office, General Counsel, Investigations Counsel, Partners from AMLaw 100 Firms

• Experienced in many parts of the insurance industry

• Based in Chicago, with national and international experience

• Multi-lingual

• AV-Rated

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Recognitions

• Named by In-House Counsel as one of the Top 500 Go-To Law Firms (Corporate Counsel magazine)

• Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers (Law & Politics and Chicago magazines)

• American College of Trial Lawyers

• American Board of Criminal Lawyers

• International Academy of Trial Lawyers• International Academy of Trial Lawyers

• America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Chambers USA)

• Illinois Attorneys 40 Under 40 to Watch (Law Bulletin Publishing C )Company)

• Chicago United – Business Leaders of Color

• Leadership Greater Chicago

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Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation

• Insurance Coverage

• Compliance and Internal Investigations

• Employment LitigationEmployment Litigation

• Civil Rights

• Energy and Telecommunications

• Government Relations

• Arbitrations and Mediations

• Catastrophic Personal InjuryCatastrophic Personal Injury

• Products Liability and Professional Negligence

• Real Estate and Privatization

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• Transactional and Public Finance

Sample Clients

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

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Sample Clients

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Our Expertise

Serving the Insurance

IndustryIndustry

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Sample Client List – Insurance Industryp y

• AetnaA i F il P ti• American Family Properties

• Aon Corporation• Bankers Life and Casualty• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association• Golden State Mutual• Lambent Risk Management• Mega Life & Health Insurance• Mega Life & Health Insurance• Midwest National Life Insurance• Prudential Retirement

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Representative Mattersp

Representation of TPA including evaluation of potential coverage obligations to both its insured and the putative additional insured.

Midlands/Clarendon Insurance

Representation of additional insured commuter railroad in declaratory judgment action against vendor’s carrier.

Metra/Interstate

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Representative Mattersp

US Oncology Represented landlord and lessor in a wrongful death case.  N i d i h i b i f i d dNegotiated with carrier to obtain coverage for insured and successfully avoided having to seek declaratory relief or pursue bad faith action.

AmT CADC Venture, LLC

Following coverage denial by title insurer, PJJ commenced negotiations with carrier and successfully avoided having to seek declaratory relief or pursue bad faith actionseek declaratory relief or pursue bad faith action.

Section 1983 Civil Rights Claim

We represent an insurance carrier sued in a Section 1983 civil rights suit alleging that the insurer had conspired with police officers and prosecutors to deny insured’s home rental policy claim after a massive fire at her home.  Plaintiff alleged that insurer had denied her claim in bad faith after she was found not guilty in a criminal arson case

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bad faith after she was found not guilty in a criminal arson case.

Addi i l V l CLEAdditional Value - CLE

PJJ is an approved Accredited Provider for the MCLE Board of Illinois, and is pleased to offer its clients complimentary CLE programs (earning general or professional credits) in a variety of areas.

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Sample CLE Suite

• Internal Investigations and Attorney-Client Privilege• Attorney-Client Privilege and Whistleblower Reports• Trial Preparation – 60 Days Before Trial• The False Claims Act – What You Need To Know• Social Media – Examples in Litigation• Developments in Real Estate and Green Initiatives• Doing Business in China – Legal Challenges Facing New

Investors/EntrepreneursInvestors/Entrepreneurs• Rules and Guidelines for Doing Business with the City of

Chicago and State of Illinois

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PUGH, JONES & JOHNSON, P.C.

Pugh, Jones, g , ,Johnson & Quandt, P.C.

180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 3400Chicago Illinois 60601Chicago, Illinois  60601(312) 768‐7800 www.pjjlaw.com

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