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Jan 15, 2008 – RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC (www.rl-law.com), has announced that Frank R. Liggett III, a founding member and managing partner of the firm, has been elected chairman of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel (FORC), a multi-national association of 140 attorneys who specialize in the arena of insurance regulatory law. Liggett, in his second term as a member of the board of directors, will serve as chairman for one year. In order to be considered for membership to the FORC, an applicant must be a lawyer in good standing, with at least five years of experience in insurance regulatory law, and must devote more than 50 percent of his or her time to insurance regulatory matters. Each member is recommended in writing by three insurance industry executives from unrelated companies who have attested to their skill and competency.
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News Facts:
• Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC, has announced that Frank R. Liggett III, a founding member and managing partner of the firm, has been elected chairman of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel (FORC), a multi-national association of 140 attorneys who specialize in the arena of insurance regulatory law.
• Liggett, in his second term as a member of the board of directors, will serve as chairman for one year.
• In order to be considered for membership to the FORC, an applicant must be a lawyer in good standing, with at least five years of experience in insurance regulatory law, and must devote more than 50 percent of his or her time to insurance regulatory matters.
• Each member is recommended in writing by three insurance industry executives from unrelated companies who have attested to their skill and competency.
Quotes:
“I am honored to have been named chairman of this prestigious group of experienced regulatory lawyers,” said Liggett. “It is an honor not only for me personally but for Ragsdale Liggett as a firm to head a multi-national organization of this caliber.”
About Frank R. Liggett III:
Frank R. Liggett III is a founding member and managing partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC. A seasoned corporate lawyer in insurance law, mergers and acquisitions, Frank is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, United States District Court for Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, United States Tax Court, and all North Carolina State Courts. Frank practices in the areas of corporate and business law as well as insurance and insurance regulatory law. He is chairman to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, an exclusive multi-national association of insurance lawyers dedicated to excellence in the practice of insurance regulatory law. He is also a member of the American, North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations.
About Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC, is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business' legal needs, including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from local state courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implications, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. For more information, please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm's Web site at www.rl-law.com.
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