Doug Northup to Speak at 2010 Council on Litigation Management Conference

Jan. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY - - Doug Northup, a shareholder and director of Fennemore Craig, has been selected to speak at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Council on Litigation Management (CLM).  Mr. Northup is slated to speak on the topic “Managing Litigation Reference Model - A Toolkit for Realizing Greater Value and Controlling Costs.”

The conference will be one of the largest, fully inclusive defense industry conferences in 2010.  It will be held March 24-26 in Pointe Vedra, Florida, will feature approximately 150 speakers and is expected to draw attendees from around the world.  Registration for the conference is now open at www.litmgmt.org/annual-conference.

Doug Northup is an experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex commercial, tort and professional liability litigation. In addition, he chairs Fennemore Craig’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Northup represents several large corporate clients in a variety of contractual disputes, franchise, real estate and antitrust litigation. He also has extensive experience in premises and security liability cases representing manufacturers, businesses and other organizations including schools. His experience as a former police officer is invaluable in defending liability claims. Mr. Northup also assists clients with avoiding and minimizing the risk of litigation through contractual indemnity and limitation of liability clauses and insurance.

Mr. Northup also has significant experience dealing with electronic data preservation and discovery. He has helped corporate clients formulate policies for suspension of routine document deletion policies when litigation is pending or threatened, and has worked extensively with clients to ensure compliance with court rules relating to document gathering and production.

About the Council on Litigation Management
The Council is a nonpartisan alliance of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, general counsel, risk managers, claims adjusters and attorneys.  Through education and collaboration, its goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.litmgmt.org or contact Adam Potter.

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The Council is a nonpartisan alliance of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, general counsel, risk managers, claims adjusters and attorneys. Through education and collaboration, its goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.litmgmt.org or contact Adam Potter.