John T. Mannato, Esquire to Speak at 2010 Council on Litigation Management Conference

Jan. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY - - John T. Mannato, Esquire, Vice President Property and Material Damage Claims at Harleysville Insurance, has been selected to speak at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Council on Litigation Management (CLM).  Mr. Mannato is slated to speak on the topic “How To Value A Case” AND “Settlement Days and Private Mediations.”

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.

John Mannato serves on the Advisory Board of the Council for Litigation Management and is co-chairman of its Litigation Guidelines Sub-Committee.  He currently serves as the Vice President of Property and Material Damage Claims.  In his previous role as Vice President, Associate General Counsel, and Chief Litigation Counsel at Harleysville Insurance, Mr. Mannato was primarily responsible for all claims and non-claims litigation for Harleysville Insurance, which is a mid-sized insurance company that sells property, casualty, life and flood insurance in the Eastern and Midwestern states.  Mr. Mannato was responsible for hiring, evaluating and directing hundreds of law firms; managing all staff counsel operations at Harleysville Insurance; and monitoring the receipt, review and payment of all legal and litigation-related costs at Harleysville Insurance.  Prior to joining Harleysville Insurance, Mr. Mannato served as vice president at General Electric (Global Financial Restructuring and TIP/ModSpace) where he was responsible for litigation management of financial recovery operations.  Before entering the business world, Mr. Mannato, who is admitted in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was an attorney in private practice for 11 years at both a large law firm (Reed Smith Shaw & McClay) and a small insurance defense firm in the Philadelphia area.  Over his 20 years of experience as an attorney, Mr. Mannato has been involved in numerous types of litigation cases, from complex commercial litigation to bankruptcy to insurance defense.  He has experienced litigation as an attorney in both large and small law firms and as a business leader in both insurance and non-insurance companies.  Mr. Mannato is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Brown University.

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.