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Resume of Neil Gershon
Experience March/2006- Present
Director Of Claims Cambridge Integrated Service
Group Inc/XChanging USA
Manage Supervise Hire and Train General Liability
Adjusters for the Mid-West Region. Current staff
consists of nine adjusters and four support
Manage SAS 70 Compliance/ Best Practices
Directly adjust losses for specialized clients and
complex litigation matters
Act as company wide Cambridge resource for
contractual indemnity and defense tenders of third
parties
Retain Manage and Supervise all outside all counsel
for Midwest Regional liability team
Identify and manage excess liability claims
Directly participate as TPA representative in
settlement conferences, mediation and trial of high
exposure losses
Currently licensed in virtually all jurisdictions
requiring licensure
Litigation resource for general liability adjusters
company wide
Conduct and train adjusters to audit legal billing
for outside counsel
Litigation/General Liability corporate
representative for new business prospects
Cambridge Supervisory participant in quarterly
client file reviews/audits
2005 - March/2006
Senior Claims Examiner Ace/ESIS Chicago Illinois
Investigate Manage and Resolve litigated and
non-litigated General Liability Claims with an
estimated aggregate risk of $200,000,000.00
Analyze contractual indemnity and defense tenders
of third parties
Manage and supervise outside counsel in 44 states
Identify and manage excess liability claims
Directly participate in management, settlement
mediation and trial of high exposure losses with
outside counsel
2001- 2005
Self employed as sole practitioner
Trial Attorney - Concentrating in business and
commercial real estate civil litigation and
sub-specialty in insurance coverage disputes
1996- 2001 Robert Schey & Associates
Chicago, Il
Associate Attorney
Trial Attorney
Coverage counsel
Concentration in insurance defense and declaratory
judgment actions and complex litigation
Investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud
counterclaims
Sub-specialty in general business litigation and
commercial real-estate litigation
1984-1996 Jules S. Gershon & Associates Chicago,
Il
Associate/Partner
Trial Attorney
Coverage counsel- Carrier's Insurance of Cedar
Rapids Iowa
Concentration in high risk "target " defendants,
primarily in transportation or construction
industry
Fraud counsel to U-Haul Metroplex- Illinois fraud
claims
Conduct legal update seminars for claims adjusters
General practice of law
Education 1983 Washington University St Louis, Mo.
Juris Doctorate
County Counselor program, Juvenile Justice program
Volunteer - Therapy Consultants & Associates
1971-1974 University of
Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science major
University Senate
Phi Beta Kappa
Presentations INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL LITIGATION
Cambridge Chicago General Liability Team - 2007
BORROWED SERVANT DOCTRINE- 2008/2009
Cambridge Company Wide WebX
WASHINTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY- 2010
Adjuster Training Seminar