Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Upcoming events of the FDCC include: 

• FDCC's 2021 Annual Meeting at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV, on August 1-7, 2021
• FDCC's 2021 Corporate Counsel Symposium on October 2-4, 2021 at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• FDCC's Insurance Industry Institute (I-3) at a location and date to be determined

Members of FDCC are encouraged to take on leadership positions in the FDCC's Committees including: 

• Webinar Committee;
• Visibility Project Committee;
• Trial Masters Committee;
• Strategic Plan 2022;
• Projects & Objections Committee;
• Masters In Marketing Committee;
• Local Meetings Project Committee;
• Ladder Down;
• International Activities Committee;
• International Ambassadors;
• FDCC History;
• Evolve - Tech U;
• Counsel Connect Award;
• Social Media and Website Committee;
• Professional Women's Forum;
• Publications Committee;
• Membership Development and Retention Committee;
• FDCC Insurance Coverage Training Academy;
• Meeting Sites Committee;
• Lifetime Achievement Committee;
• Insurance Steering Committee;
• Insurance Industry Committee;
• Finance & Budget Committee;
• Diversity Award Committee;
• Diversity Committee;
• Corporate Counsel Committee;
• Convention Review Committee;
• Sponsorship Committee;
• Contracts Committee;
• By-Laws and Resolutions Committee;
• Amicus and Public Policy Committee;
• Advisory Team; and
• Admissions Committee.

FDCC manages several substantive law sections related to the relevant fields of law including:

• Trial Tactics, Practice and Procedures;
• Transportation;
• Toxic Tort and Environmental Law;
• Reinsurance, Excess and Surplus Lines;
• Property Insurance;
• Professional Liability;
• Product Liability;
• Premises and Security Liability;
• Life, Health and Disability;
• Law Practice Management Section;
• International Practice and Law;
• Intellectual Property; Insurance Coverage Section;
• Healthcare Practice Section;
• Extra Contractual Liability Section;
• Energy Utilities Law Section;
• Employment Practices and Workplace Liability;
• Drug, Device and Biotechnology;
• Data Breach, Privacy and Cyber Insurance Law;
• Construction Law;
• Commercial Litigation;
• Class Action an Multidistrict Litigation;
• Civil Rights and Public Entity Liability;
• Appellate Law Section; and
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.

The Past Presidents of FDCC include:

• 1941-46 Henry B. Walker in Evansville, IN;
• 1940-41 H. Beale Rollins in Baltimore, MD;
• 1937-40 Scott Fitzhugh in Memphis, TN;
• 1936-37 David F. Lee in Norwich, NY;
• 2019-20 Elizabeth F. Lorell in Florham Park, NJ;
• 2018-19 Donald L. Myles in Phoenix, AZ;
• 2017-18 J. Scott Kreamer in Kansas City, MO;
• 2016-17 H. Mills Gallivan in Greenville, SC;
• 2015-16 Steven E. Farrar in Greenville, SC;
• 2014-15 Victoria H. Roberts in Scottsdale, AZ;
• 2013-14 Timothy A. Pratt in Malborough, MA;
• 2012-13 Edward M. Kaplan in Concord, NH;
• 2011-12 Michael I. Neil in San Diego, CA;
• 2010-11 F. Thomas Cordell in Chickasha, OK;
• 2009-10 Michael T. Lucey in San Francisco, CA;
• 2008-09 Steven L. Barney in Petoskey, MI;
• 2007-08 Wayne B. Mason in Dallas, TX;
• 2006-07 Dan D. Kohane in Buffalo, NY;
• 2005-06 Lewis F. Collins, Jr. in Tampa, FL;
• 2004-05 Jean M. Lawler in Los Angeles, CA;
• 2003-04 Jack T. Riley, Jr. in Chicago, IL;
• 2002-03 Robert V. Dewey, Jr. in Peoria, IL;
• 2001-02 William C. Roedder, Jr. in Mobile, AL;
• 2000-01 William F. Fanter in Des Moines, IA;
• 1999-00 Paul L. Price in Chicago, IL;
• 1998-99 J. Ric Gass in Milwaukee, WI;
• 1997-98 John R. Woodard, III in Tulsa, OK;
• 1996-97 Victor M. Halbach, Jr. in Jacksonville, FL;
• 1995-96 John R. Trigg in Denver, CO;
• 1994-95 Marvin L. Karp in Cleveland, OH;
• 1993-94 Robert L. Dickson in Santa Monica, CA;
• 1992-93 Fred R. Ober in Miami, FL;
• 1991-92 Robert J. Federman in Los Angeles, CA;
• 1990-91 Douglas G. Houser in Portland, OR;
• 1989-90 D. Dudley Oldham in Houston, TX;
• 1988-89 Robert A. Babcock in Kansas City, MO;
• 1987-88 Richard L. Berdelle in Chicago, IL;
• 1986-87 Scott Conley in San Francisco, CA;
• 1985-86 Hugh E. Reynolds, Jr. in Indianapolis, IN;
• 1984-85 Patrick H. Dickinson in Atlanta, GA;
• 1983-84 James B. Hiers, Jr. i nAtlanta, GA;
• 1982-83 Thomas J. Hagerty in Hartford, CT;
• 1981-82 Forrest A. Norman in Cleveland, OH;
• 1980-81 Don L. Smith in Nashville, TN;
• 1979-80 Bruce W. Williams in Salem, OR;
• 1978-79 Edward S. Corlett, III in Miami, FL;
• 1977-78 Dominic J. Cornella in New York, NY;
• 1976-77 L.S. Carsey in Houston, TX;
• 1975-76 Leonel I. Hatch in Chicago, IL;
• 1974-75 John P. Cusack in Roswell, NM;
• 1973-74 Phillip W. Knight in Miami, FL;
• 1972-73 Howard M. Lester in New York, NY;
• 1971-72 Joseph M. Best in Tulsa, OK;
• 1970-71 W.E. Herod in Nashville, TN;
• 1969-70 William C. Harvin in Houston, TX;
• 1968-69 Wilbur W. Jones in Columbus, OH;
• 1967-68 John Gordon Gearin in Portland, OR;
• 1966-67 Edward C. German in Philadelphia, PA;
• 1965-66 John A. Loomis in Los Angeles, CA;
• 1964-65 David Green in Newark, NJ;
• 1963-64 Robert O. Rooney in Chicago, IL;
• 1962-63 William A. Porteous, Jr. in New Orleans, LA;
• 1961-62 Carroll R. Heft in Racine, WI;
• 1960-61 William A. Gillen in Tampa, FL;
• 1959-60 Lowell L. Knipmeyer in Kansas City, MO;
• 1958-59 George F. Woodliff in Jackson, MS;
• 1957-58 Harry LaBrum in Philadelphia, PA;
• 1956-57 John C. Williams in Houston, TX;
• 1955-56 Robert T. Luce in Chicago, IL;
• 1954-55 James Dempsey in White Plains, NY;
• 1953-54 Kent H. Meyers in Cleveland, OH;
• 1952-53 Charles B. Robison in Chicago, IL;
• 1950-52 John Alan Appleman in Urbana, IL;
• 1948-50 George Henry Tyne in Nashville, TN;
• 1947-48 Julian B. Humphrey in New Orleans, LA; and
• 1946-47 Glenn R. Dougherty in Milwaukee, WI.