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Willliam D. Riley Director   Mr. Riley is a member of the Insurance Law team at Paul Frank + Collins, with a focus on captive insurance and insurance coverage. Mr. Riley's captive insurance practice includes advising clients with respect to legal and regulatory issues associated with entity structures, governance, insurance programs, policy drafting and various insurance, reinsurance and alternative risk transactions. Mr. Riley has been monitoring the fluctuating law and regulations of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act on behalf of Paul Frank + Collins' captive clients since its enactment in 2002. He is the author of "A Role for Captive Insurance Companies after TRIEA?," which appeared in the May 2007 issue of "For the Defense," and a white paper, entitled "TRIA and Captives: The Role of Captive Insurance in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program," which was published in the Defense Research Institute's "TRIA Issues Compendium and Resource Database" in the spring of 2005. In his insurance coverage practice, Mr. Riley counsels and represents traditional and captive insurance companies with respect to coverage matters and bad faith claims. He prepares coverage opinions and has litigated numerous declaratory judgment Education: University of Vermont, B.S. 1984; University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business Administration, M.B.A., 1986; Vermont Law School (cum laude), 1992 - Managing Editor of the Vermont Law Review Bar Admissions: State of Vermont, 1993; U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1993; U.S. Tax Court, 2000; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2004 Professional Organizations: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Leadership Champlain Alumni Association; Diplomate of the Trial Advocacy Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Vermont Bar Association Industry Organizations: Vermont Captive Insurance Association, Member of the Board of Directors (2009 - Present), Communications Committee, and Conference Committee (past chair) Community Involvement: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lake Champlain Land Trust, which works to preserve significant island and shoreline areas in the Lake Champlain region; Youth Hockey Coach, Burlington Amateur Hockey Association Publications: Spoliation of Evidence: A State by State Summary, American Bar Association (2008). Author of Vermont state summary. A Role for Captive Insurance Companies after TRIEA?, For the Defense, (May 2007). Punitive Damages in Commercial Transportation: A State by State Summary, American Bar Association (2007). Author of Vermont state summary. TRIA and Captives: The Role of Captive Insurance in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program. Included in the Defense Reserach Institute's White Paper compendium, The Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance, (2005) Federal Preemption of State and Local Rent Control Laws Through FIRREA: A Proposal to Protect Tenants and the RTC, 16 Vermont Law Review 969, (1992) |
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