Adams and Reese Partner Jannea Rogers, who serves as the firm’s Casualty and Coverage Team Leader, has been asked to serve as Co-Chair of the MC’s 2013 East Region Conference Advisory Board, which is in charge of the agenda for the 7th Annual East Region Construction Defect and Insurance Coverage Conference, to be held June 19-21, 2013, at The Peabody Orlando in Orlando, Florida
MC advisory board members will review proposed seminar topics, the conference agenda, and make recommendations for speakers at the conference. Rogers served as an advisory board member at the 2012 conference and as a panelist at the 2011 conference.
MC Consultants presents CLE approved educational conferences for members of the construction industry, attorneys, financial institutions and insurance professionals. Topics include discussions of construction defects, risk management, coverage issues, litigation management, and insurance issues arising out of construction related claims.
At Adams and Reese, Rogers focuses her practice on defense in the areas of product and premises liability; professional malpractice, including medical, architectural and engineering; D&O liability and insurance coverage litigation, including bad faith. She represents manufacturers in defense of their products, not only for design and defect claims, but also warning, labeling and instruction claims, marketing representation and warranty claims.
Rogers is a frequent speaker for legal and industry groups on a variety of practice area topics, including electronic data management, mechanic liens, trial tactics and legal surveys. She is the published author of a white paper for the AIA Trust as well trial tactic articles for trade publications including the American Journal of Trial Advocacy; she frequently presents in-house seminars for clients on specialized topics.
Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with offices strategically located throughout the southern United States and Washington, DC. American Lawyer includes Adams and Reese on its distinguished list of the nation's top law firms - "The Am Law 200.” The National Law Journal also includes the firm on the "NLJ 250" list of the nation's largest law firms.