TERRY M. WEYNA

Terry brings extensive strategic experience in complex litigation and business management to her legal practice. Her expertise includes a broad range of insurance defense and coverage issues, including general commercial liability, umbrella/excess, truckers, public officials, Directors and Officers, professional malpractice, homeowners, property, construction defect, medical, and bad faith. Her corporate experience includes work for major insurance companies, including Mutual of Omaha, Calfarm, and Nationwide Insurance Group, where her responsibilities included providing analysis and advice on policies and procedures and resolving coverage disputes through negotiation with opposing counsel, as well as training and supervising attorneys, paralegals, and claims personnel on coverage issues. She also served on the Board of Directors of Mutual of Omaha UK Ltd. Terry recently served as a research attorney for the Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez, California.

Education

Northwestern University Law School, JD, 1981; Law Review
Augustana College, BA, 1978; magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Debate Tournament (1977 and 1978)

Admissions

California
Illinois
Nebraska

Publications

"Nobody Knows the Coverage I've Seen", Insurance Litigation, magazine supplement to the San Francisco Recorder, 1996
"Bad Faith During Coverage Litigation," and "Bad Faith Claims," Executive Enterprises, Inc. Seminar, April, 1996, October 1995, and April 1995
"On the Law," column for bi-monthly INFO, a publication of the Insurance Women of Suburban Chicago, 1993
"Insurance Agents and Brokers Under Attack," Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, The Observer, Volume 5, Number 2, 1990 (co-author)
"Managing Litigation in the 1980s," ABA Section of Litigation, Committee on Corporate Counsel Seminar, Corporate and Outside Counsel, 1983 (co-author)
"The Coordination, Management, and Defense of Mass Tort Litigation," Northwestern University Law School Corporate Counsel Institute, 1983 (co-author)
"Professional Liability Insurance," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook, 1982 (co-author)
"Dubin v. Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center: Seeing Through the Product/Service Distinction," 48 Insurance Counsel Journal 399, 1981

Presentations

"Allocation of Damages and Defense Costs Among Insurers; Impact of Self-Insurance Programs, Deductibles, and Inadequate Policy Limits," Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction II, American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section Seminar, June 5, 1998
"Litigation Prevention and Management," Legal and Ethical Issues in Business, Bellevue College, Omaha, Nebraska, May 6, 1995
"Section 155 of the Illinois Insurance Code: The Insurer's Perspective," Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, September 2, 1992
"Punitive Damages—Love 'Em or Make 'Em Unconstitutional," Insurance Women of Suburban Chicago, November 8, 1990
"Lawyers' Liability Insurance," Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, February 7, 1990

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, 1981-2004; Litigation, Professional Liability Insurance Subcommittee, Chair, 1990-1991; Tort and Insurance Practice Sections, Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Chair, 1998-1999
Defense Research Institute, 1983-2004; Insurance Law Committee; Regional Editor, Covered Events (committee newsletter), 1990-1996
American Corporate Counsel Association, 1993-1996; Litigation Committee
Chicago Bar Association, 1981-1993; Insurance Law Committee, Property & Casualty Insurance Subcommittee, Chair, 1991-1993; Judicial Evaluation Committee
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, 1981-1993; Insurance Law Committee, Co-Chair, 1989-1990
Insurance Women of Suburban Chicago, 1990-1993; President-Elect, 1992-1993; Director, 1991-1992; Recording Secretary, 1990-1991; “Rookie of the Year,” 1990-1991