Design Industry Risk Management Summit

Victor hosts the Design Industry Risk Management Summit, which was formerly known as the Annual Large Firm Conference and the Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys. The new name will take effect starting in 2020.

Large Firm Participation

Select large firm insureds are invited to participate in a one-day discussion on emerging industry opportunities and risks, as well as an additional two days of legal liability and risks from the perspective of defense attorneys and in-house counsels.

Speaker presentations of the 2019 and 2018 meetings are available. 

Attorney Participation

For 58 years, Schinnerer has provided defense attorneys with an annual conference to discuss both legal and professional practice developments.

Papers and presentations from the 58th meeting can be downloaded below.

58th Papers 

Brevity: Strategies for Writing Less and Saying More

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A Growing Dilemma: A Lawyer's Ethical Obligations in the World of Weed

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High Time in the Construction Industry: Precautions for Working in the Legal Marijuana Industry

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An Assist with Design-Assist and Lean Construction: Closing Design Gaps Through Collaboration

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Annual Review of Legal Decisions

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P3s: Are Design Professionals Partners or Pawns?

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Climate Change and its Impact on the Standard of Care for Design Professionals

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A Case Study on the "Unreasonable" Plaintiff

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You can also download the entire proceedings from this year's meeting and explore the archives for previous meetings.

Copyright & Reprint Information

The papers and presentations from the Design Industry Risk Management summit are the copyrighted material of Victor Insurance Managers Inc., and the individual authors. No republication or redistribution of this material is allowed without the written approval of Victor Insurance Managers Inc. Such requests can be sent to riskmanagement.us@victorinsurance.com .

Speaking Engagements

AIA Conference on Architecture (A'20)

• TH101:Designing for Hedonism: Guidance on Marijuana Facilities Design
  Thursday, May 14, 2020, 8:00 - 9:00 am
  Presenter:   Frank Musica, Assoc. AIA - Risk Management Consultant, Victor US
• SA411: How to Design Your New Firm for Success
  Saturday, May 16, 2020, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
  Moderator: Kevin Collins, Assoc. AIA - Senior Vice President, Victor US
  Panelists: Brad Benjamin, AIA - President/CEO, Radium Architecture, and Amy Slattery, AIA - Founder/CEO, Odimo LLC
• SA505: Cyber-Security for Architects
  Saturday, May 16, 2020, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
  Moderator: Stephen Hagan, FAIA - President CEO, Hagan Technologies LLC
  Panelists: Frank Musica, Assoc. AIA - Risk Management Consultant, Victor US, and Patrick O'Connor, Jr. - Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels

Since we first started working with the AIA and NSPE in 1956, Schinnerer has been committed to helping the design and construction industry. Our risk managers and underwriters are involved in many ways within the industry.

ACEC

Yvonne Castillo serves on the ACEC Risk Management Committee. 

AIA

Frank Musica serves on the AIA Contract Documents Committee and is a regular speaker at AIA events. We also work with the AIA Trust .

Other Commitments

Yvonne also serves as Vice Chair of the ABA EISR (Energy, Infrastructure, Siting and Reliability) Committee.

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