Daniel A.
Cotter

Representative Matters

• Advised Illinois Department of Insurance regarding first two insurance company demutualizations approved under the Illinois Insurance Code.

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• Advised standby purchaser on first life insurance demutualization in Illinois and obtained approval of transaction by Illinois Department of Insurance.

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• Represented buyer in purchase of a Massachusetts-domiciled insurer and redomestication to Nebraska.

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• Obtained certificates of authority for client to expand to more than forty jurisdictions.

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• Advised non-profit entities on complex dissolutions, mergers, and conversions.

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• Conducted an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment at a non-insurance related entity by a board member.

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• Acted as regulatory counsel on sale of an Illinois-domiciled life and annuity insurer to an Arizona-domiciled insurance group, including regulatory filings and approvals.

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Presentations

Dan has presented hundreds of times throughout his career on a variety of substantive topics. Recent presentations include: 

• North Shore General Counsel Association Meeting, March 9, 2023, co-host.
• UIC Corporate Law Society, March 10, 2023, panelist.
• NAMIC Commercial and Personal Lines Seminar: Navigating the Choppy Water of Workers' Compensation Second Level, March 9, 2023, speaker.
• Cyber Exposures & Coverages, Part 1: Underwriting Approaches, February 28, 2023, panelist. 
• Mediation Tips & The Mandatory Arbitration Program in the Circuit Court CLE by North Suburban Bar Association, November 29, 2022, speaker.
• Emerging Nonprofit Training Program ("Bootcamp for Nonprofit Founders) by Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights 
  • Nonprofit Board Basics, October 3, 2022, presenter.
  • Board Duties, October 5, 2022, presenter.
• AICP Conference in Miami 
  • Property & Casualty Q&A, September 18, 2022, moderator.
  • Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) - Making New Waves, September 21, 2022, panelist.
  • Special Events Insurance - September 21, 2022, panelist.
• myLawCLE | What Lawyers Need to Know About Financial Statements: Understanding how financial statements interact with business and legal issues, July 29, 2022, speaker.
• Northwest Suburban Bar Association, "Cyber and Privacy for Lawyers: Steps to Protection," July 27, 2022, webinar. 
• Chicago-Kent College of Law Supreme Court Summer Institute, Preparation & Moot Court, July 21, 2022, speaker.
• AICP Great Lakes Chapter, on privacy. June 17, 2022, speaker.
• Chicago Bar Association, "Business Development and Marketing for Litigators," June 13, 2022, webinar. 
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, "Trends in Class Action Litigation," April 18, 2022, webinar.
• American Bar Association, "Beyond Traditional Notions of Cyber Security: A Look at Data Misuse and Integrity," March 2-4, 2022, panelist. 
• Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Mid-Year Meeting, Panel Discussion, "Cyber Insurance – Risks vs Reality – You Have Heard of Too Big to Fail – Too Big to Insure?" February 24, 2022, Phoenix, AZ.
• Inside BS Interviews with Dave Lorenzo, "Is Your Business Safe From a Cyber Attack? IT'S NOT!" February 8, 2022, podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjpmshxM56Q.
• Chicago Bar Association Insurance Law Company, Presentation, "Recent WC Decisions, BIPA and Exclusive Remedy, and Nuclear Verdicts and Insurance," February 2, 2022, webcast.  
• Chicago Bar Association, Panel Discussion, "Become an Arbitrator in the Law Division Mandatory Arbitration Program," January 26, 2022, webinar.
• American Bar Association, Insider TIPS, "The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Model Insurance Data Security Model Law," January 24, 2022, podcast. https://bit.ly/32F7d2Q
• BankersWeb, "Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL): How to Prepare Now," January 11, 2022, webinar. https://www.bankersweb.com/cecl-how-to-prepare-now.html 
• The M&A Advisor, 2021 Future of Dealmaking Summit, Panel Discussion, "Examining Today’s M&A Market: A Record-Breaking Frenzy of M&A Activity," November 17, 2021, New York, NY.
• Chicago Bar Association, Business Divorce and Complex Ownership Disputes Committee, "People, Procedures & Processes to Prevent or Mitigate a Business Divorce," co-presenter, November 9, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Constitutional Democracy Project, 2021 Annual Conference for Teachers in Civics, Law & Government, "Should We Filibuster the Filibuster?" and "Does the Supreme Court Protect the Underrepresented?" October 29, 2021, Chicago, IL.
• CLM 2021 Focus, Management Liability—Session 3, “The ABCs of SPACs and the Relevant Exposures,” co-presenter, October 20, 2021, Chicago, IL.
• ProVisors, Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Affinity Group Meeting, “Alternative Deal Structures—Achieving Strategic Goals Without Buying a Company,” co-presenter, October 20, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "COVID-19 Business Interruption Update," October 6, 2021, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, Annual Conference, "California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), October 5, 2021, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, Annual Conference, “Are You Up to Speed? Making Ethical Decisions in this Ever-Changing World of Insurance,” October 3, 2021, webinar.
• CareerLearning, "New CFPB Debt Collection Final Rule: What Banks and Credit Unions Need to Know," September 27, 2021, webinar.
• CareerLearning, BREAKING: SCOTUS Ends Eviction Moratorium, "Implications for Your Financial Institutions," September 9, 2021, webinar. 
• Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, "Developments in Insurance at the NAIC Meetings and COVID/BI Update," September 1, 2021, webinar.
• American Bar Association, TIPS’ Insurance Regulation Committee, "The New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations, Part 2," August 23, 2021, podcast. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_practice/resources/insider_tips/part-two/ 
• West/Thomson Reuters, "Annuities 101: Understanding the Basics," August 2, 2021, webinar.
• North Shore General Counsel Association, "The Supreme Court: A Look Back and a Look Ahead—October Term 2020 and October Term 2021," July 28, 2021, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "How to Prepare for the Foreclosure Moratorium to End on July 31," July 16 & July 28, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "Become an Arbitrator in the Law Division Mandatory Arbitration Program," July 22, 2021, webinar.
• Brian Tierney’s The Blessed Life University Podcast, "BLU Podcast #4—Featuring Dan Cotter, Attorney at Law," July 14, 2021, podcast. https://youtu.be/4YjDkoY8rsA  
• WGN Radio 720, Legal Face-Off, "Allred on Cosby, Cokley on Britney Spears Conservatorship, Montoya and Silva on Surfside, Wermiel and Huq on SCOTUS, and Much More," July, 12, 2021, podcast. https://bit.ly/36BpJaG 
• American Bar Association, TIPS’ Insurance Regulation Committee, "The New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations," June 28, 2021, podcast. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_practice/resources/insider_tips/part-one/
• Be That Lawyer with Fretzin, "The Keys to Networking and Driving Customer Service," June 28, 2021, podcast. https://fretzin.com/dan-cotter-the-keys-to-networking-and-driving-customer-service/
• ProVisors, Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Affinity Group Meeting, "Cyber Security and M&A," June, 16, 2021, webinar.
• Monmouth College, 2021 Golden Scots Celebration, "The Seventeen Men at the Center Seat, Their Courts, and Their Times," June 4, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Sports Law Committee, "Sports Law in the Supreme Court: Review of Recent Cases," May 20, 2021, webinar.
• The Rossdale Group, Judgment Collection, Asset Recovery, and Bankruptcy CLE Seminar, "Effect of Lifting of Foreclosure Moratoriums, Handling Claims involving Mortgages, Loans, and Tenants, Key Tools for Records Searches - Insight from the Experts, Effectively Limiting Litigation and Claims from Debtors," May 12, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, "Recent Developments in Insurance and Responses to COVID—BI/Health/Liability," May 5, 2021, webinar.
• Lawyers for the Creative Arts, "Curtains Up! Assessing and Mitigating Risk," April 29, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, "Prejudgment Interest Rule and Impact On Insurance," April 7, 2021, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "New CFPB Debt Collection Rules—What Banks and Credit Unions Need to Know," April 2, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Mediation Simulation Workshop, "Improve Your Skills in Mock Mediations," April 1, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Civil Practice Committee, Panel Discussion, "BIPA Litigation," March 9, 2021, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "How to Analyze Financial Statements—What You Need to Know," February 12, 2021, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "What Financial Institutions Can Expect From 2021 Federal Government Changes," February 5, 2021, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, "The Biometric Info Privacy Act (BIPA) and Related Insurance Coverage Issues Under Illinois Law, and Other Various Insurance Coverage Issues," January 6, 2021, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, 2020 Virtual Compliance Checkup, "Ecommerce (General)" and "Complaints 101 (P&C)," December 17 & 18, 2020, webinar.
• Justinian Society of Lawyers, "The Supreme Court: The Changing Court and Self-Evident Truths, a Look Back and Forward," December 16, 2020, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, 2020 Virtual Compliance Checkup, "Are You up to Speed? Making Ethical Decisions in This Ever-Changing World of Insurance" and "Oh Canada—How is Your Regulatory Climate?" December 15 & 16, 2020, webinar.
• The 1958 Lawyer Podcast, "Cyber-Insurance, Legal Tech, and the Chief Justices," December 1, 2020, podcast. https://the-1958-lawyer.simplecast.com/episodes/daniel-a-cotter
• Chicago Bar Association, Cyber Law and Data Privacy Committee, "The CCPA and Other Developments in California Privacy Law," November 17, 2020, webinar.
• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Constitutional Democracy Project, 2020 Annual Conference for Teachers in Civics, "The Supreme Court: The Changing Court and Self-Evident Truths, a Look Back and Forward" and "The Constitution: The (Continuing) Miracle at Philadelphia," October 23, 2020, webinar.
• LawPracticeCLE, "What Lawyers Need to Know About Financial Statements," October 12, 2020, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "The Opioid Epidemic (and Other Drugs) and Insurance: Impact on Insurance," October 7, 2020, webinar.
• ApexCLE, "The Supreme Court October 2019 Term: A Pandemic Year," October 7, 2020, webinar. https://www.apexcle.com/courses/516
• ApexCLE, "Navigating a Pandemic: Advising Clients on Business Interruption Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Claims," September 25, 2020, webinar. https://www.apexcle.com/courses/511
• LawPracticeCLE, "Piercing the Shield: Schrems II and the Elimination of the EU Privacy Shield," September 10, 2020, webinar. 
• Chicago Bar Association, "Pandemic Part 5: Where Do We COVID From Here? Insurance Issues Update," September 2, 2020, webinar.
• American Bar Association, "Privacy and Cybersecurity in the Age of COVID," August 24, 2020, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Professionals, "COVID-19: How Industry Groups View the Current and Future Impact on Insurance," August 21, 2020, webinar. https://www.aicp.net/membership/081920-COVID19.mp3
• UIC John Marshall Law School, "Dean's Summer Associate Training Academy: Settlement Agreements," June 19, 2020, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Foundation, Justice Entrepreneurs Project, "Insurance 101: The COVID-19 Pandemic, Business Interruption and Other Coverages: What JEP Lawyers and Their Clients Should Know," June 18, 2020, webinar.
• National Conference of Bar Presidents, "21st Century Virtual Town Hall: Metro Bars and the Challenges in a Post-Coronavirus Normal," June 18, 2020, webinar.
• Smart Business Dealmakers, "Episode 37: Daniel Cotter, Attorney with Howard & Howard, Chicago," June 10, 2020, podcast. https://www.smartbusinessdealmakers.com/podcast/#cotter
• State Bar of Nevada, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption Litigation: What Lawyers and Their Clients Should Know," June 5, 2020, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Insurance Part 4," June 3, 2020, webinar.
• LawPracticeCLE, "Attorneys and Privacy: Obligations Under Professional Responsibility and Model Rules of Professional Conduct," June 3, 2020, webinar.
• The Rossdale Group, "Suing and Defending COVID-19 Breach and Liability Claims," May 20, 2020, webinar. 
• Chicago Bar Association, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Insurance Part 3: An Update on Business Interruption and a Visit with Workers' Compensation and Other Coverage," May 7, 2020, webinar.
• LawPracticeCLE, "Supervisor Liability: When Can Managers and Supervisors Be Held Liable?" and "Judgment Enforcement 101," May 4, 2020, webinar.
• National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption: The Developing Rough Coverage Storm Ahead," April 21, 2020, webinar.
• Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption: The Developing Coverage Storm Brewing," April 16, 2020, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "Pandemic, Part 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption: What Lawyers and Their Clients Should Know" and "Minority Shareholder Oppression Issues: The Current State of Affairs in Illinois," April 1 & 13, 2020, webinar.
• LawPracticeCLE, "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption: What Lawyers and Their Clients Should Know," March 24, 2020, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, "Pandemics and Insurance—Workers Compensation Issues and Business Interruption," March 4, 2020, Chicago, IL.
• Chicago Bar Association, "Liability Insurance 101: Understanding What Is Covered," February 6, 2020, Chicago, IL.
• Union League of Chicago, "The Chief Justices: The Seventeen Men at the Center Seat, Their Courts, and Their Times," January 22, 2020, Chicago, IL.
• MyLawCLE, "What Attorneys Need to Know about Employee vs. Independent Contractor Status after California’s New Law" and "Judgement Enforcement 101," December 16, 2019, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "Recent Changes in Cyber, Privacy, and Data Security," December 3, 2019, webinar.
• BankersWeb, "Negotiating Terms and Controlling Risks in Third Party Contracts," November 7, 2019, webinar.
• CBA Insurance Law Committee, "Recreational Marijuana and Insurance Issues Raised," November 6, 2019, Chicago, IL.
• JVP Insurance Forum, "Insurance Business Transfers in Illinois," November 5, 2019, Chicago, IL.
• BankersWeb, "How to Read an Insurance Policy for Financial Institutions" and "Learn How the Supreme Court Action Affects Your Website," October 29 & 31, 2019, webinar.
• Celesq CLE, "Corporate Governance and Board Interaction," October 7, 2019, webinar.
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, 32nd Annual Conference, "What Gets Regulated? Part 1" and "How to Be on Your Best Behavior: Market Conduct–Perspective and Best Practices," September 21 & 24, 2019, Denver, CO.
• MyLawCLE, "Supervisor Liability: When Can Managers and Supervisors Be Held Liable?" and "What Lawyers Need to Know about Financial Statements: Understanding How Financial Statements Interact with Business and Legal Issues," September 11, 2019, webinar.
• CBA Insurance Law Committee, "Insurance Division Laws and Insurance Business Transfer Laws," September 4, 2019, Chicago, IL.
• BankersWeb, "Website Disclosures: Minimizing Risk in an Online Market," August 6, 2019, webinar.
• MyLawCLE, "Attorneys and Privacy: Obligations Under Professional Responsibility and Model Rules of Professional Conduct," July 30, 2019, webinar.
• Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, 2019 Supreme Court Summer Institute, "A Little Respect Please: Future of Stare Decisis" and "The Court's Composition and its Impact on Decisions," July 16, 2019, Chicago, IL.
• ApexCLE, "The Supreme Court of the United States," July 3, 2019, Des Plaines, IL.
• Celesq/Thomson Reuters, "The Chief Justices," July 2, 2019, webinar.
• American Institute of Certified Planners, Great Lakes Chapter, "NY Regulation 187—Suitability," June 25, 2019, Madison, WI.
• CommercialLawWebAdvisor, "Understanding Financial Statements for Lawyers," March 28, 2019, webinar.
• Chicago Bar Association, Business Divorce and Complex Business Disputes Committee, "Buy-Sell Agreements: Effectively Drafting and Enforcing Them in the Context of the Business Divorce," February 11, 2019, Chicago, IL.