Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance

Susan A Stone, a litigation partner in Sidley's Chicago and New York offices, is a member of Sidley's executive committee and co-head of the firm's insurance and financial services group. In that capacity, she leads a team of approximately 90 lawyers in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London who provide a full range of legal services to clients in the insurance, reinsurance and financial services industries. Ms Stone is also co-chair of Sidley's marketing and practice development committee.

A former federal prosecutor, Ms Stone has extensive trial experience in federal and state courts. While maintaining a general litigation practice, Ms Stone focuses her practice on insurance and reinsurance disputes, both in litigation and arbitration. Ms Stone is the immediate past chairperson of ARIAS, the leading organisation devoted to training reinsurance arbitrators, with more than 1,000 members.

Ms Stone has taught trial advocacy for many years as an adjunct professor at DePaul University College of Law. She is a frequent speaker and author on matters pertaining to insurance and reinsurance. She is proficient in both French and Italian.

Ms Stone received her JD (cum laude) from Harvard University in 1987 and her BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University in 1983. She is admitted in Illinois and New York.

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