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Chicago, IL 60606
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Mary Cannon Veed
Partner

Ms. Veed, a partner in Arnstein & Lehr's Chicago office, practices in the area of insurance structuring, finance and regulation, including insurance company insolvency, reinsurance, and alternative risk transfer. She has extensive experience in the U.S. and abroad in representing policyholders as well as receivers, reinsurers, and cedants.

She often assists clients in addressing regulatory issues and bottlenecks, dealing with insolvent or troubled insurers, and devising innovative forms and structures of insurance protection for insureds.

Ms. Veed also maintains an active litigation and arbitration practice. She was named a Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 1983 as one of the first dozen women to receive this designation. She continues to concentrate on litigation and arbitration of insurance-related issues, including reinsurance, MGA disputes, market conduct, class actions, directors’ and officers’ liability and accounting and actuarial malpractice, and also serves as an arbitrator and an expert witness.

Ms. Veed holds an advanced degree in the law of the European Union. She has practiced in the Netherlands and Bermuda as well as in courts in numerous states.

Professional Activities and Achievements

Ms. Veed is an active member of the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association and International Association of Insurance Receivers (IAIR). She is a member of the Board of Editors of the ABA-TIPS Brief. She has served as chair of the Chicago Bar Association Insurance Law Committee and is currently on the Board of Directors of IAIR. She was one of the Reporters who developed the proposed Uniform Receivership Law for insurers which has been the centerpiece of both state and federal proposals for reform of insurance insolvency and procedures, and holds the designation of “Accredited Insurance Receiver - Legal” from IAIR. Ms. Veed is a frequent speaker and writer, on insurance regulation, insurance finance, and comparative law.

Education

Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 1977)
University of Nebraska (Lincoln) (B.A., 1974)
Europa Institute of the University of Amsterdam (Diploma in European Integration, 1983)

Bar Admissions

State of Illinois; State of Nebraska (inactive); U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar) and the District of Nebraska; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits