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- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, District of Columbia, District of Maryland, and District of New Jersey
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| Education |
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- J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 1998 (Administrative Advocacy Clinic; Law Student Advocate, honors; Trial Advocacy, honors)
- B.A., Hampton University, 1995 (with honors in mass media arts with an emphasis in print journalism; Presidential Scholarship recipient)
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| Noteworthy |
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- Former Chair of the Life Insurance Law Committee, a committee within the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2006-2007; served as moderator and program chair for multiple national CLE programs sponsored by the ABA/TTIPS Life Insurance Law Committee
- Participant, "2002 Young Leaders Program," held at Magdalen College at Oxford University, U.K., which provided a forum for 60 young professionals from the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom to network, discuss global issues, and strengthen the relationships among these three countries
- Board Member, 2004-2005, "The Friends of Tyler School," a non-profit, community-based volunteer organization which provides a variety of services for at-risk children in Washington, D.C.
- Co-Founder and Mentor (2001-2006), "Girls II Women," a group for at-risk girls, sponsored by The Friends of Tyler School
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| Professional Affiliations |
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- Member, American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (ABA-TIPS)
- Past Chair, ABA-TIPS' Life Insurance Law Committee
- Member, National Bar Association
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
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| | | Shaunda Patterson-Strachan
PartnerWashington, D.C. Email: sap@jordenusa.com
Phone: 202.965.8114
Fax: 202.965.8104 Shaunda Patterson-Strachan represents insurance and financial services companies in class action and other high-impact litigation, ERISA litigation, and general commercial litigation, at both the trial and appellate court levels, throughout the United States. Representative Matters
- Berardinelli v. General American Life Ins. Co. (In re General American Life Ins. Co. Sales Practices Litigation), 357 F.3d 800 (8th Cir. 2004) (enforcing nationwide class action settlement by upholding a district court's order enjoining the plaintiff's state modal premium putative class action as barred and released by that settlement)
- Tropp v. Western-Southern Life Ins. Co., 381 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2004) (affirming finding that affidavit evidence submitted by the insurer showing cost of compliance with plaintiff's original request for injunctive relief established the requisite amount in controversy and supported removal and affirming district court's order enjoining plaintiff's putative class action as barred and released by a prior nation-wide class action settlement)
- Bradberry v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 222 F.R.D. 568 (W.D. Tenn. 2004) (decertification of class of long-term-care insurance purchasers)
- Humphrey v. Allstate Life Ins. Co., Civil Action No. 99 CH 8383 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook County, May 13, 2002) (denial of motion for certification of a class of insurance purchasers alleging wrongful replacement of insurance policies)
Speeches and Publications
- Faculty Member: 2008 ABA-TIPS National Trial Academy, The National Judicial College, Reno, NV (April 12-16, 2008)
- Presenter: "Recent Developments in Annuity Enforcement Actions and Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference on Life Insurance Company Products: Current SEC, FINRA, Insurance, Tax, and ERISA Regulatory and Compliance Issues, Washington, DC (November 2007)
- Co-Author: "The Enforcement of Nationwide Class Settlements to Bar Related Class Actions: An Example of Finality and Preclusion," Class Actions & Derivative Suits, Section of Litigation Committee, American Bar Association (Summer 2004, Vol. 14, No. 3)
- Program Chair and Moderator: Life Insurance Law Committee's Program at the 2004 ABA Annual Meeting, Arbitration and Class Actions -- When Mass Claims and ADR Collide, and Related Hot Topics, Atlanta, GA (August 2004)
- Program Chair and Moderator: Life Insurance Law Committee's Program at the ABA-TIPS 29th Annual CLE Midwinter Meeting, Boca Raton, FL (January 2003)
- Co-Author: "Developments in Market Conduct and Variable/Investment Product Litigation", SG092 ALI-ABA 127 (ALI-ABA Course of Study, May 2-3 2002)
- Co-Author: "Discovery of Electronic Documents", published in the following: ABA-TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, "Committee News" (Fall 1999); The Brief, Volume 29, Number 4 (Summer 2000); 1 No. 3 Andrews E-Discovery & Proc. Litig. Rep. 9 (August 2000); 1 No. 3 Andrews Electronic Privacy Litig. Rep. 16 (Sept. 1, 2000); 14 No. 24 Andrews Del. Corp. Litig. Rep. 9 (Oct. 16, 2000); 1 No. 12 E-Trading Legal Alert 3 (Nov. 10, 2000 (Part I)) and 1 No. 13 E-Trading Legal Alert 3 (Nov. 24, 2000 (Part II)); 6 No. 18 Andrews Derivatives Litig. Rep. 12 (Nov. 6, 2000 (Part I)) and 6 No. 19; Andrews Derivatives Litig. Rep. 9 (Nov. 20, 2000 (Part II)); GP Solo Magazine, Volume 18 Number 2 (March 2001) (selecting article as one of "The Best Articles Published by the ABA"); ABA-TIPS Corporate Counsel Committee, "Committee News" (Winter 2001)
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