Brad Murlick, Navigant Consulting
Brad Murlick is a Managing Director in the Disputes & Investigations practice. He assists clients worldwide on insurance claim recovery matters involving property/business interruption, fidelity/employee dishonesty, product recall, builders risk, and political risk, among others. He has also assisted numerous insurance brokerage clients in the defense of E&O matters involving property and casualty disputes and litigation. He has testified both at arbitration and federal court. Mr. Murlick is well-published and is frequently quoted in insurance industry publications. He has also appeared on NPR, CNBC, and Summit TV (South Africa) to discuss claim issues. Mr. Murlick earned an M.B.A. from Michigan State University and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Derek W. Royster CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, RGL Forensics
Derek Royster is a Partner with RGL Forensics and provides accounting and consulting expertise. He has worked extensively with insurance companies and attorneys focusing the scope of his career on forensic accounting, the measurement of economic damages and litigation support. Mr. Royster earned an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a B.S. from East Carolina University. He is a certified public accountant; accredited in business valuation by the American Institute of CPAs; certified in financial forensics; a certified fraud examiner; a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants; and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Stephen E. Goldman, Robinson & Cole LLP
Steve Goldman is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with 30 years of experience litigating and trying a diverse range of cases throughout the United States. During that time, Mr. Goldman has served as counsel for insurers in many of the country’s most significant property insurance coverage cases, including, most recently, Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company (upholding the flood exclusion in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina), Landry v. Louisiana Citizens Insurance Company (holding Louisiana’s Valued Policy Law inapplicable to certain Katrina-related claims), and Streamline Capital v. Hartford Insurance (refusing to adopt the time necessary to rebuild the World Trade Center as the “period of restoration” for WTC tenants). As an advocate and advisor for international and domestic insurance carriers and insurance industry organizations, he has handled numerous high-impact cases arising from catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the anthrax scare in 2001. Mr. Goldman has appeared as counsel in trial and appellate courts in 22 states and has aggressively litigated and, in many instances, tried high-exposure cases throughout the Northeast and in jurisdictions as diverse as Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa. He also has significant experience litigating class actions, especially those based on insurance coverage issues and insurer market conduct.

Mr. Goldman earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Wesleyan University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa.

Matthew L. Jacobs, Jenner & Block LLP
Matthew Jacobs is a litigator who handles complex, multi-party insurance coverage matters in state and federal courts. Corporations also seek his counsel on the availability of insurance coverage for a wide variety of claims, ranging from directors and officers liability and mortgage lending practices to business interruption losses, product liability and regulatory investigations and environmental matters. He also regularly advises Fortune 500 companies in the placement of various types of insurance coverage.

Mr. Jacobs earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. from Princeton University.