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ESTABLISHED 1874
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About the Firm |
- Main office: Detroit Center, 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2500,
Detroit, MI 48226-3427; www.krwlaw.com;
(313) 961-0200; fax # (313) 961-0388.
- Troy, MI office: 201 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 110, Troy,
MI 48084; (248).
- History and Practice Summary
Founded in 1874, Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC has grown from
a solo law practice into a widely diversified firm of over 50
attorneys practicing a variety of specialties. Insurance law
expertise has been integral to the firm since at least 1900.
Kerr, Russell, and Weber, PLC represents on shore and off shore
captive and admitted insurance companies in formative, governance,
taxation, board and committee operations, agency relations,
licensure, and other compliance matters. In addition, the firm's
extensive trial practice serves a wide variety of insured interests
and extensive commercial and coverage litigation for insurance
entities.
Our other major areas of practice include:
Antitrust; corporation and business law, including domestic
and international mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance;
private equity and hedge funds; employment, fringe benefit,
securities law and compliance, personnel and immigration services,
domestic and offshore estate and trust planning and administration;
environmental law; real property and construction matters;
taxation; environmental and healthcare law. The above specialties
allow us to provide enhanced substantive legal support and
understanding to all alternative risk projects.
The combined effect of our moderate size, historical insurance
experience, and wide array of specialties yields an efficient
set of resources available to our captive insurance clients.
Our fees routinely total far less than those likely incurred
by larger firms in this legal sector. This is due to our moderate
hourly rates and controlled overhead, and has made us a particularly
valuable resource for small business and middle market captive
clients.
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Professional Ratings |
- Kerr, Russell, and Weber is consistently rated
AV (very high) by Martindale-Hubbell, the recognized rating
authority for law firms.
- Kerr, Russell, and Weber attorneys have been
consistently recognized by their peers for excellence in the
legal profession. Monte D. Jahnke is AV rated and listed in
the Best Lawyers in America and Eric I. Lark is AV rated and
listed in Super Lawyers. Monte Jahnke and Eric Lark are frequent
presenters at captive industry meetings.
- Kerr, Russell, and Weber attorneys have been
peer elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers and the
American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
- Approximately 20% of Kerr, Russell, and
Weber attorneys are also certified public accountants. We frequently
provide tax advice in connection with our alternative risk transfer
programs.
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Alternative
Insurance
Products and
Services |
We
have supported group and single parent captive projects since
the mid-1980's. Onshore alternative risk and self-funding projects
handled by the firm date to the 1970's.
Our alternative risk program support
role is generally that of US counsel to on and off shore captives,
risk retention groups and purchasing groups. We routinely interface
with stateside and island managers and professionals, and with
bankers, agents, and brokers on and off shore to support program
development and maintenance. We welcome setting budgets and streamlining
reporting to enhance cost effectiveness. Experience has shown
that our early involvement with any captive project can allow
it to progress more efficiently with less need for later restructuring.
We are also able to help assemble teams of professionals, managers,
brokers, and agents to initiate captive efforts.
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Other
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Kerr,
Russell, and Weber, PLC provides a unique combination of technology,
reputation, flexibility, and expertise. The result is cost effective,
quality legal services, and a staff of professionals who play
a variety of roles for our clients.
- Please visit our website (www.krwlaw.com)
for further information about the firm and its attorneys.
- Kerr, Russell, and Weber, PLC is a member
of the MSI Global Network, a worldwide multi-disciplinary association
of independent mid-sized professional firms.
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Publications |
MICHIGAN
IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE CAPTIVE PLUNGE. An article
written by Monte Jahnke on February 25, 2008.
Note:
Upon downloading newer online PowerPoint presentations, you will
be prompted for a password. Simply leave the password field blank
and click "read only" to view
the presentation.
Captives
101 -- LEGAL ISSUES. Eric Lark delivered the
legal portion of this fine presentation at the 2007 Cayman Captive
Forum.
Corporate
Governance and Directors and Officers Liability Issues.
This presentation was given at the 2005 Cayman Executive Forum.
Eric Lark was the presenter from Kerr, Russell & Weber, PLC.
View the entire July
2006 Issue of
Captive Insurance Company Reports
(CICR) for the feature article entitled "Ten
D&O Questions to Ask" by Monte
Jahnke.
The predecessor article to the title
above was featured in the October
2005 issue of Captive Insurance Company Reports (CICR). See
the feature article entitled "Protecting
the Captive's Directors And Officers"
by Monte Jahnke.
At the 2004 VCIA Conference, Monte
Jahnke, Steve Scammel, Debbie Lambert, and Alan Fleming (Guernsey
Regulator) joined forces to deliver an outstanding presentation
entitled, "Corporate
Governance: Navigating a New Channel."
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF by
Monte Jahnke and a panel of experts: Captive
Governance 101 from the Cayman 2003 Captive Forum, December
2003. This presentation features full supporting articles, along
with the slides.
PowerPoint Presentation by Monte
Jahnke: Captive
Governance in a Post-Enron World, from the 6th Annual International
Captives Congress, June 2002
Now available: PDF
version of Monte's Captive Governance article based
on the above presentation, reprinted with permission from the
November 2002 issue of Captive
Insurance Company Reports (CICR).
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