January 15, 2009
(Burlington, VT) Kevin Moriarty has rejoined Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, of counsel. At DRM, Moriarty will resume his practice concentrating in captive insurance tax and regulatory issues working in the firm’s Burlington Office.
"I am very pleased to welcome Kevin back into DRM's Captive Insurance Practice Group," said attorney Kathy Davis, chair of the group. "The captive insurance industry continues to grow in Vermont, even in a difficult economy. Kevin's recent experience in Vermont state government, combined with his many years of work in the captive insurance practice at DRM, will help us to meet the growing needs of our clients in the industry."
The Captive Insurance Practice Group at DRM represents more than 100 organized and operating single parent captive insurance companies, many risk retention groups and other alternative insurance mechanisms. Other attorneys associated with the practice include director Bruce C. Palmer of St. Johnsbury and associate David J. Angus II of Burlington. Tax attorney Wm. Roger Prescott and paralegal Marie L. McHenry also provide services within the practice. The firm provides all types of legal advice to captive insurance companies, including corporate, regulatory and tax advice as well as coverage, policy wording and claims counsel.
A 1993 graduate of Vermont Law School, Moriarty clerked for the Hon. Frederic W. Allen of the Vermont Supreme Court before coming to DRM in September 1994. While at DRM, he earned a masters degree in taxation from New York University. He left DRM in 2006 to take a position as assistant general counsel at the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, and spent 2008 as an independent legal consultant in Salt Lake City, Utah.
With more than 85 attorneys and legal professionals in seven offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, DRM provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas that also include litigation, business law, labor and employment, captive insurance, environmental law, trust and estates, family law, tax law, public utilities, real estate, health care, creditors rights, venture capital and insurance defense. The firm represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government and Public Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms. For more information, visit the firm’s web site at www.drm.com.
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