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Peter Hecht
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Board of Directors

Glen M. Bronstein
CHAIR
Executive Vice President and Head of Insurance Claims for Sompo North America

Peter Hecht
President
Peter Hecht is the co-founder and EVP of Sales and Marketing at Magna Legal Services. He has been working in the legal services industry since 2001. He is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Barry Gerstein
Barry is a senior vice president at Aspen Insurance. He has worked in the insurance industry since 1993. Prior to that, Barry practiced law at a large New Jersey law firm.

Aileen Schwartz
Aileen Schwartz, Esq., CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPP/E is Senior Vice President, General Counsel Americas and Chief Privacy Officer at Hill International where she has been employed for over 16 years. She is based in both Hill’s Philadelphia, PA and Mt. Laurel, New Jersey Offices.

David Stark
Mr. Stark served as Teva Pharmaceuticals Group Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer from 2016 to 2023 before retiring and founding Stark Creative Solutions. With roles spanning Teva since 2002, he led legal departments and worked at prestigious law firms. Mr. Stark holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and has contributed to various boards and committees.

Elior Shiloh
Board Member
Elior Shiloh is a partner in the New York and New Jersey offices of Lewis Brisbois and chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. His practice is focused on Employment, Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, and Crisis Management.

Joe O’Neill
Board Member
Joe O’Neill is a Philadelphia lawyer and the founding partner of Marks O’Neill O’Brien, Doherty and Kelly, a regional defense firm in the Northeast.

Jon Ackerman
Jon Ackerman is a founding partner and EVP of the record retrieval division at Magna Legal Services. Jon’s greatest strengths are his creativity, drive and leadership. He thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach.

Michael Ackerman
Michael Ackerman is a founding partner of Paris Ackerman LLP, a transactional law firm based in northern New Jersey, representing multi-unit franchisees throughout the United States.

Staci Hecht
Staci Hecht is a court reporter (RPR) and has been covering depositions, arbitrations and hearings since 2000.

Colby Berman
Colby Berman is an associate in Akerman LLP’s Labor and Employment Group, where her practice focuses on representing employers in all types of disputes, from administrative proceedings to lawsuits. She also serves as the Vice President for the New York Young Leadership Division of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and the Communications Chair of Akerman’s Jewish Bridge Network.

Craig Silverman
Board Member
Craig Silverman is a partner in the New York City Office of Sullivan Papain and chair of the firm’s Mass Torts Practice. His practice is focused on complex consolidated products liability litigation on behalf of serious injury victims.

Rich Lenkov
Board Member
Rich Lenkov is a Capital Member of Downey & Lenkov who leads a team of dedicated and service-oriented professionals in achieving innovative, cost-effective results in workers’ compensation, general liability and entertainment law. He is a passionate and aggressive advocate for his client’s interests and an accomplished and successful litigator.

Steven Brodie
Board Member
Steve Brodie has extensive experience in insurance-related litigation, including coverage, defense, and regulatory matters. His clients include Fortune 100 companies, major insurers, financial services companies, telecommunications firms, officers and directors, institutional lenders, and developers. As lead counsel, he has defended matters in numerous jurisdictions and more than 20 states.
Robert Glassman
Board Member
Robert Glassman is a partner at the nationally recognized plaintiff’s firm in Los Angeles, Panish Shea Ravipudi. He has been named a top 40 lawyer under 40 by the LA Daily Journal, a Leader of Influence “Thriving in their 40s” by the LA Business Journal and has obtained numerous 7 and 8 figure jury verdicts as lead counsel, earning him membership in the invitation-only American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Mr. Glassman graduated from Southwestern Law School in 2009.

Jonathon Held
Board Member

Miriam Mosseri
Board Member

Derrick Mullen
Board Member
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