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Elizabeth
J.
Bondurant
Lisa Bondurant is a business litigator with extensive experience in life insurance and financial services litigation, including ERISA matters. Ms. Bondurant has represented numerous corporations and been lead counsel on a variety of cases involving complex insurance issues, ERISA, RICO, life, health, disability, and accidental death benefits, and class action litigation.
Ms. Bondurant has published extensively on financial services, insurance, and ERISA topics for the Defense Research Institute, ALI-ABA, and the American Bar Association. She has been a frequent speaker on those topics at seminars, such as the ALI-ABA Conference on Insurance Industry and Financial Services Litigation, and the Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Litigation seminars of the Defense Research Institute. She is a former chair of the Life, Health, and Disability Committee of the Defense Research Institute and the Life Insurance Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (TIPS). She was elected in 2007 to the Council of TIPS.
Education
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J.D., Campbell University School of Law, 1984
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B.A., cum laude, Davidson College, 1980
Admissions
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North Carolina, 1984
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Georgia, 1986
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United States Supreme Court
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Georgia Supreme Court
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Georgia Court of Appeals
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North Carolina Supreme Court
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North Carolina Court of Appeals
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United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
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United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia
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United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia
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United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina
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United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
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United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
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United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
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United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Academic Honors
- Member, Campbell Law Review
- National Trial Team, Campbell University School of Law
Achievements
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), Insurance Law, 2009-2011
- Martindale-Hubbell's top ("AV") Peer Review Rating *
* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section (Life Insurance Committee, past chair; Health and Disability Committee; Employee Benefits Committee)
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Atlanta Lawyers Club
- Defense Research Institute (Life, Health, and Disability Committee, past chair)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
- "ERISA Litigation Conference," American Conference Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 19-20, 2009
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, July 9-10, 2009
- "Attorney's Fees under ERISA," American Conference Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, June 15-16, 2009
- "From Pilot Life and Firestone to Glenn-Where are We Now?," ALI-ABA Webcast, December 2, 2008
- "Disability Insurance Hot Topics," DRI Life, Health and Disability Seminar, San Francisco, California, April 24, 2008
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 3-4, 2008
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 14-16, 2008
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 10-11, 2007
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, Washington, DC, March 30-31, 2006
- "Update on ERISA Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference, New York, New York, March 18, 2005
- "Update on ERISA Litigation Developments," ALI-ABA Conference, Washington, DC, May 6-7, 2004
- "Update on ERISA Litigation Developments," ALI-ABA Conference, Washington, DC, May 1-2, 2003
- "Update on ERISA Litigation Developments," ALI-ABA Conference, Washington, DC, May 2-3, 2002
- "Current ERISA Issues and Their Impact on Managed Care Organizations," PLUS Western Days Conference, Marina Del Rey, California, September 20, 2001
- "ERISA Litigation in the New Millennium," ALI-ABA Conference, Washington, DC, May 11-21, 2001
- "Contestable Life Claims Workshop," Southern Claims Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, April 18, 2001
- "ERISA Litigation: Year 2000 and Beyond," ALI-ABA Conference, San Francisco, California, August 24-25, 2000
- "ERISA Preemption of State Law Claims Against Managed Care Organizations," American Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia, July 8, 2000
- "ERISA Litigation: Year 2000 and Beyond," ALI-ABA Conference, New York, New York, May 11-12, 2000
- "The Effectiveness of Confidentiality Agreements and Protective Orders in Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Litigation," Defense Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, April 13-14, 2000
- "ERISA: Changing Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation," Continental General Insurance Company, Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- "ERISA: Changing Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation," Guarantee Life Insurance Company, Claim Department/Law Department, June 25, 1999
- "A New Look at Old Problems in Life Insurance," ALI-ABA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1999
- "A New Look at Old Problems in Life Insurance," ALI-ABA Conference, New York, New York, May 13-14, 1999
- "Contestable Life Claims Workshop," Southern Claims Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1999
- "Navigating Cobra," Lorman Educational Services, COBRA Coverage Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, November 6, 1998
- "Litigation Trends in Managed Care: Negotiated Discounts Between Insurer and Healthcare Providers," Defense Research Institute, Life, Health and Disability Insurance/ERISA Litigation Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 1998
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