HBS Legal Trends: Christopher Grosso, Conner Strong & Buckelew, and Jeffrey Daitz, Hall, Booth, Smith, PC
On this edition of HBS Legal Trends, Chris Grosso, Connor Strong, and Jeff Daitz, Hall Booth Smith, discussed how they use their respective expertise in insurance brokerage and employment law to help organizations limit potential claims exposure. Chris and Jeff discussed how they work together, the nature and severity of claims arising from the pandemic and a remote work environment, the value of employment practices audits, the application process for employment practices liability, and much more.
HBS Legal Trends is sponsored by Hall, Booth, Smith, PC and is produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®.
Conner Strong & Buckelew is among America’s largest and most admired insurance brokerage, employee benefits, and risk management consulting firms. Its roots trace back to 1959. They have offices all along the East Coast and they serve clients worldwide.
They are also an industry leader in providing high-risk businesses with comprehensive solutions to prevent losses, manage claims and drive growth. Whether providing risk and insurance services to industries ranging from construction to life science or offering employee benefits services ranging from health and wellness programs to strategic advisory consulting, they are intensely focused on getting results for your business.
Conner Strong is proud to be a founding member of BrokerTech Ventures, the first program specifically for investors and innovators building the next generation of tech solutions for insurance agencies and brokerages. For more information, visit brokertechventures.com
Most of all, they are recognized as a passionate community contributor, volunteering thousands of hours and donating to hundreds of organizations every year. With the Norcross Foundation, they have worked to improve youth education, fund disease research, support the arts and culture and lend a hand to the disadvantaged.
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Christopher assists clients with all aspects of the claim process. He is responsible for receiving, analyzing, and submitting claims to the insurance carrier, and acting as a liaison for our Select market of business across all lines of insurance.
Although his specialty is property, he has experience handling all lines of business. He provides coverage analysis, advice, and direction, and assists in negotiations with the insurance carrier and monitoring of open claims. He works closely with the client to ensure the carrier’s claim representative delivers prompt, fair claims handling and also assists clients with their internal claim management efforts, including conducting comprehensive claim reviews and training. He also acts as the client’s advocate in dispute resolution.
Grosso has held a producer’s license for 17 years and is licensed throughout the country. Prior to his position at Conner Strong & Buckelew in 2004, he was with Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance, an AIG company, for four years. He served as an Underwriting Assistant, before moving into a role as a Senior Technical Claims adjuster, handling commercial property claims.
Christopher has a Bachelor’s from Pennsylvania State University.
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
Established in 1989, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is a full-service law firm with six regional offices strategically located throughout Georgia, as well as offices in Birmingham, AL; Little Rock and Rogers, AR; Denver, CO; Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, FL; Missoula, MT; Asheville and Charlotte, NC; Saddle Brook, NJ; New York, NY; Oklahoma City, OK; Charleston, SC; and Memphis and Nashville, TN.
Experienced across a wide range of legal disciplines, HBS prides itself on providing knowledgeable, proactive, client-specific counsel to individuals, domestic and international corporations, state and federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
At HBS they possess the legal knowledge, skill, and experience to meet our clients’ needs wherever they do business. HBS maintains the highest commitment to serve clients ethically and professionally by providing the highest quality legal representation.
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Jeffrey Daitz, Partner, Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
Jeffrey Daitz is a Partner in the Saddle Brook, New Jersey office, Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Group, as well as Co-Director of the Employment Practices Liability Insurance Defense Department.
He has more than two decades of experience in employment law, labor-management relations, and alternative dispute resolution. Jeffrey’s nationwide practice is focused on defending employers in Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) matters and Directors & Officers (D&O) claims, and he also monitors claims on behalf of carriers. He is often brought in to coordinate local and co-counsel in multiparty and multi-jurisdiction litigation.
Jeffrey specializes in mediating and litigating all types of employment discrimination claims including sexual harassment, hostile work environment, whistle-blowing, retaliation, wrongful discharge, defamation, misappropriation, and a variety of other employment-related cases in federal and state courts, through appeals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) forums. He also defends clients in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other federal, state, and local employment practice agencies, as well as wage/hour audits and other regulatory compliance investigations before the federal and state Departments of Labor (DOL), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Department of Health (DOH), and Office of Inspector General (OIG). Jeffrey also represents employers in labor-management disputes, including collective bargaining negotiations.
Clients routinely engage Jeffrey for day-to-day management counseling on issues such as employment policies, contracts, discipline, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, complaints, internal investigations, benefits, proprietary information, restrictive covenants, reorganizations, and executive compensation. Jeffrey is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker throughout the country on ever-changing employment laws and best practices. He also provides advice on risk management and loss control, such as comprehensive employment practices audits and sexual harassment and other internal investigations, in addition to providing training and prevention counsel on topics such as best workplace practices and EEO compliance training for human resources, management personnel and in-house counsel.
Jeffrey’s clients include employers in for-profit and not-for-profit industries including healthcare, construction, financial services, property management, insurance, technology, transportation, building services, hotel and hospitality, retail, manufacturing, power and energy and pharmaceutical.
Jeffrey earned a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University where he majored in Accounting, Finance, and Economics.
Jeffrey has been selected for inclusion in the list of New Jersey’s Super Lawyers for the past 6 years, 2013-2018, honoring the top 2% of lawyers in New Jersey.
