Blank Rome partner Seth D. Lamden will serve as a session speaker at DRI’s 2026 Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar, being held June 3 through 5, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.

About the Conference

DRI’s Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar is for insurance executives, claims professionals, legal professionals, and outside counsel who defend bad faith claims and litigation in their practice. The seminar will showcase top-flight faculty, including policyholder counsel, members of the judiciary, and industry leaders, including DRI’s Insurance Law Committee.

Seth’s session, “How Bad Faith Cases Are Built: A Plaintiff’s Playbook Revealed,” will take place on Thursday, June 4, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

About the Session

This session will cover the playbook that policyholder counsel use in pursuing bad faith claims.

Speakers:

  • Mark Boyle, Boyle, Leonard and Anderson, Tampa, FL
  • Seth Lamden, Blank Rome, Chicago, IL

Other conference sessions include:

  • Bad Faith in Real Time: Case Studies from the Front Lines
  • The Art of the Win
  • Strike First: Offensive Strategies That Shut Down Bad Faith Claims
  • The Perfect Storm: Multiple Claimants, Limited Limits, and Bad Faith Exposure
  • The Bench Is Watching: Discovery Mistakes That Move the Needle
  • AI—The Preventer and Creator of Bad Faith
  • Opening Pandora’s Box: Third-Party Bad Faith Across the Country—In House Perspectives
  • Bad Faith ≠ Blank Check: Challenging Damages After the Award
  • Hard Bargains, Thin Lines: Ethics in Mediations of Bad Faith Cases (Ethics)

CLE credit is available.

For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.