Savannah practices in the areas of professional liability and healthcare matters in the context of insurance and reinsurance.
She has worked in the insurance and reinsurance fields for over thirty years, representing insurance and reinsurance companies, corporate policyholders and government regulatory agencies. Her practice encompasses underwriting and risk assessments; insurance and reinsurance contract negotiation and drafting; claims handling, including coverage advice; counselling management and boards of directors; and she represents clients in litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute forums. Savannah has significant experience in professional liability (primarily health care and medical, including managed care organizations, hospitals, health systems and physicians; lawyers; and architects and engineers) and environmental matters (asbestos, pollution and health hazard). She is an ARIAS-certified reinsurance arbitrator.
Savannah previously served as vice president and general counsel of Norcal Mutual Insurance Company, secretary and general counsel of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company, deputy attorney general for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice and assistant attorney general for the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance. She served as a judicial clerk for the Honourable William Lipsett of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. She has taught business law and real estate law at the college level and has spoken extensively on current insurance and reinsurance issues, both domestically and internationally, including at the 2002 and 2005 ARIAS Spring meetings in Puerto Rico and Las Vegas, respectively; at the 2002 and 2003 Mealey's Reinsurance Summits; and at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Physician Insurer Association of America Leadership Camps. Savannah is a member of ARIAS U.S., the Bar Association of San Francisco and the San Francisco AIDS Legal Referral Panel.
Savannah is a 1974 graduate of Rutgers School of Law, J.D. and a graduate of Beaver College, B.A., 1971.