Ann DelCollo is the Legal Operations Partner of Dodd DelCollo. In her role as Legal Operations Partner, Ann is responsible for hiring, assigning cases and monitoring caseloads, and monitoring the individual performance of each attorney. Ann also sets strategic performance goals for the Insurance Defense Practice Group that are designed to promote professional growth and job satisfaction for the attorneys while at the same time contributing to the growth and success of Dodd DelCollo.

Ann is an insurance defense industry veteran. She has devoted her career to defending personal injury lawsuits in Philadelphia, and its surrounding counties. For the better part of the last 25 years, Ann has defended insurers as either an in-house counsel for two of the largest carriers in the county or in the law firm setting. Having worked in the industry as both an in-house counsel and law firm litigator, she brings a grounded and well-balanced understanding to the practice.

Ann has appeared in more than 500 trials or arbitrations on behalf of her insurance industry clients. She has extensive experience defending personal injury lawsuits involving both personal and commercial lines. Ann also has significant experience in the areas of business litigation, employee theft, class-action asbestos litigation and criminal defense.

Ann began her career in Philadelphia as an insurance defense attorney, defending medical malpractice, personal injury and asbestos lawsuits. From there she served as trial counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, and later, she served as senior trial counsel for Nationwide Insurance Company.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

As trial counsel for several major insurance companies, as well as many smaller carriers, Ann has represented a wide range of business entities, including commercial property owners, property management groups, general contractors in the construction industry, hospitals, manufacturers, restaurants and bars, and landscaping companies, as well as individual property owners and drivers.

• Represented a general contractor in the construction industry in a multi-million-dollar construction injury case.
• Represented a manufacturer of industrial brakes in class-action asbestos litigation.
• Represented an employer in an employee theft case that resulted in the return of more than $300,000 to the employer. Facilitated the criminal prosecution of the employee.
• Represented a business owner in a dispute over real estate and property management business located on the island of St. Maarten. The case went to trial, resulting in a favorable verdict for client.

PUBLISHED WORKS AND LECTURES

• Philadelphia Bar Institute, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Speaker, “Arbitration Practice in Philadelphia County.”
• Allstate Insurance Company, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Presenter, “The Art of Cross-Examining the Expert Witness.”

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIP

Ann was recently elected to serve as Board Chair for The Northeast Health Group, Inc. As Board Chair, Ann is responsible for overseeing the Board of Directors serving four nursing home facilities located in Massachusetts. Ann also sits on the Board of Directors for Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and has worked as a volunteer for that organization since 2015. An avid runner, Ann has completed two marathons and enjoys competing in trail racing near her hometown of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

Christian Dodd is a business and commercial lawyer and litigator whose practice covers a broad range of legal areas. As a legal counselor and advisor, Christian has assisted companies with formation, start up and corporate governance issues, as well as contracting, website terms of use and privacy policies, intellectual property counseling, and other similar issues. His litigation practice is focused on complex commercial and business litigation, business and consumer torts, intellectual property matters, and electronic discovery and information governance issues. Christian’s litigation experience covers a broad spectrum ranging from simple contract and B2B disputes to consolidated multi-district litigation and bet-the-company litigation. He has extensive experience managing the electronic discovery lifecycle in the context of both small- and large-scale litigation and government investigations. Christian draws on this experience to devise strategies and legal workflow processes to improve efficiencies and reduce the costs of litigation for clients and carriers.

As Dodd DelCollo’s Managing Partner, Christian Dodd is ultimately responsible for oversight of all aspects of the firm. On the operational side, he oversees the design, development, implementation and execution of the firm’s unique legal services delivery model. This includes oversight of the development, testing and maintenance of the firm’s proprietary legal workflows, checklists, and automated document assembly templates, as well as the identification, collection and analysis of matter-specific data collected throughout the lifecycle of each firm matter. This data is utilized for continuous process improvement and to provide actionable business insight to clients and insurance carriers.

Prior to joining Dodd DelCollo, Christian practiced law in the large law firm environment, most recently as a Partner with Akerman LLP, and prior to that with the international law firm of Winston & Strawn.

REPRESENTATIVE COUNSELING AND ADVICE MATTERS

• Has assisted with the formation of numerous and start-up activities of numerous companies, including drafting bylaws, operating and shareholders’ agreements, application for 501(c)(3) non-profit status, legal content for company websites, customer, vendor, employment and independent contractor agreements, advising on intellectual property and proprietary information protections and procedures, document retention policies, employee handbooks, and numerous other business and commercial legal issues.
• Acts as outside corporate counsel to a successful company in the insurance and financial services industry.
• Acts as outside counsel to Florida not for profit corporation that distributes food, clothing and other necessities to underprivileged children.

REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION MATTERS

• Representation of a medical transcription provider involving investigations by the DOJ and SEC, and defending a number of nationwide class actions against the provider that alleged, among other things, violations of RICO and securities fraud.
• Representation of a manufacturer of infant formula products in a nationwide consumer class action asserting fraud, consumer protection, and warranty claims.
• Representation of a national franchisor of automotive products in a consumer class action brought against the franchisor for the acts of the franchisee under a theory of ostensible agency.
• Representation of a broker and issuer of travel insurance in a consumer class action asserting consumer protection claims.
• Representation of a military defense contractor in False Claims Act litigation concerning military aircraft.
• Counseling of municipality in class action litigation challenging imposition of business license tax.
• Representation of medical device manufacturers in patent licensing and infringement actions.
• Representation of a debt acquisition and collections agency in class action litigation alleging violation of the FDCPA.
• Representation of state Attorney General’s Office in litigation involving charitable trust with assets valued at several billion dollars.
• Representation of technology solution provider in dispute concerning rights and obligations of provider and programmer under software development agreement.
• Representation of domain name registrar in trademark and anti-cybersquatting dispute.
• Representation of overseas power plant developer in dispute concerning the proposed development of a $1.2 billion coal-fired power plant.
• Representation of a therapy and rehabilitation services provider in a dispute concerning the alleged breach of a non-disclosure agreement and unlawful interference with contractual relations.

PUBLISHED WORKS AND LECTURES

• Masters Conference, Moderator, “Cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and Your Outside Counsel: What you don’t know CAN hurt you,” October 2016

• Strafford Publications, Speaker, “Leveraging Metadata as Evidence and Avoiding Inadvertent ESI Disclosure in Litigation,” June 2016

• Ing3nious Southeast eDiscovery & Information Governance Retreat, Moderator, “Overcoming Objections to Utilizing TAR,” May 2016

• Florida State Bar Annual Convention, Speaker “Ethics, e-Discovery and Emerging Technologies,” June 2015

• Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, Jacksonville Chapter, Speaker, “Electronic Discovery In Your Courtroom,” Continuing Judicial Education Seminar, May 2015

• Jacksonville Bar Association, Commercial Litigation Committee, Co-Moderator, “Emerging Trends in E-Discovery,” November 2014

• Jacksonville Bar Association, Commercial Litigation and Construction Law Committees, Speaker, “e-Discovery Practice Pointers: Tips From The Trenches,” March 2014

• Jacksonville Bar Association, Annual Raymond Ehrlich Trial Advocacy Seminar, Speaker, “E-Discovery Practice Pointers,” November 2013

• Florida Bar Annual Convention, President’s Showcase, Speaker, “New E-Discovery Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure: E-Discovery Practice Tips and Pointers,” June 2013

• Association of Corporate Counsel, North Florida Chapter Newsletter, “Technology-Assisted Review: Coming Age of Cost-Effective Document Review,” December 2012

• Jacksonville Bar Association, Commercial Litigation Section Committee, Speaker, “Florida’s New E-Discovery Rules,” November 2012

• GCI Magazine, Co-Author, “The ‘Reasonable Consumer’s’ View of Green Labels—Lessons From Two Greenwashing Cases,” March 2012

• Executive Counsel, Co-Author, “Out-of-Court Settlement Programs Can Avert a Class Action,” October/November 2011

• HAPPI, Co-Author, “Courts Give Guidance on Greenwashing Claims,” October 2011

• Winston & Strawn LLP, eLunch Briefings, Speaker, “Effective but Often Overlooked Strategies for Defeating Class Certification,” September 2011

• California Lawyer, Co-Author, “Class Actions After Tobacco II,” August 2011

• Bloomberg Law Reports, Co-Author, “Defeating Class Certification through Superior Out-of-Court Settlement Programs,” July 2011

• Executive Counsel, Co-Author, “Communicating with the Putative Class,” October/November 2010

• The Recorder, Co-Author, “Up in Smoke,” July 2009

• Los Angeles Daily Journal, Co-Author, “Standing Straight,” June 2009

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Christian is the past Chair of the Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee and a member of the Computer and Technology Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Jacksonville Chapter of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.