William F. Megna, Of Counsel in the Firm’s Newark, New Jersey office, is Co-Director of the Firm’s Insurance Law Practice Group.
Mr. Megna has been in private practice for over two decades. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Megna held various in-house insurance positions including: Vice President and Counsel for Home Life Insurance, Associate Counsel and Florida Regional Council for USLIFE Corporation and Vice President and General Counsel for USLIFE Realty Corporation of Florida. Mr. Megna attended New York University’s L.L.M. program for Trade Regulation and has achieved both regulatory and legislative successes for his clients.
Mr. Megna specializes in representing insurance and other regulated financial institutions. His expertise spans the entire spectrum of insurance products and services including property and casualty, life and health, reinsurance, surplus lines and captives. He has represented many clients in the formation and licensing of insurers and producers, in obtaining approval of rates and forms, as well as enforcement matters. Mr. Megna has served as counsel to the Washington, DC Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association for over a decade.
In addition to dealing with regulators at all levels of state insurance and health departments and federal agencies relating to insurance, Mr. Megna spends substantial time representing clients before Congress, state legislatures and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Regarded as an authority on insurance law, Mr. Megna frequently speaks on insurance matters before business and bar associations, and contributes articles to the New Jersey Law Journal and New Jersey Lawyer magazines on such matters. Mr. Megna is the past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Insurance Section. He has been listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers for insurance law and New York Area’s Best Lawyers for government relations law.
