Cleveland, OH, January 24, 2006 - Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc. announces the addition of Brian Caron, Esq. to its panel management department. As assistant counsel, Caron will work with Andrew Kohn, general counsel, and Robert Dzik, assistant general counsel, to oversee law firms in the Hyatt Legal Plans network and help ensure quality control in the delivery of group legal plan benefits. A licensed attorney in Ohio, Caron has been practicing law for nearly 11 years and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. He holds a bachelor´s degree in economics and public policy and a juris doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Most recently, Caron served as president of The Crombie Law Firm for nearly six years and as an attorney there for the three years prior. For the past 10 years, The Crombie Law Firm has been a Hyatt Legal Plans participating law firm. "I truly enjoyed practicing law and helping clients, including members of Hyatt Legal Plans," said Caron. "I´m excited to be joining this company and look forward to serving clients in a new capacity, by ensuring that legal plan members receive quality legal services from our nationwide attorney network."
"We´re pleased to have Brian on board and believe his extensive experience in the practice of law will be valuable to overseeing the critical areas of panel management and operations," said Bill Brooks, CEO of Hyatt Legal Plans. "Network attorney performance and service are of the utmost importance to our more than 900 plan sponsors."
Hyatt Legal Plans, a MetLife subsidiary, is the largest provider of group legal plans in the country, serving 2.5 million participants through a nationwide network of 4,000 law firms (according to Hyatt Legal Plans data as of January 3, 2006). For more information on Hyatt Legal Plans, visit www.legalplans.com. Group legal plans provided by Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc., Cleveland, OH. In certain states, plans are provided through insurance coverage underwritten by Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates, Warwick, RI.
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Contact: Marcia L. Messett
(800) 423-0300 or mmessett[at]legalplans.com
Shalana Morris
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