Scott Cipinko

Experience

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  National Alliance of Life Companies

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2002

  Executive Director

  • Established and operated one person fifty-state and federal government relations program for national trade association. • Established committees, planned and oversaw all conferences for new national trade association.• Developed and drafted all monthly and quarterly publications for national trade association.• Managed litigation and retained and supervised outside counsel. • Successfully represented industry before and established relationships with federal and state regulators and other government and industry organizations.• Developed, implemented and oversaw all national conferences.• Developed and drafted all publications and budgets and hired and managed office staff and professional consultants. Show less

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  LOMA

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Vice President/Executive Director Life Insurers Council

  • Authored all contracts including Letters of Agreement and Memoranda of Understanding, intellectual property, international licensing, publication and purchasing, computer programming and software agreements and service contracts. • Drafted pleadings, briefs and summaries of litigation matters.• Retained and worked with outside counsel for LOMA’s China programs.• Established and taught a mandatory legal and corporate liability employee training program.• Selected as a member of LOMA’s Business Opportunities and Operations Committees which oversaw personnel issues and worked with Human Resources on personnel matters.• Edited and provided content for education publications including FLMI and other course materials and drafted monthly articles for LOMA’s international business publication.• Served as Executive Director of the Life Insurers Council. • Represented the Property and Life Insurance industries as an expert witness in testimony before state regulatory and legislative bodies and conducted all state and federal government relations activities.• Developed and implemented all facets of conferences, seminars and meetings and developed and author of all national publications.• Developed and implemented annual budgets and expanded membership to international companies through additional services while developing annual and long-term plans. Show less

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  Lord Bissell & Brook, LLP

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2006

  Of Counsel

  • Represented corporations and limited liability companies in corporate business matters including national and international agreements. • Formed new companies, partnerships and limited liability companies.• Lead counsel on matters including the drafting of Amicus Curiae briefs.• Negotiated settlements, including contentious commercial Property & Casualty hurricane related claims.• Participated with state authorities in prosecution of parties for insurance fraud.

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  Law Offices of SJ Cipinko, LLC

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2014

  Senior Counsel

  • Nationally recognized spokesman on all legislative and regulatory issues and chief industry author of laws and regulations impacting the insurance and premium finance industries and represented clients at national conferences.• Successfully engaged state regulators and legislators to fashion remedies and drafted amendments, new laws and regulations. • Formed new business entities.• Examined and analyzed impact of reinsurance treaties and related agreements for market conduct issues.• Authored articles published in the United States, Israel and Europe.• Established and served as staff for all committees of new nonprofit organization and created content for all external and internal communications and national programs. Show less

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  Consumer Credit Industry Association

  May 2010 - Jun 2015

  Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

  • Provided detailed analytical information to corporations regarding the impact of legal and regulatory changes.• Lead organization in staff and operations review and realignment of duties, issues, priorities and functions.• Consistently exceeded budget projections and rebuilt surplus.• Effectively established a program to meet with elected and appointed federal and state officials and regulators to explain the value of member products.• Established the first federal political action committee for 63 year old national trade association and served on the Board of Directors as well as acting as staff to PAC Board while exceeding all targeted goals for contributions.• Successfully engaged state regulators and legislators to expand product availability in numerous states.• Testified as an expert witness before state regulatory and legislative bodies.• Represented the industry before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) and other government and industry organizations. • Retained and supervised staff, outside counsel and consultants. • Developed and implemented national conferences, drafted publications and responded to media inquiries. • Successfully established aggressive program to recruit new members. Show less

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  Legal & Regulatory Solutions, LLC

  Jan 2015 - now

  Senior Counsel

  Represent corporations, trade associations, non-profits, financial institutions; Actively work with state regulators and legislators to fashion remedies for clients and draft new laws and regulations; Work directly with all insurance, banking and other state and federal regulators and Members of Congress and staff; Responsible for the formation of new companies, partnerships and limited liability companies and specialist in non-profit turnarounds.

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  Tech Warehouse Rondesse Legal PLLC

  Aug 2022 - now

  Chief Legal Officer

  Serve a Chief Legal Officer to Tech Warehouse and Rondesse Legal PLLC. Oversee all legal matters and work with senior management and attorneys to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.