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Jill Cranston Rice Elected as President to the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

July 13, 2016News Releases
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Jill Cranston Rice, has been elected as President to the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV).

The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia is an association of West Virginia attorneys who defend individuals and corporations in civil litigation. It currently has a membership of over 500 attorneys, along with over 50 legal assistants dedicated to the defense of these clients.

Rice is a Partner in the Litigation Department and is the Chair of the Government Relations practice group. She focuses her practice on government relations, insurance and health care law but litigates on behalf of many sectors. Rice has extensive legislative and administrative government relations and health care litigation experience. She played a key role in the passage of West Virginia's comprehensive insurance and civil justice reform legislation in 2005.

Rice also currently serves as President of the West Virginia Insurance Federation and is the lead lobbyist for the property and casualty insurance industry in West Virginia.