2016 GOLDEN GAVEL/BLUE OCEAN AWARDS - NWKT · 2017. 3. 14. · 2016 GOLDEN GAVEL/BLUE OCEAN AWARDS Page 7 Paul Finamore of the Niles, Barton & Wilmer Law Firm - Maryland Presented

The Westfield Claims Department proudly presents the 2016 Golden Gavel and Blue Ocean Award Winners!

The Golden Gavel Award is a formal monthly recognition program designed to recognize outstanding achievement by our outside counsel partners. The Blue Ocean Strategic Partnership Award recognizes the firm(s) that displayed the highest commitment to the delivery of value and innovation to our mutual partnership. The Blue Ocean OARS Award recognizes the combined counsel/claims professional team members that achieved early resolution success on an individual matter by applying “resolution through innovation” principles.

We would like to thank all of our counsel who contributed to our success in 2016 and we look forward to recognizing your anticipated successes in the near future. Congratulations and Thank You!

January 2016 Golden Gavel Award Recipients

2016 GOLDEN GAVEL/BLUE OCEAN AWARDS

Joe Patsko of the Patsko Law Group - Florida

Presented to Joe Patsko of the Patsko Law Group in celebration of a successful trial in the Graber v. Marvin’s Gardens matter. Pictured are (l-r): Jim Schumaker, Joe Patsko.

Jeff Barnes of the Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman Law Firm - Virginia

Presented to Jeff Barnes of the Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Lewis v. Henry matter, tried in the Roanoke Circuit Court. Pictured are (l-r): Jay Grant, Jeff Barnes, Monica Covington-Parker, Chandra Reeves.


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Brent Kesner of the Kesner & Kesner Law Firm - West Virginia

Presented to Brent Kesner of the Kesner & Kesner law firm in celebration of a successful motion for summary judgment in the Westfield v. Pinnacle Group matter. Pictured are (l-r): Judy Ellis, Brent Kesner, Kristen Rock.

February 2016

Golden Gavel Award Recipients

Kile Turner of the Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner Law Firm - Alabama

Presented to Kile Turner of the Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Parker v. Weisgarber matter, tried in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. Pictured are (l-r): Pam Burdette, Kile Turner, Miles Moody.


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Richard Zenz of the Roddy Law Firm - Illinois Presented to Richard Zenz of the Roddy law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Smith v. Apet matter, heard by the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission. Pictured: Richard Zenz.

Presented to John Vincent of the Pelini, Campbell & Williams law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Blank v. Butterworth matter, tried in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. Pictured are (l-r): LaGreta Burch, John Vincent.

John Vincent of the Pelini, Campbell & Williams Law Firm - Ohio

March 2016



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April 2016


Joe McNulty of the Fowler, Hirtzel, McNulty & Spaulding Law Firm - Pennsylvania

Presented to Joe McNulty of the Fowler, Hirtzel, McNulty & Spaulding law firm in celebration of outstanding advice and counsel in the Redner’s Market matter. Pictured are (l-r): Joe McNulty, Jim Erickson.

Cari Evans of the Fischer, Evans & Robbins Law Firm - Ohio

Presented to Cari Evans of the Fisch-er, Evans & Robbins law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Stemm v. Stewart matter, tried in the Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas. Pictured are: Tom Seymour, Cari Evans.


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May 2016


Ken Rugh of the Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main Law Firm - Florida

Presented to Ken Rugh of the Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main law firm in celebration of a successful mediation in the Blount v. McHenry matter. Pictured are (l-r): Bill Goodman, Ken Rugh, Pam Kaushagen, Chris Hill.

Becky Maas of the Smith, Fisher, Maas, Howard & Lloyd Law Firm - Indiana

Presented to Becky Maas of the Smith, Fisher, Maas, Howard & Lloyd law firm in celebration of a suc-cessful trial in the Isenbarger v. Graves matter, tried in the Randolph Circuit Court. Pictured are (l-r): Becky Maas, Steve St Clair.


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June 2016


Carl Lanfear of the Cardelli Lanfear Law Firm - Michigan Presented to Carl Lanfear of the Cardelli Lan-

fear law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Phillips v. Wolgast matter, tried in the Circuit Court of Gladwin County. Pictured are (l-r): Becky Sysak, Carl Lanfear, Krista Seger.

Jim Utrecht of the Utrecht & Associates Law Firm - Ohio

Presented to Jim Utrecht of the Utrecht & Associates law firm in celebration of a successful motion for summary judg-ment in the Dennis Partin v. CS White matter. Pictured are (l-r): Jerry Fettig, Jim Utrecht.

July 2016



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Paul Finamore of the Niles, Barton & Wilmer Law Firm - Maryland

Presented to Paul Finamore of the Niles, Barton & Wilmer law firm in celebration of a successful arbitra-tion in the Kistler Pole Building Co., Inc. matter. Pic-tured are (l-r): Steve Garner, Paul Finamore, Jim Erick-son.

Matt Sloneker of the Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson Law Firm - Minnesota

Presented to Matt Sloneker of the Lind, Jensen, Sulli-van & Peterson law firm in celebration of a successful summary judgment motion in the Bainey Group, Inc. matter. Pictured are (l-r): Matt Sloneker, Ray Hoveland.


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August 2016 Golden Gavel Award Recipients

Sally Voland of the Dugan & Voland Law Firm - Indiana Presented to Sally Voland of the Dugan & Voland law

firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Donahue v. Safety Training matter, heard by the Indiana Workers Compensation Board. Pictured are (l-r): Jill Hughes, Tracy Price, Sally Vo-land.

John Michener of the Evans & Dixon Law Firm - Missouri Presented to John Michener of the Evans & Dix-on law firm in celebration of outstanding advice and counsel in the Brooks matter. Pictured are (l-r): Gary Hofer, John Michener.


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Jeffrey Migdalen of the Goldberg Segalla Law Firm - New York

Presented to Jeffrey Migdalen of the Goldberg Segalla law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the National Honey Almond matter tried in the U. S. District Court—SD of New York. Pictured: Jeffrey Migdalen.

September 2016 Golden Gavel Award Recipients

Scott Cole & Kathryn Ender of the Cole, Scott & Kissane Law Firm - Florida

Presented to Scott Cole and Kathryn Ender of the Cole, Scott & Kissane law firm in celebration of a successful appeal in the Aris v. Applebaum matter. Pictured are (l-r): Miles Moody, Scott Cole, Gene Kissane, Richard Cole.

October 2016 Golden Gavel Award Recipients


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Jade Stewart of the Reminger Law Firm - Ohio

Presented to Jade Stewart of the Reminger law firm in celebration of a successful mediation in the Kolden-Ramsey Matter. Pictured are (l-r): LaGreta Burch, Jerry Fettig, Jade Stew-art, Sheila Lilly.

Ron Sangster of the Law Offices of Ronald M. Sangster - Michigan

Presented to Ron Sangster of the Law Of-fices of Ronald M. Sangster in celebration of out-standing advice and counsel to the Hylant Group. Pictured are (l-r): Ronald Sangster, Mary VanDeS-teene.

November 2016 Golden Gavel Award Recipients


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Dan Shapiro of the Cole, Scott & Kissane Law Firm - Florida

Presented to Dan Shapiro of the Cole, Scott & Kissane law firm in celebration of a successful trial in the Larkin Contract-ing Matter, tried in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Pic-tured are (l-r): Dan Shapiro, Mike Sansone.

Meghan Gonnissen of the Ford & Britton Law Firm - Illinois

Presented to Meghan Gonnissen of the Ford & Britton law firm in celebration of a success-ful trial in the Quintanilla v. LaGrone matter, tried in the Cook County Circuit Court. Pictured are (l-r): Meghan Gonnissen, Lisa Sheldon.


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December 2016 Top Gavel Award Recipient

The Zimmer Kunz Law Firm - Pennsylvania The “Top Gavel Award” was presented to the Zimmer Kunz law firm as the 2016 “Best Business Practices” partner. This award is presented to the firm with the highest rating in the combined areas of file per-formance and administrative practices. Pictured are (l-r): Gregory Scheuring, Joseph Butcher, Robyn Lepore, Matthew Breneman, Christopher Yoskosky, Michael Cronin, Ryan Zeli.

Congratulations to the 2016 Golden Gavel Award Winners!

2016

Outstanding Achievement Recipient

Brent Kesner of the Kesner & Kesner Law Firm - West Virginia The 2016 Outstanding Golden Gavel Achievement Award was presented to Brent Kesner of the Kes-ner & Kesner law firm. Pictured are: Judy Ellis, Brent Kesner, Kristen Rock.


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2016

Blue Ocean Strategic Partnership Award Recipients

2016 Blue Ocean Awards

Pictured: Deborah Eckland

Pictured are (l-r): Pat Roche, Rich Garner.

Pictured are (l-r): John Sparks, Greg Hirt-zel, Joe McNulty

The Goetz & Eckland Law Firm

Blue Ocean Strategic Partnership Awards The Collins, Roche, Utley & Garner Law Firm

The Fowler, Hirtzel, McNulty & Spaulding Law Firm


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2016

Blue Ocean Strategic Partnership Award Recipients

2016 Blue Ocean Awards

Pictured: Tim James

Pictured: Bill Lindsay

The Ritter, Robinson, McCready & James Law Firm

Blue Ocean Strategic Partnership Awards The Lindsay, Rappaport & Postel Law Firm


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2016

Blue Ocean OARS Award Recipients

Blue Ocean OARS Awards

Joe Kissane of the Cole, Scott & Kissane Law Firm and Rob Plenger of Westfield Insurance

Pictured are (l-r): Rob Plenger, Joe Kissane.

Joe McNulty of the Fowler, Hirtzel, McNulty & Spaulding Law Firm and Gary McClintock of Westfield Insurance

Pictured are (l-r): Joe McNulty, Gary McClintock.


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2016


Carl Lanfear of the Cardelli Lanfear Law Firm, Deb Hebert of the Collins Einhorn Farrell Law Firm and Krista Seger and Terry Neumeyer of Westfield Insurance

Pictured are (l-r): Carl Lanfear, Krista Seger, Terry Neumeyer.

Jon Cope of the Stokes, Williams, Sharp, Cope & Mann Law Firm and Glenn Scheuer of Westfield Insurance

Pictured are (l-r): Glenn Scheuer, Jon Cope.


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2016


Pictured are (l-r): Mary Abraham, Paul Krauter.

Paul Krauter of the Roddy Law Firm and Mary Abraham of Westfield Insurance

Julian Emerson of the Reminger Law Firm and Barb Streisel of Westfield Insurance

Pictured are (l-r): Barb Streisel, Julian Emerson.


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2016


Pictured are (l-r): Robyn Lepore, Victor Flanagan.

Victor Flanagan of the Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe Law Firm and Robyn Lepore of Westfield Insurance

Steve St. Clair of Westfield Insurance

Pictured: Steve St. Clair

Congratulations to the 2016 Blue Ocean Award Winners!

Best Wishes for an Innovative and Value Driven 2017!

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