Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Ford advises clients facing financial risk from derivative instruments about their options in the event of insurer insolvency. He has represented and prosecuted insurers in a variety of matters and has advised regulators and receivers regarding insurance insolvencies and restructurings. He has litigation experience in all levels of state and federal courts around the country.

Ford served as counsel to the liquidator of Ambassador Insurance Company in litigation against the company's former management and auditors, which resulted in a jury verdict of $119.9 million. Most recently, Ford served as regulatory litigation counsel for Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in a restructuring that resulted in substantial capital enhancement through an innovative reinsurance transaction.

He also regularly represents clients in commercial and bankruptcy litigation and has served as nationwide product liability defense counsel for a building products manufacturer.

Admitted to the bar in both Ohio and Georgia, Ford is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, and the Columbus Bar Association. He serves on the board of trustees, and is secretary/treasurer, of the Columbus Bar Foundation. He has served on the boards of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Council for Ethics in Economics, and Experience Columbus.

He is the leader of Jones Day's Insurance Liability & Recovery Practice.

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Liability & Recovery
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action Litigation
• Financial Services
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Distressed Company Litigation

Representative Cases

• American Electric Power Energy Systems, Inc. v. Bank of Montreal (S.D. Oh.)
• Dean v. Wheeling National Bank
• John Crowley, as Receiver of Ambassador Insurance Company v. Doris June Chait, et al., No. 85-2441, D.N.J. 2005
• John Doe v. Cleveland Bar Association
• Paulette J. Thabault, as Receiver of Ambassador Insurance Company vs. Doris June Chait, as Representative of the Estate of Arnold Chait; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, No. 06-2209 (3rd Cir. Ct. App.)
• State ex rel. Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers v. State Bd. of Edn., 2006-Ohio-5512 (Oct. 25, 2006)
• Debtor Representation
• Reinsurance Transaction

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Dissolution, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Ohio

Education

• Ohio State University

Published Works

• Policy Holders in Environmental Cleanup Actions are Potentially Entitled to Multiple Policy Limits; Multiple Causes of Loss are Not a Basis to Deny Coverage, 2009
• There are Ways to Protect Directors and Officers if Bankruptcy Occurs, Columbus Business First, 2007

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3934 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com