Hon. Dwight E. Jefferson
Florida Umpire

Years experience in insurance industry:

Insurance Company:	2 Liberty Mutual	Law Firm (Plaintiff):	3 Maloney Jefferson & Dugas
Public Adjuster:	N/A	Law Firm (Defense):	7 Coats, Rose
Independent Adjuster:	N/A	Other:

Profession:
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Estimated Number of Appraisals Performed:	2	Percentage of Appraisals acting as the Umpire:	100 %
Percentage of Appraisals representing the Policyholder as an Appraiser:	0 %	Percentage of Appraisals representing the Insurance Company:	0 %
Percentage of Appraisals acting as an Appraiser:	0 %

Resume Highlights:
AV-Rated Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations

Dwight E. Jefferson, Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C.: February 2004- present
Civil litigation, mediation and arbitration. Litigation practice includes representation of clients in negligence, products liability, employment, commercial, medical malpractice and environmental cases. Mediation practice includes mediation of all types of tort cases, commercial cases, and labor and employment cases. Arbitrations have included commercial cases and business disputes.

Maloney, Jefferson & Dugas: September 15, 2001 - February, 2004
Partner – Civil litigation, mediation and arbitration. Practice included prosecution of negligence, products liability, employment, commercial and medical malpractice cases; as well as mediation of similar cases.

Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, Mcpherson & Hand: 1999 -2001
Partner – Civil Litigation and meditation. Represented clients in negligence, products liability, labor and employment, and commercial cases.

215th Civil District Court Of Harris County, Texas: 1995-1999
Presiding Judge – Appointed by Governor George W. Bush in March, 1995. The first African-American elected as a civil district judge in Harris County, Texas, in November 1996. Presided over all types of civil cases.

Coats, Rose, Yale, Holm, Ryman & Lee: 1988 - 1995
Partner/Director – Insurance defense litigation. Represented insurance companies and the City of Houston in personal injury, workers’ compensation, products liability, medical malpractice and asbestos litigation.

Law Offices Of John C. Kilpatrick: 1984-1987
Associate Attorney – In-house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Managed trial docket of personal injury, workers’ compensation, and premises liability cases.

Harris County District Attorney: June 1983 – November 1983
Intern Prosecutor: Served as Number 3 Prosecutor in misdemeanor courts. Second chair for misdemeanor D.W.I. and assault cases.

Educational degrees / certifications:
University of Texas Law School, J.D., 1983
University of Texas, B.A., Government, 1978
International Commercial Arbitration, Certificate in International Arbitration Skills, A. A. White Dispute Resolution Center, University of Houston Law Center, 2006