Faculty Profile: Michael Derrick

Michael Gregory Derrick is the Chair of the Coverage Practice Group at Shuttleworth PLLC. He has a background in Insurance and Risk Management with experience in claims, production, underwriting, and loss control, having worked in-house for a major commercial property and casualty insurer as well as for local, regional, and international brokers. Mike is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter ("CPCU") and has worked previously with both the domestic U.S. and overseas London markets, implementing and managing a multitude of insurance and risk management programs. He has practiced law at Shuttleworth PLLC for the past 25 years, routinely advising and representing carriers and insureds in a wide variety of coverage and indemnity matters. Before joining Shuttleworth PLLC, he was Vice President and Counsel, at Willis Corroon Nashville.
Mike is a Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator, an elected Fellow in the Memphis Bar Foundation, and a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. He currently serves on appointment by the Supreme Court as a Commissioner to the Tennessee Lawyer's Assistance Program. Mike has a Martindale-Hubbell AVr PreeminentT Peer Review Rating and has been named Mid-South SuperLawyer in insurance coverage.