Jeff Bishop

Current

Senior Attorney at GMAC Insurance

Past

Vice President and Regulatory Counsel at LandAmerica Financial Group
Vice President and Corporate Counsel at Countrywide (Balboa) Insurance Group
Associate at Barger & Wolen, LLP

Teacher, German and Spanish at Grossmont High School
Teacher Assistant at Austrian-American Education Commission (Fulbright Commission )
Instructor (ESL/IRCA) at Ritter & Blair

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Education

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
University of California, Riverside
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Northwestern University
Maranatha H.S.

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Jeff Bishop’s Summary

Corporate in-house regulatory counsel

Jeff Bishop’s Specialties:

Insurance regulatory law, contract negotiation, corporate law, in-house counsel.

Jeff Bishop’s Experience

Senior Attorney

GMAC Insurance

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GM; Insurance industry)

July 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Corporate counsel to personal lines division of GMAC Insurance, a partially owned subsidiary of GM.
Vice President and Regulatory Counsel

LandAmerica Financial Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LFG; Insurance industry)

February 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Regulatory counsel to group of affiliated title insurers, title agents, UTCs and related entities. Prepared Holding Company Act filings, supervised license applications and renewals and related filings for insurer and non-insurer subsidiaries. Developed and maintained policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all insurance laws and regulations.
Vice President and Corporate Counsel

Countrywide (Balboa) Insurance Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CFC; Insurance industry)

May 2002 — February 2006 (3 years 10 months)

Corporate, transactional and regulatory counsel to property and casualty insurers, life insurers and captive mortgage reinsurer. Drafted and negotiated contracts with agents, brokers, claims adjusters, lenders and other business partners. Reviewed ad copy, performed 50-state research on wide range of compliance issues for new product offerings and marketing campaigns. Products included homeowners insurance (voluntary and lender-placed), collateral protection insurance, mortgage reinsurance, term life, GAP/DCA/DSA and other related non-insurance products.
Associate

Barger & Wolen, LLP

(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)

August 1999 — May 2002 (2 years 10 months)

Corporate, regulatory and transactional counsel, specializing in insurance laws in all 50 states and DC. Assisted insurers, producers and auto clubs in all lines of insurance, especially health, E&O, D&O, title, homeowners, life and home warranty. Assisted clients with all aspects of corporate governance and regulatory compliance, including admission, redomestication, and reorganization, name approval, service marks (federal and state), rebates, investment restrictions, market conduct, privacy (GLB and NAIC Model Regulation), electronic records, antitrust and labor law.
Teacher, German and Spanish

Grossmont High School

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

September 1991 — June 1993 (1 year 10 months)

Taught high school German, Spanish on a full-time basis 1991-92, substitute teacher 1992-93.
Teacher Assistant

Austrian-American Education Commission (Fulbright Commission )

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

September 1989 — May 1990 (9 months)

Taught and assisted with instruction of Business English courses at integrated Bundeshandelsakademie (trade academy) and Bundeshandelsschule (trade school) in Klagenfurt, Austria under the auspices of the Fulbright Commission.
Instructor (ESL/IRCA)

Ritter & Blair

(Law Practice industry)

1988 — 1989 (1 year)

Jeff Bishop’s Education

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

J.D., Law, 1996 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Prosser Prize, Federal Courts, Fall 1998
Member, Federalist Society
University of California, Riverside

B.A., Language: German, Spanish, French, 1984 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Education Abroad Program (EAP), Göttingen, Germany, 1987-88
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Northwestern University
Maranatha H.S.