SNR Denton's John F. Finston Appointed California Deputy Insurance Commissioner

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SNR Denton announces that John F. Finston has accepted an appointment to be Deputy Commissioner for Corporate & Regulatory Affairs at the California Department of Insurance. At SNR Denton, John was the head of the firm's Insurance Regulation practice, with more than 30 years of experience addressing insurance regulatory, insolvency and transactional issues for insurance companies and their customers.

Mr. Finston will serve as a top advisor to the Insurance Commissioner on issues related to state, federal and international oversight of insurance and reinsurance. John will also manage and lead the Department's Corporate Affairs Bureau and will collaborate closely with the Financial Surveillance branch.

"We would like to congratulate John, our colleague and friend, on his exciting new position with the Department of Insurance," said Mike McNamara, US Managing Partner of SNR Denton. "The leadership that John has demonstrated during his tenure at SNR Denton will benefit the insurance industry in California tremendously. We are honored that a partner from our firm has been appointed to such a prominent and important position in California, and we look forward to working with John and the Department for the coming years."

John earned his J.D. at St. John's University, School of Law, where he was a St. Thomas More Scholar.

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SNR Denton is a client-focused international legal practice delivering quality and value. We serve clients in key business and financial centers from more than 60 locations in 43 countries, through offices, associate firms and special alliances across the US, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the CIS, Asia Pacific and Africa, making us a top 25 legal services provider by lawyers and professionals worldwide. Joining the complementary top tier practices of its founding firms—Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and Denton Wilde Sapte LLP—SNR Denton offers business, government and institutional clients premier service and a disciplined focus to meet evolving needs in eight key industry sectors: Energy, Transport and Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Funds; Government; Health and Life Sciences; Insurance; Manufacturing; Real Estate, Retail and Hotels; and Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Please see snrdenton.com for more information and Legal Notices.    

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