Deutsch Kerrigan LLP Partner Frederic "Ted" Le Clercq has received an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel.  IADC membership is by invitation-only.

According to the IADC website:

"A person can be nominated if that person has been licensed or otherwise authorized to practice law in any country, state or territory or other political subdivision duly authorized to administer justice in said jurisdiction, and is of high professional standing, who is principally devoted to the representation of defendants or business in formal legal dispute resolution and who will contribute to the purposes and activities of the Association; provided, however, that service on the bench or as a public official engaged in the supervision or regulation of the insurance industry for all or any part of the eight years immediately preceding a nomination for Membership shall satisfy, pro tanto, the foregoing experience requirements. To be eligible for membership it is expected that the individual would contribute to and promote the purposes and activities of the Association."

Ted Le Clercq is co-chair of the Labor & Employment practice group and practices labor & employment law, professional liability defense, civil rights litigation, and constitutional law.

The IADC is comprised of leading corporate attorneys and insurance executives throughout the world. Its members are distinguished partners in large and small law firms, senior counsel in corporate and insurance law departments, and insurance executives.