PROFESSIONALS
[] Scott C. Penwell
 
Shareholder
Corporate, Finance & Capital Markets
Captive Insurance Co-Chair

Harrisburg
717.255.7358
610.371.7938 fax
scp@stevenslee.com

Scott concentrates his practice in corporate, securities and captive insurance law. He is an experienced corporate and securities attorney and assists clients in transactions including debt and equity financing and mergers and acquisitions, as well as with securities law issues.

He also has significant experience assisting clients in both traditional and non-traditional insurance law matters, and has represented numerous captive and rent-a-captive insureds and reinsurers, primarily in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

Scott also advises domestic licensed carriers and was a founder of Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc, a publicly traded insurance holding company that owns insurance companies that write in 20 states and have an A- rating from A.M. Best.

Scott is past Chair of the Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and a past member of the attorney advisory committees of the Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau and the Pennsylvania Securities Commission.

Scott co-chaired the Insurance Law Practice Group of TerraLex, a network of 145 law firms representing all 50 states and 93 foreign countries. As published in the June 2005 issue of Philadelphia magazine, Scott was recognized as a 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by being selected by his peers among the top 5 percent of lawyers in the Commonwealth. He was also selected in 2004.

Education:
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1981
Villanova University, M.A., 1976
Rutgers University, B.A., 1974

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Professional Associations/Civic Affiliations:
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, Multijurisdictional Practice of Law Task Force; Immediate-past Chair, Business Law Section; Member, Steering Committee of Legal Opinion Drafting Group assigned to develop a Pennsylvania supplement to the American Bar Association's "Third-Party Legal Opinion Report"; Ad Hoc Commerce Court Committee
American Bar Association, Member, Committee on Legal Opinions
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Dauphin County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau, Attorney Advisory Committee
Pennsylvania Securities Commission, Attorney Advisory Committee
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc, Director
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania Region Board of Directors
Sting Communications, Director
Emerald Mutual Funds, former Trustee
The Harrisburg Academy, former Trustee
Donegal School Board, former Board Member
Mt. Joy Lions Club, former President

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