Kathleen H. Davis, a director and chair of the Captive Insurance Practice Group at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, has received the AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, one of the oldest and most prestigious lawyer-ranking organizations.
The rating is based on peer evaluations of Davis’ legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability and legal experience. In addition, she and other rated attorneys first had to meet Martindale-Hubbell’s “very high” criteria for adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability and diligence.
A leader in the captive insurance industry, Davis joined DRM shortly after the Vermont Legislature enacted the statutory framework for captive formation. Today, Vermont is the largest U.S. captive domicile, second in the world in terms of assets and the third largest in number of licenses. Davis has advised numerous captive insurance companies on formation and operational issues for more than 25 years. She has served as the firm’s deputy managing partner and chief operations officer.
DRM is a full-service law firm with more than 60 attorneys and multiple offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. DRM provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas that include bankruptcy and business restructuring, business law, captive insurance, energy and telecommunications, family law, health law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land use, environmental law, tax law and trusts and estates. The firm represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government and Public Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.