Sidley partner swaps Bulls for the Pacers

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John J. Sabl, the executive vice pres, general counsel and secretary of Conseco Inc, a Fortune 500 financial services holding company which develops and administers supplemental health insurance, annuities and other insurance products, heads a department of 25 attorneys and tries to do as much work as possible in-house. Conseco has since 1982 acquired 19 insurance groups. The $7bil stock-swap acquisition of the Green Tree Financial Corp, a firm doing high-interest loans to mobile-home buyers, is in process.

Officials and employees, Corporate counsel, Anthem Insurance Companies Inc., CNC, Sabl, John J.

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The top benefits lawyers; peers rate the trendsetters and groundbreakers

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A National Law Journal survey of top employee benefits lawyers includes those corporate counsel who manage ERISA issues and litigation, those with general influence on developments in ERISA and those representing major clients. Specialists polled named colleagues who have influenced the development of benefits plans that are now nationwide models and those who have played important roles in national landmark cases.

Cases, Employee benefits

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Playing offense with Reinsdorf; the Chicago Bulls and White Sox counsel is tough but liked dealmaker

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Gerald Penner, the lawyer to Jerry Reinsdorfk, owner of two sports teams, the Chicago White Sox and the Bulls, is known as a hard-nosed negotiator but one with a sense of humor and who can suggest a compromise. Helping build a community center near the Bulls professional basketball arena met his need to give back to the community.

Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Bulls, Penner, Gerald

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