Thomas Segalla, one of the founding partners of Goldberg Segalla, has been selected by the Defense Research Institute (DRI) to serve as the inaugural chair of the organization’s new Publications Board.

Mr. Segalla is a co-author of the renowned insurance law treatise Couch on Insurance 3d, and he has published and lectured extensively for many professional organizations. His practice focuses on the defense and insurance coverage aspects of matters involving bad faith, construction site personal injury accidents, and toxic tort and environmental issues. He is a past chair of DRI’s Insurance Law Committee as well as its Law Institute, and he has served on DRI’s Board of Directors.

DRI is an international organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. The mission of the newly established Publications Board is to supervise DRI’s print and electronic publications program; to ensure that DRI produces high-quality publications on timely and significant subjects; and to serve the needs of its members, its members’ clients, the judiciary and the general public.