Jill Cranston Rice (formerly Bentz) is a Partner in the Litigation Department and is the Chair of the Government Relations practice group. She focuses her practice on government relations, insurance and health care law but litigates on behalf of many sectors. Jill has extensive legislative and administrative government relations and health care litigation experience. She played a key role in the passage of West Virginia's comprehensive insurance and civil justice reform legislation in 2005. Jill currently serves as President of the West Virginia Insurance Federation and is the lead lobbyist for the property and casualty insurance industry in West Virginia. She regularly defends insurers in civil and administrative proceedings involving coverage disputes and claims for common law and statutory bad faith. She maintains an active litigation practice, representing West Virginia businesses ranging from financial institutions to national drug companies to health care providers. She has extensive health care experience as well, having represented hospitals in antitrust, on-call pay, uninsured billing, Medical Staff privilege, certificate of need, and rate-setting cases, and routinely deals with clients on day-to-day regulatory matters.
