Shari Shelmadine

Overview Shari S. Shelmadine is an Senior Counsel in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLPs Chicago office. She has been practicing law for 34 years, the last 27 of which have been devoted to insurance coverage litigation. Before joining FMG, she managed the in-house coverage firm for Founders Insurance Company for 17 ½ years. She got her start in insurance defense litigation, which she practiced for 7 years. After that, she practiced insurance coverage litigation at Querrey & Harrow, where she drafted coverage opinions for Lloyds of London and State Farm and represented them in declaratory judgment actions. From there, she joined Newman & Pelafas, which became Newman, Raiz & Shelmadine. It was from there that she joined Founders, where she managed the firm, re-wrote insurance policies and endorsements, reviewed rescissions, oversaw the non-cooperation impasse, etc. In my spare time, she enjoys spending time with her fiancé and daughter, as well as their 2 dogs and 2 cats. She also enjoys reading and taking walks. Bar Admissions Illinois United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Representative Cases & Clients Founders Insurance Company v. Munoz, Illinois Supreme Court, 237 Ill. 2d 424 (2010) Founders Insurance Company v. American Country Ins. Co., 366 Ill. App. 3d 64 (1st Dist. 2006) Founders Insurance Company v. Walker, et al., 2015 Ill. App. (1st) 141301 Founders Insurance Company v. White, 367 Ill. App. 3d 883 (1st Dist. 2006) Awards and Recognition Moot Court Champion Best Oralist - Moot Court interschool competition Best Brief - Moot Court interschool competition Classes/Seminars Taught Presented seminars to the claims department at Founders on coverage, rescissions, recorded statements, reservation of rights, declaratory judgment actions.