Lana L. Freeman

Lana Freeman advises clients on insurance and regulatory matters, including all aspects of licensing, contract review, and administrative processes. She provides counseling and preparation of regulatory filings, company formations, admissions, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions of regulated entities. As a former General Counsel for the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs, Lana was responsible for policy issues on matters affecting regulated entities and she uses this experience to serve her clients.

Experience

• Advises and manages company formations, admissions, expansions, mergers and acquisitions, conversions, reorganizations, redomestications, and other corporate issues.
• Assists clients with holding company issues and filings, including acquisition of control statements (Form A), annual registration statements and amendments (Form B), prior notice of transaction statements (Form D), and other holding company needs.
• Provides counseling, project planning and management, negotiation and drafting of forms and documents, preparation of regulatory filings, including filing and obtaining regulatory approvals.
• Manages multi-state expansions and licensing applications for insurance companies and related entities.
• Counsels insurance companies, insurance producers, third party administrators, and other insurance related entities on a range of corporate, licensing and regulatory matters.
• Manages large multi-state research projects for clients regarding insurance regulatory and compliance issues.
• Assists in formations and conversions of captive insurance companies.

Reported Cases

Sentences Should Be Reasonable, Not Shocking: A De-Emphasis on Loss for Federal Securities Fraud Sentencing, 2012 U. Ill. L. Rev. 969 (2012).

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law J.D., cum laude (2012)
• University of Colorado B.A. in Psychology & Business (2006)

Involvement

• Member, Austin Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Member, Friends of the House, Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Volunteer, Center for Women in Transition
• Volunteer, Women’s Resource Fair

News & Articles

Articles

• Texas Legislative Committees on Insurance Appointed
• Texas Department of Insurance Releases 2018 Biennial Report to the Legislature