Overview
Ann is a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsen’s Insurance practice group.
Ann practices in both first-party and third-party insurance coverage and bad faith litigation in state and federal courts throughout the Southwest and across the Ninth and Tenth Circuits. She has extensive experience in employee benefits litigation, including life, health, and disability insurance, representing numerous major insurers in this field. Ann regularly counsels and defends clients on both ERISA and non-ERISA matters, including institutional "pattern and practice" bad faith cases and rescission cases.
Aside from her insurance coverage practice, Ann has extensive experience in third-party tort litigation, including premises liability and products liability. She regularly litigates complex rescission matters.
Ann holds a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Community & Professional
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Life, Health, and Disability Committee
- ERISA Report, Co-Editor
Recognitions
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law (2012-2025)
- Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona by AZ Big Media (2021, 2025)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Rating
- Arizona Business Leader – Arizona Business Magazine (2022)
Media
Insights
- April 2019 – DRI Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA – “The Basics of SSDI Claims for LTD Attorneys”
- May 2017 – ERISA Report – “Know Your Limits”
- August 2016 – ERISA Report – “Possible Changes to ERISA Disability Claim ‘Review and Response Rights”
- October 2015 – Definitive Disability Conference 2 – “Rescinding a Disability Policy Avoiding Traps and Getting It Right”
- May 2015 – ERISA Report – “Recent Developments in Applying the ‘Governmental Plan’ Exemption”
- April 2015 – DRI Defense Practice Seminar Course Materials – “Recurring Discovery Issues in Non-ERISA Claims Litigation”
- 2015 – ABA Publishing, (2nd ed.) – “Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey”
- August 2014 – ERISA Report – “The Futility Exception to the Exhaustion Doctrine – Factors to Consider When Suite Includes an Unexhausted LTD Claim and a Ripe STD Claim”
- January 2014 – ERISA Report – “Complete Versus Conflict Preemption In ERISA Cases”
- Summer 2013 – Life, Health & Disability News – “Rescission: Common Procedural Pitfalls”
Admissions
- State Bar: Arizona, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
- U.S. District Court: Arizona, Colorado, Indiana (Northern), Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (Northern, Southern, Western), Utah, Wisconsin (Western)
- U.S. Court of Appeals: First Circuit, Second Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Ninth Circuit