PLRB/LIRB Adds Legal Staff

The Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) and the Liability Insurance Research Bureau (LIRB) announced the addition of two new staff members.

Attorney Sonia Copeskey recently joined the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB), a nonprofit organization serving the insurance industry, as database counsel, a newly created position.

Copeskey most recently served as a contract attorney at Allstate Insurance, where she was employed for four and a half years.

As database counsel, Copeskey will review and update the PLRB case law database so members can access the most up-to-date legal information relevant to their ongoing claims.

Copeskey is a 2007 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.

Matt Kohnke has joined the LIRB, an association affiliated with the PLRB, in the newly created position of database counsel.

Kohnke will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy and quality of the information contained on the LIRB’s database.

Kohnke is a graduate of both Tulane University Law School and Drake University Law School.

In the past, Kohnke worked as a litigation associate for a Chicago law firm concentrating on worker’s compensation defense cases as well as an assistant claims adjuster for EMC Insurance Companies.

Source: PLRB/LIRB