Strickland, TDI Legal Division Deputy Commissioner, to Join Law Firm in Austin

Stanton Strickland, deputy commissioner of the Legal Division at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), will join the Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory Practice Group in its Austin office, the law firm announced.

Strickland, who is slated to join the firm in February has been with TDI for 21 years. He joined TDI in 1996 as a member of the Financial Counsel Section and was named section chief in 1999 to lead the team in providing legal counsel to the TDI Financial Regulatory Division. He also served as the first deputy commissioner of the TDI-Division of Workers’ Compensation Legal Services Division.

Strickland currently manages a staff of 45 lawyers and other professionals. He and his staff advise and support all areas of TDI on a wide range of regulatory matters including licensure, examinations, holding company transactions, receiverships, policy form and rate filings, rulemaking, agency contracts and public information requests.

Strickland also represents TDI at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and other insurance regulatory meetings

Source: Mitchell Williams