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Delano Elected to Board of Life Insurance Lawyers Group

Robert B. "Chip" Delano, Jr., a shareholder and member of the Risk Management team, was recently elected to the Board of Governors for The Association of Life Insurance Counsel (ALIC) as its Delegate to the American Bar Association (ABA).

"We think the choice of Chip by these top life insurance company professionals to represent them at the ABA House of Delegates is reflective of his experience and his reputation for personal integrity and service of the highest caliber," said Terrence L. Graves, chair of the Risk Management practice group at the firm.

Delano has a long history of service to professional groups such as ALIC that includes stints as President and Board member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA), on the Board of Directors of the VADA's national counterpart, the Defense Research Institute - The Voice of the Defense Bar, and on committees of the ABA, the Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the College of William and Mary.

Founded in 1913, ALIC is the national bar association for life insurance attorneys. Active membership is restricted to practitioners who represent legal reserve life insurance companies as general or outside counsel, are home office counsel of a non-life insurance company affiliated with a legal reserve life insurance company or who are members of the legal staff of a recognized insurance industry association in the field.

Founded more than 150 years ago, Sands Anderson has 76 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Blacksburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and the Research Triangle of North Carolina. In 2008, it was ranked 9th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state’s largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.