Josephine (Jo) Cicchetti focuses her practice on the life insurance industry, with an emphasis on emerging securities and regulatory issues. She is engaged in the development of fixed and variable insurance products that target the large case corporate, high net worth, and retirement markets.
Jo is active in counseling clients regarding corporate governance, management, auditing, compliance and resolution of regulatory issues connected with investment products. Her practice also includes privacy, e-commerce and cybersecurity counseling.
Jo brings diverse skills to the firm with experience that includes general corporate, capital raising transactions (public and private), mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, stable value products, securities regulation (’33, ’34 and ’40 Act), state insurance regulatory, broker-dealer regulatory, investment company regulation and compliance and best practices review.
She has extensive speaking and publication credits, including serving as executive editor of Expect Focus, a quarterly review of developments in the insurance and financial services industry published by Carlton Fields.
Jo is co-chair of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity task force. Prior to the merger of Carlton Fields, P.A. and Jorden Burt LLP, she was chief operating officer and held various practice group leadership positions at Jorden Burt. Jo also serves as chair of the Insured Retirement Institute’s (IRI) Cybersecurity Task Force.
Education:
- Georgetown University (J.D.)
- Associate Editor of The American Criminal Law Review
- St. Joseph College (B.A.)
- Trustee Scholar
Professional & Community Involvement:
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
- Member, Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Cost
Rate : $$$
