Oliver Quinn, Esq. Among Featured Speakers at CEFLI Ethics Summit Meeting

Online, March 29, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Oliver Quinn, Esq., Principal and Senior Counselor of Taft and Partners, a Princeton-based communications firm, has been asked to speak at the 2011 CEFLI Ethics Summit Meeting on Wednesday, April 13 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Compliance and Ethics Forum for Life Insurers (CEFLI) connects those accountable for the compliance & ethics functions in organizations that offer life insurance products and services with their peers. The upcoming CEFLI Ethics Summit Meeting will create a forum for a robust exchange of ideas, allowing life insurers to share their perspectives and receive insights from state and federal regulators as well as key industry experts like Mr. Quinn.

As a featured speaker, Mr. Quinn will share his expertise on compliance and ethics strategies in today's aggressive business environment, discussing current trends and future directions for the industry. As a principal in Taft's Corporate and Public Affairs Group, Mr. Quinn and his team create communications-based solutions that address the strategic, operational, cultural, and reputational issues that impact organizations, both internally and externally.

"The summit gives leaders in the field the opportunity to exchange ideas and strategies for managing effective compliance and ethics programs in an increasingly challenging marketplace," explains Quinn, who previously served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Business Ethics Officer at Prudential Financial and Deputy Solicitor of Labor for the United States Department of Labor.

"Oliver's deep insight and unparalleled experience will provide great value to the program and its participants," says Don Walters, President & CEO of CEFLI.

Additional featured speakers include Ketani Brown Jackson, Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; Greg Andres, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division; Jude A. Curtis, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Kathleen Edmond, Chief Ethics Officer at Best Buy; and Brian Loutrel, Chief Ethics Officer, New York Life Insurance Company.

Taft and Partners helps organizations effectively use communications strategies to implement and manage a multitude of efforts pertaining to ethics, compliance, corporate culture and corporate and public affairs.