Heidi B. Hamman Shakely is a Member in the firm's Business Division, where she serves as Chair of the Insurance Coverage and Business Compliance Section.  Her practice is concentrated in the area of providing regulatory compliance and corporate legal services to the insurance industry and representation on behalf of creditors and claimants in Pennsylvania insurance company receiverships.

Prior to joining Eckert Seamans, Ms. Hamman Shakely served as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.  During her 14-year tenure with the Insurance Department, she served in other capacities, including Deputy Chief Counsel for the Office of Liquidations, Rehabilitations and Special Funds, Assistant Counsel and Hearing Examiner.  Ms. Hamman Shakely actively participated in the regulatory change arising from the sale of insurance by financial institutions in Pennsylvania.

Ms. Hamman Shakely's practice includes assisting insurance clients with licensing, redomestication, company transactions involving regulatory review or approval and policy form and rate filings.  She has handled clients' responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions.  She has provided legal advice in compliance areas such as advertising and marketing, reinsurance arrangements and inter-company transactions. 

Ms. Hamman Shakely was the first recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Government Lawyer of the Year Award.  She frequently speaks on insurance regulation and other related topics for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Ms. Hamman Shakely is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law.  She has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2007.  Only the top five percent of Pennsylvania lawyers received this distinction.  Ms. Hamman Shakley holds an AV^® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Education:
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1980
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1977 (Magna Cum Laude)

Admissions:
Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia

Membership Affiliations:
American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Dauphin County Bar Association