Deborah R. Rivkin

Deborah R. Rivkin is of counsel to Funk & Bolton P.A., and concentrates in the firm's Government Relations Practice Area, with particular emphasis on the regulation of the life and health insurance industry. Ms. Rivkin is resident in the firm's Annapolis office.

Ms. Rivkin is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.S., cum laude, 1984) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1987).

From 1987 to 1989, Ms. Rivkin was associated with the Baltimore law firm of Piper & Marbury. From 1989 until she joined Funk & Bolton as of counsel on March 1, 1993, Ms. Rivkin was associated with the Baltimore law firm of Shapiro & Olander.

Ms. Rivkin serves as Executive Director and Lobbyist for the League of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland, Inc., the State Trade Association for commercial life and health insurers who conduct business in Maryland. Ms. Rivkin is the retained counsel in Maryland for America's Health Insurance Plan (AHIP), the national association representing nearly 1,300 member companies providing health insurance coverage (including medical insurance, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, dental insurance, supplemental insurance, stop-loss insurance and reinsurance) to consumers, employers and public purchasers to more than 200 million Americans. She also represents AMERIGROUP Corporation, a managed care organization specializing in the delivery of service to Medicaid recipients and the Children's Health Insurance program.

In addition, Ms. Rivkin is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, (the BWCC), the only regional chamber in Maryland. She also represents the BWCC in Annapolis.

She served as a member of the Governor's Advisory Panel on Insurance Fraud, formed for the purpose of examining and enhancing the requirements of Section 233B of the Maryland Insurance Code, "Notification of Suspected Fraud: Insurance Anti-Fraud Plans."