Amini, General Counsel of Oklahoma Insurance Department to Retire

Gordon Amini, general counsel of the Oklahoma Insurance Department, will retire at the end of the year.

During his 43-year career as corporate legal and regulatory counsel, Amini was a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and admitted to practice before the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Amini served twice as OID general counsel, first in 1980 for Commissioner Gerald Grimes, and most recently for the last six years under Commissioner John Doak and Commissioner Glen Mulready.

Beyond state service, Amini served as general counsel at First Life Assurance Company in Oklahoma City and later was promoted to the chief legal officer at First Life until he accepted a position as senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at C.L. Frates and Company in 1986. During his tenure at Frates, Amini provided legal services to several “insurance companies” owned by various associations such as the Oklahoma Medical Association, Oklahoma Hospital Association and the community bankers’ associations of 17 states.

In 2005 Amini resigned his position at Frates to accept employment at Physicians Liability Insurance Company (PLICO). He served as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary until he retired in May of 2014.

The OID said Amini’s retirement from the agency is effective on Dec. 31, 2020.

Source: Oklahoma Insurance Department

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