Barry Skolnick is a former major life insurance company general counsel and a highly experienced insurance regulatory attorney. He joined Mitchell Williams and the Insurance Regulatory Practice Group after serving 20 years as general counsel for Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company. Mr. Skolnick has extensive experience in life insurance and annuity product development and detailed knowledge of the state insurance, federal securities, and tax laws relating to such products. He also has significant experience in connection with regulatory examinations conducted by state insurance departments, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and FINRA.