Sheila Carpenter Jorden Burt LLP Sheila J. Carpenter is a partner in Jorden Burt LLP’s Washington, D.C., office. She is active with DRI as a member of the Life, Health and Disability Committee, currently serving as the webcast program chair. She has previously served as the committee’s program chair, web page chair and marketing co-chair. She has defended insurers in complex class actions as well as disputeswith policyowners, agents, agencies, and employees.