 Julie Mix McPeak Commissioner |
Tennessee Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance |
Julie Mix McPeak was appointed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January 2011 to lead the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. She brings to the department more than 13 years of legal and administrative experience in state government.
Before being named to lead the department, McPeak practiced as counsel to the insurance practice group of law firm Burr & Forman LLP. She also served as the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI). Before her appointment as executive director, McPeak spent nine years as an attorney for KOI, the final five as general counsel. She also served as general counsel to the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet.
McPeak served as co-counsel for the Kentucky Association of Health Plans v. Miller, a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court, regarding ERISA preemption and state “any willing provider” statutes. She is a frequent author and lecturer on insurance issues, having addressed members of the American Council of Life Insurers, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the National Alliance of Life Companies and the Million Dollar Roundtable.
McPeak is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association and Franklin County Bar Association. She is an active member of the American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice section, where she serves as vice chair of the Insurance Regulation Committee, and a member of the Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulatory Modernization Task Force. As executive director of the KOI, she was also a member of the NAIC and participated on the Executive (EX) Committee, serving as the Southeastern Zone secretary and chair of the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee.
McPeak earned her J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration, with distinction, from the University of Kentucky.