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In 1965, after many successful years in the construction industry, Pat N. Wardlaw took advantage of an opportunity to apply his expertise to the growing field of catastrophe insurance claims adjusting. Starting out as a one-man operation, Wardlaw Claims Service quickly grew into a small team of experienced and dedicated adjusters.

In 1993, after twenty-eight years of dedicated leadership, Pat Wardlaw moved to the position of Consultant to Wardlaw Claims Service and sold the company he founded to the partnership of Mike N. Wardlaw, Matt P. Fatheree, William F. Wardlaw and Rebecca W. Clark. On July 1, 1993, Mike N. Wardlaw, Matt P. Fatheree and William F. Wardlaw assumed day-to-day operations of Wardlaw Claims.

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