"I am pleased to name James Hice our new Risk Manager and General Counsel," said McCusker & Company Chief Executive Officer Will L. McCusker. "His connections, insight, expertise and industry knowledge will be invaluable for our company."

Hice was the Vice President of Operations and Procurement at 5 Star Contracting. In that role, he was directly responsible for establishing processes and providing leadership to promote the growth of the firm's operations. He also was in charge of prime contract development, contract negotiations, human resource oversight, budget verification and validation, pre-construction management, estimating, operations management, legal risk management and business development.

He also has acted as the Vice President of Navy Construction Operations at Actus Land Lease, Senior Construction Manager at Pavarini SE General Contractors and Regional Vice President/Regional Risk Manager at WG Yates Construction.

Hice received a Purple Heart and Silver Star as a member of the United States Marine Corps and achieved the rank of Colonel aviator. Hice holds a Juris Doctorate law degree and has practiced law. Hice resides in Euless Texas and enjoys golf, travel and support of the military in his spare time.

"His experience will help provide McCusker & Company with the strategic leadership needed to take our company to its next level of growth and market development," McCusker said. "He has already started to outline a legal and risk management strategy for long-term sustainable expansion of our core business along with some innovations into new opportunities for growth."

McCusker & Company is a leading provider of extended warranty services for a number of consumer technology products including cell phones, smart phones, LED lighting and other high-technology products. For more information about their products and services, please check out their website at www.mccuskerco.com.

McCusker & Company is an extended warranty-consulting firm founded by industry experts and is headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Its international division, known as McCusker & Company of the Caribbean, has an office in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It specializes in the extended warranty service contract industry providing consulting, extended warranty programs, service programs, management and support for your warranty call center and on-site service needs. McCusker & Company also functions as litigation consulting experts on complex litigation projects, technology sales, and arbitration and industry disputes.

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