AREAS OF EMPHASIS
- Commercial/Business Insurance Coverage Disputes and Related Litigation (CGL, Professional Liability, Excess, Surplus Lines, D & O)
- Serious Personal Injury Defense
- Defense of Construction Related Lawsuits
- Oil and Gas related Litigation
- Professional Liability Litigation
- Property Damage Litigation
- Transportation Related Litigation
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Attorney Malpractice Defense
- Accountant Malpractice Defense
- Class Action Defense
- Insurance Regulation
- Complex Litigation
- Construction Litigation
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
- Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Member, State Bar of Texas (Litigation and Insurance Law sections), Dallas Bar Association
- Licensed to practice in all Texas state and federal courts, as well as the United States Fifth and Eleventh Circuits Court of Appeals
- Licensed to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States
- Lectures and speaks extensively on insurance and related litigation matters for a wide variety of conferences and organizations
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
- November 13, 2014State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Section and University of Texas Law School Joint Program speech 2013-14 Extracontractual Liability Update;
- April 11, 2013 – State Bar of Texas, Advanced Insurance Law CLE Seminar speech entitled “Insurance Issues in a Trucking Case”
- April 12, 2012 – State Bar of Texas Advanced Insurance Law CLE Seminar, speech entitled “Four Corners, Weingarten, and Mergers and Acquisitions“
- November 3-4, 2011 – University of Texas Law School 16th Annual Insurance Law Institute, speech entitled “The Independent Injury Rule: Can Denied Policy Benefits Be Trebled as Damages under Texas Insurance Code Chapter 541?“
- October 14-15, 2010 – University of Texas Law School 15th Annual Insurance Law Institute, speech entitled “You Can’t Handle the Truth! Pleading and Duty to Defend“
- October 15-16, 2009 – University of Texas Law School 14th Annual Insurance Law Institute, speech entitled “Declaratory Judgments: Planning the Party“
- October 23, 2008 – University of Texas Law School 13th Annual Insurance Law Institute, speech entitled “Unconditional Love – Policy Conditions and Covenants“
- March 27, 2008 – State Bar of Texas 5th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, speech entitled “Certificates of Insurance“
- October 10, 2007 – University of Texas Law School 12th Annual Insurance Law Institute, speech entitled “Certificates of Insurance – So You Have One – Now What?“
