Stephen W. Burnett

AREAS OF EMPHASIS

• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Tort and Commercial Litigation
• Professional Liability Litigation
• Appellate Litigation
• Class Action

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Insurance Law Section
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Tort and Insurance Practice Section
• Admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• Admitted to practice in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

• “Avoiding the Deadline Trap Doors in a Property Policy,”” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes. Volume 39, Number 7 (July 2014).
• “It’s Your Problem, Not Mine: Effective Risk Transfer from Contract Negotiations to Post-Loss Pursuit of Carriers” – Presentation for City of Dallas, Legal and Risk Management Divisions, June 2014.
• Authored “In the Cross-Hairs: Current Status of Agent/Broker Liability”, Presented at Fourth Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, March 2007.
• Presented speech entitled “Misrepresentation by an Insured” to the Fourth Annual Insurance Law Conference, Fall 1999

NOTEWORTHY MATTERS

• Represented clients in civil trial litigation and civil appellate litigation.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on construction defect cases.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving the oil and gas industry.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving complex products liability.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients in cases involving property disputes, premises liability claims, and nuisance claims.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving professional liability claims against accountants, attorneys, and insurance agents.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving class action and complex commercial litigation.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving bodily injury and wrongful death.
• Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving commercial trucking.
• Author of numerous coverage opinions with an emphasis on analysis of commercial general liability policies and automobile policies.
• Represented and provided counsel to insurers and policyholders on issues involving:
  • Duty to defend under liability policies
  • First-party coverage under all-risk policies
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • Declaratory judgment litigation

EDUCATION

• The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998)
• The University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1995, Phi Beta Kappa)