Insurance
USA Guide 2024 : Texas
Band 1
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Provided by Haynes and Boone, LLP
Our insurance recovery lawyers help clients through the entire insurance coverage lifecycle – from obtaining the best available terms and conditions of coverage on the “front-end” of policy procurement to addressing and resolving insurance claim disputes through litigation, mediation, and arbitration. We focus on recovering large settlements from, and rulings against, insurers in cases across the country. We helped one of the nation’s largest automotive companies in a residual value insurance case reach a nine-figure settlement just before the end of trial – one of the largest settlements of its kind. We also serve as Special Insurance Coverage Counsel to the Boy Scouts of America in its Chapter 11 proceeding in which the reorganization plan proposed currently has a compensation fund totaling more than $2.6 billion, which would the largest aggregate sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history.
We work with clients, from Fortune 100 companies to smaller businesses, in numerous industries, including energy, healthcare, hospitality, financial services, real estate, construction, automotive and other transportation, telecommunications, religious and other non-profit, manufacturing, and private equity, and with individual directors and officers (D&Os) of companies. Our Insurance Recovery Practice Group can provide quantifiable return on investment based on a client’s level of recovery.
Chambers Review
The standout policyholder practice at Haynes and Boone fields an experienced team of insurance experts. Regularly handling major coverage litigation and arbitrations, third-party liability and first-party property disputes also feature within the team's workload. Its broad client roster includes financial services, energy and construction companies.
Work Highlights
- Haynes and Boone represented Cobalt International Energy, seeking to recover a $220 million settlement of underlying securities litigation from two different towers of D&O coverage.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers at Haynes and Boone are extremely knowledgeable in their fields and very responsive."
"The lawyers at Haynes and Boone are extremely knowledgeable in their fields and very responsive."
Notable Practitioners
Ernest Martin is widely considered a leading policyholder-side practitioner and offers broad experience across coverage disputes relating to a variety of major claims.
Micah Skidmore is regularly retained by policyholder clients to act on large-scale insurance claim recovery matters. His expertise includes construction defect, D&O and general liability claims.
"Micah demonstrates amazing recall of the important facts and always has a good recommendation for what strategy to pursue."