Top best Insurance Lawyers in Austin near me

Suzette Selden has extensive experience representing consumers and businesses in insurance disputes and other civil litgation matters.  Suzette has represented insureds and claimants in matters involving liability insurance, life insurance, homeowners, commercial property, commercial automobile, automobile, health, and disability.  She has represented clients in various practice areas, including insurance litigation, deceptive trade practices, business disputes, securities litigaiton, and construction defect cases.. Suzette was selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in 2013 and 2013 Texas Rising Stars.  Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state were selected.  Suzette currently serves on the executive board of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association.  She has co-authored the Annual Survey of Texas Insurance Law in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.  Additionally, she was head notes and comments editor of the Houston Journal of International Law from 2005-2006 and is a member of the Order of the Barons.. Before becoming a lawyer, Suzette worked as a television news producer for an ABC affiliate in Washington state and interned for Dateline NBC in New York City.  She also worked for International Sports Broadcasting during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Saul Perloff is a partner in Shearman & Sterling's Litigation practice. He represents domestic and international clients in advertising and unfair competition litigation under the Lanham Act and state laws, as well as in other complex commercial disputes. Saul counsels companies in a broad array of industries, ranging from healthcare, technology and consumer products, on advertising and labeling compliance and brand protection strategies.. He has successfully prosecuted and defended disputes involving false advertising, unfair competition, trademark/trade dress and patent infringement, antitrust, TCPA and Qui Tam actions in more than fifteen states across the country. Saul also represents clients in government investigations, arbitrations and NAD proceedings.. From 1992 to 1995, he served as a JAG officer and member of the Chief Counsel’s Honor Program in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Richard A. Shannon is a UT Austin graduate in Plan II (Liberal Arts) and UT School of Law. He was reared in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in a farming family. He served as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas and later as Special Counsel to the Commissioner of Insurance before entering private law practice.. For the past 25 years Richard’s practice has been devoted primarily to family law and conflict resolution through coaching, counseling, negotiating, and mediating with and for parents in all aspects of family law. Richard is an experienced family litigator who will stand-up for his client in court. He is thorough in his preparations, well-organized, creative in his problem-solving, keenly analytical, and cogent in his arguments. He represents his client’s interests with diligence and assertiveness while seeking to preserve as much good-will as possible.. “In the early 1990s, Richard became interested in mediation and conflict resolution. He was trained in mediation both by the Texas Academy of Attorney Mediators and the Travis County Dispute Resolution Center. He has mediated many family law cases as well as cases in other fields of law. He is experienced in the civil litigation model as well as the community model of mediation.. Richard has a passion for transforming the way in which family law courts work. Richard was recently elected to a three year term on the State Bar of Texas — Collaborative Law Section. He is Chairman of a new Innovations Work Group for the Section. He has the vision that family law courts, in addition to their traditional functions, should facilitate the healing of human conflicts. This is what children, parents and families need and deserve from our courts of law. In order to move this Vision into reality, Richard founded and is President of a Texas non-profit organization, the Enlightened Family Justice Institute.. Richard’s early career in private law practice was devoted to insurance regulation and related transactions. He served as Executive Director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association and represented many insurance agents and companies in regulatory matters.. He also served as a lobbyist for the Sierra Club and represented several major environmental organizations in federal court litigation involving large water development projects. He has experience at both the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts.

My areas of practices are listed above.  I provide representation for both plaintiffs and defendants in all such actions.  My focus is on helping people in difficult situations and trying to find a way to resolve issues before the become legal problems when possible.  As such, I never charge for my first consultation with a client because it isn't fair for me to charge you if I don't even know if I can help you yet.. I practice in all the state and federal courts of Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.  I specifically practice in the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas; the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; and the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee.  In addition, I practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits.  During the course of my working life, I have negotiated millions of dolars in settlements and other contracted business by finding ways to resolve difficult cases without the need for unnecessary litigation.. My clients are always my top priority in every representation.  I know how to get business done and bring that ability to every case I work.

Ms. DiMasi is a commercial trial lawyer, with her primary focus on
insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.

Mr. Pugh was born and raised in Austin, Texas and has resided in the area for the last 40 years. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas in 1999. He received his law degree from the University of Texas and was licensed to practice law in the State of Texas in 2005 and before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas in 2005 as well.Mr. Pugh began his legal career with Slater Kennon & Jameson in 2002, while still a student at the University of Texas Law School. Since that time, he has concentrated his practice in the area of civil litigation with primary emphasis in the areas of commercial litigation, collections, real estate, and consumer protection (DTPA).Mr. Pugh practices in state and federal courts and is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Travis County Bar Association, and Texas Young Lawyers Association.. Areas of Practice:. Litigation Percentage:. Bar Admissions:. Education:

Mr. Knisely is a partner of Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, LLP.   His practice primarily involves representing individuals and institutions in litigation, controversies, and appeals arising from and involving trusts, estates, wills, probate matters, and guardianships.  Mr. Knisely also handles appeals of all types of civil matters in both state and federal courts, and he has significant experience in insurance matters, general commercial litigation, and in representing charitable organizations in a variety of controversies.  After law school, Mr. Knisely served as a law clerk to both the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Honorable Felix Recio, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Mr. De Leon is the founder of De Leon & Washburn, P.C., which was established on July 1, 1977. His practice focuses on the regulatory needs of insurance companies of all sizes, including transactional, and litigation matters. Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. De Leon was the General Counsel of the Texas State Board of Insurance, now known as the Texas Department of Insurance. From 1978 to 1987, Mr. De Leon served as Legal Counsel to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. Since 1990 Mr. De Leon has held the rank of Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in the area of insurance regulation. Mr. De Leon was among the first group of attorneys Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1989. Mr. De Leon is fluent in Spanish.. Mr. De Leon has tried cases to jury verdict and to the Court in various state court venues in Texas, and has argued cases before most of the state appellate courts of Texas and the Texas Supreme Court. In 2006, Mr. De Leon received a rare ruling from the bench before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, granting an insurance agent’s license application in a contested case hearing involving the Texas Department of Insurance. Mr. De Leon has worked with clients on transactional matters and the drafting of documents to bring transactions to a close. The transaction documents have included buy/sell agreements,loan documents, guarantees, confidentiality agreements and employment agreements. Mr. De Leon has also provided expert witness services on insurance issues as well as government relations services to clients on legislative matters.. Mr. De Leon has been married to Arleigh Stoune De Leon since September 15, 1973. Mr. and Mrs. De Leon are both native Austinites. They have raised three boys who now are successful in their own professional pursuits. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and has served as President of both the UT Law Alumni Association and the UT Ex-Students’ Association.

Mr. Dancy is an insurance coverage and commercial trial lawyer. His broad experience gives him unique insight into the complexities of insurance and commercial disputes and includes construction defect, wrongful death, real estate, employment, and business ownership disputes. He has represented Fortune 100 companies, small businesses, and individuals. He also represents the occasional artist and creative entrepreneur with business, contract, and intellectual property issues and disputes.

Lonnie Roach represents clients with disability claims including long term disability claims, ERISA disability claims and Social Security disability claims. He is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law.. The son of a career army officer, Lonnie Roach was born at Fort Lewis Washington in 1963. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he graduated with honors with a B.A. in Political Science. He then moved to Austin in 1988 to attend law school at the University of Texas at Austin. While in law school, he and his close friend, Greg Reed, won the State Bar of Texas Moot Court Competition, a prestigious State-wide competition. This was Mr. Roach’s first experience in appellate law. He’s been winning ever since.. After completing law school, Mr. Roach began his career practicing personal injury trial law and became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization the first year he was eligible. In addition to his trial practice, he is the firm’s primary appellate lawyer and has successfully argued cases before the Texas Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.. It was natural that Mr. Roach’s career path would eventually lead him to the field of ERISA law, especially as it applies to long term disability insurance. Disability benefits cases are, by their nature, medical cases. They involve volumes of medical records that require a solid medical background to interpret. These are the skills of a Board Certified Personal Injury lawyer. When these cases go to trial, however, they take on the aspect of appeals. Disabled claimants are appealing the decision of powerful claims administrators. These trials call for the skills of an appellate attorney. Mr. Roach is both and has become a recognized expert in the field of ERISA, Long Term Disability. He has successfully overturned denials of disability benefits at the administrative level, at trial in United States District Court, and at the United States Court of Appeals.. Our disability benefits legal services are state-wide. At any given time, Mr. Roach is likely to have cases pending in all four federal districts in Texas. He is a Board Certified Texas attorney and is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, the Southern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Texas, and the Western District of Texas, as well as the United States Court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Katherine Mendiola joined Germer as an associate in 2018. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and English in 2010. Katherine obtained her J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2017.. During law school, Katherine was an articles editor and staff member for the Texas Tech Law Review and Lt. Governor for Pro Bono Projects for the American Bar Association. Additionally, she served as Chair for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for the Thirteenth Circuit of the American Bar Association.. Katherine served as a Judicial Intern for the 13th Court of Appeals under Justice Dori Contreras and the United States Bankruptcy Court under Judge Eduardo Rodriguez. She served as a law clerk and undergraduate intern with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and a congressional intern for the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar in 2011. She served as a legislative aide and law clerk for the 82nd and 85th legislative sessions, respectively. She practiced in the Rio Grande Valley at Cowen & Garza LLP before joining Germer as an associate in 2018.. Katherine practices in the areas of civil litigation, construction law, insurance law, and personal injury defense.

Joe Longley represents victims of bad faith insurance practices against insurance companies; third-party administrators, agents, adjusters, lawyers and others operating in the business of insurance.

I've handled hundreds of civil cases and tried more than 50 to jury verdicts all over Texas over the past 25 years.  I have also represented clients on appeal in State and Federal courts of appeals.

I started with Wrigth & Greenhill in 1998, straight out of law school, and was made shareholder in 2007.  Like most of my partners, I've been with Wright & Greenhill for over a decade and it has become a home to me.  The attorneys and staff are extensions of our families.  I rely on that stability to help other solve thier problems and resolve conflicts on a daily basis.. My wife and I have lived in Central Texas for over 20 years.  We are avid sports fans and enjoy travelling and photography, when we are not home laughing at our dog.

I love practicing personal injury law, and I am good at it. My focus is my ability to tell your story. This is what we're good at.. I teach other plaintiff lawyers in Texas how to present their clients' damages in the most effective way. I tend to look at cases visually and get to know each of my clients and their families in order to understand what the collision or the injury has done to their world. Often the contrast between pre-collision and post-collision is dramatic. If I can show that contrast, then the insurance companies realize that the case is quite real, and they realize that they now have an opportunity to help you. If they balk at that opportunity to help, then we give that opportunity to a jury.. The effectiveness of how we tell your story is what will make a jury empathize with what has happened to you; juries will help when they understand the harms you have suffered.. If you have been the victim of a drunk or reckless driver, if you have been hit by someone who was not looking out for your motorcycle, if you have been t-boned by someone not paying attention to the traffic light because a text was more important than your safety, I can and I will help you.

I am a serious advocate for my clients, focused on a great result and a good value.  My primary source of business is referrals from satisfied clients.

I am 100% committed to getting you the best outcome I possibly can when you retain me.  I am dedicated to making sure that you are able to reach me whenever possible.  My staff and I do everything we can to ensure that we make this unfortunate time in your life as easy on you as we possibly can.  I am a former prosecutor, and I have personally taken close to 100 cases to verdict before a jury in both California and Texas.  Most of these cases have been DWI/DUI cases.  I have personally trained law enforcement officers on how to investigate DWI/DUI cases, write reports related to DWI/DUI cases, and testify in court related to DWI/DUI cases.  I am highly experienced and willing to do whatever it takes to get you best results within the confines of legal ethics.

Henry has been practicing in the Central Texas courtrooms for over 40 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1976. Over the years, Henry has been first chair counsel in many trials. He practices in both state and federal courts and has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1976. He received his board certification in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1991. He is also a certified mediator, but prefers to spend his time in the courtroom. Henry focuses on insurance disputes and insurance coverage issues and is a frequent lecturer on Texas Auto Insurance law.

Distinguished as an Advanced Credentialed Mediator by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, Karin has successfully resolved hundreds of cases involving commercial and personal injury disputes, first and third party insurance claims, franchise and employment contracts and family law matters. She is a member of the Texas Association of Mediators and the Association of Attorney-Mediators, and is an approved mediator for the U.S. District Court-- Western District of Texas. Karin is admitted to practice law in all Texas courts, as well as the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. She is also a highly regarded leadership and mediation skills trainer and CLE speaker.Karin has represented corporations, insurance companies and individuals in a wide variety of litigation, including complex first and third party insurance cases, personal and premises liability, medical malpractice, construction defect, worker’s compensation, toxic tort and family law. She was selected as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Dallas and was named in D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40 before moving to Austin in 2003. Since 2005, she has been named as a Texas Super Lawyer-- Rising Star in Litigation seven times and was named as the only Rising Star in Alternate Dispute Resolution by Texas Monthly Magazine. She was honored as one of the top young Austinites of the year in the fields of law and public service, and was named as a finalist three times by the Austin Under 40 Committee. She has served in the William Sessions and Patrick Higginbothom American Inns of Court. In addition to her legal work, Karin is a devoted volunteer. She is the past President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association and served on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Texas. She has served on the Texas Bar Journal Board of Editors, on the board of the Texas Bar Foundation, and served two terms as the Chair of the Supreme Court’s Task Force to Expand Legal Service Delivery. She currently co-chairs the Austin Bar Association’s Leadership Academy, the Special Projects Committee, and serves on the Adoption Day Committee. She is a director of the Austin Bar Association’s ADR Section and is also a past president and former volunteer coordinator of the Grandview Hills Elementary PTA.Karin is a 1997 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, where she was selected as a member of the National Order of Barristers and as the recipient of the Judge Jack Miller Ethics in Advocacy Award, the St. Mary’s Award for Marianist Service to the Community, the Pro Bono Service Award and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Law School Community. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of the 1994 National Champion Speech Team.

David has been consistently practicing law for over 28 years with an emphasis on Civil Litigation. David began his career handling primarily insurance defense cases in Louisiana and then broadened his practice to general civil litigation when he moved to Texas in 1997. David handles matters in all of Texas State and Federal Courts ranging from evictions in Justice of the Peace Courts to complex Class Action Litigation in Federal Courts. David's vast litigation experience has dovetailed into his Mediation and Arbitration practice. As a mediator, David can assists parties in finding a solution for disputes to avoid the costs and risk of litigation.

Clark Aspy is licensed in Texas and in the U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas. He has tried and handles cases in the areas of personal injury/negligence, products liability, condemnation and eminent domain, construction disputes, DTPA/business claims, employment discrimination, and real estate litigation in various courts around the state. His clients include small and large businesses, individuals, insurance companies, and public utilities. Mr. Aspy is also active in Alternative Dispute Resolution, both as a participant and a facilitator. He has completed the 40 hour basic training course for certification as a mediator and the “Redress” training required for U.S.P.S. mediations. He is an approved arbitrator for the Western District of Texas and has served as a mediator in hundreds of cases.

AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory - Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization