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Haynes and Boone, LLP

Insurance

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Haynes and Boone, LLP

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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.

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Insurance - Texas

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For
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

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  • Haynes and Boone represented ExxonMobil in bringing an insurance coverage and contractual indemnity lawsuit against two insurers, Everest Indemnity Insurance Company and Everest National Insurance Company, and a contractor, Skelton’s Fire Equipment.

Strengths

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  • The Haynes and Boone team gives good advice and knows when to escalate things. The group gets us the right resources at the right times.

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  • Haynes and Boone has superb expertise in prosecuting and defending insurance suits.

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  • Haynes and Boone has subject matter expertise and is responsive.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Ernest Martin
    Band 1Ernest Martin

    Ernest Martin

    Ernest Martin is widely considered a leading policyholder-side practitioner and offers broad experience across coverage disputes relating to a variety of major claims.
    • Ernest is a leader in developing strategy.

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    • He is a dean of the insurance policyholder bar in Texas.

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    • Ernest is highly knowledgeable and sophisticated in his field, and he has the ability to take control of a room. He remains calm, polished and persuasive under pressure.

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  • Band 2Micah Skidmore
    Band 2Micah Skidmore

    Micah Skidmore

    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.
    • He is an insurance guru and accurately takes on and summarizes complex insurance issues.

      Insurance respondentUSA
    • Micah is a sophisticated lawyer's lawyer, who is extremely logical.

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    • He is an outstanding attorney.

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  • Up and ComingNatalie DuBose
    Up and ComingNatalie DuBose

    Natalie DuBose

    Dallas-based Natalie DuBose's emerging practice offers insurance expertise spanning property damage and business interruption among other matters.

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