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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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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.
Insurance respondentUSAHaynes and Boone has superb expertise in prosecuting and defending insurance suits.
Insurance respondentUSAHaynes and Boone has subject matter expertise and is responsive.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 
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.
Insurance respondentUSAHe is a dean of the insurance policyholder bar in Texas.
Insurance respondentUSAErnest 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 2 
Band 2 
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 respondentUSAMicah is a sophisticated lawyer's lawyer, who is extremely logical.
Insurance respondentUSAHe is an outstanding attorney.
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Up and Coming 
Up and Coming 
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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