Stephen Melendi

Practice Areas

Stephen’s practice is concentrated on representing insurance carriers in insurance coverage analysis and disputes. He has represented primary and excess insurers in disputes involving interpretation of the coverage provided under a variety of coverage forms including general and professional liability, commercial property, commercial crime, errors and omissions, commercial auto, trucking, environmental coverages, as well as in disputes regarding an insurer’s duty of good faith and fair dealing and other duties at the trial court level and on appeal. In addition, Stephen regularly advises insurers on coverage issues outside of litigation, as well as providing insurers with assistance in promulgating forms.

Stephen is board certified in Insurance Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Stephen is Ranked in Chambers USA in Texas Insurance and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation. He has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” annually since 2013.

Stephen is rated “AV Pre-eminent” by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He is a Past Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Career

Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi, LLP

2006 - Present

Goins, Underkofler, Crawford & Langdon, LLP

2002- 2005

Professional Memberships

The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

American College of Coverage Counsel, Fellow (ACCC)

Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

State Bar of Texas

College of the State Bar of Texas

Dallas Bar Association

American Bar Association

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State of Texas

State of Oklahoma

State of Colorado

State of New Mexico

United States District Court Northern District of Texas

United States District Court Southern District of Texas

United States District Court Western District of Texas

United States District Court Eastern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

United States Distrcit Court for the District of New Mexico

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit

United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit

Education