Join leading members of the policyholder and defense bar, judges, and key insurance regulators for a comprehensive insurance program. Highlights include:
On Your Mark: Getting Started with Insurance Coverage
The opening Wednesday evening session covers issues and pitfalls of interest to those investigating facts related to coverage in both a first and third party context. Also addressed will be the anatomy of a policy, including issues specific to liability and property. Included in conference registration.
Definitive Updates
Get a comprehensive overview of major insurance decisions from the Texas Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit, and Texas Courts of Appeals—the impact on insurance and tort practices will be highlighted. New insurance laws that passed and failed during the 80th Legislative Session will be discussed, as well as a definitive history of the development and current stance of Article 21.21 of the Texas Insurance Code.
Special Lunch Presentations
Enjoy informative lunch presentations each day: On Thursday, a panel examines fraud and its impact on civil litigation. Friday’s lunch presentation explores the latest phenomenon in litigation: “apology” as a litigation resource, especially in healthcare settings.
Practice Strategies for Coverage Litigation
Learn the practical aspects addressing coverage concerns, along with modern misconceptions and mistakes surrounding this analysis, such as the practice of pursuing and defending against declaratory relief actions, recent issues in the concept of “buyback policies,” the special concerns attendant to “claims made” policies, plus an in-depth reminder of the requirements and duties placed upon an insured in the claims process. In addition, the procedures for preparing a proper jury charge in a first party suit will be discussed.
Developing Issues
Get up to speed with the latest and greatest developments in coverage law, including “prejudice,” fortuity doctrine, additional insureds, recovery of attorney’s fees, cancellation/non-renewal issues, and concurrent causation in the wake of the recent Katrina ruling, what that means for Texas and more.
Linda Marie Dedman,
Dedman & Handschuch - Dallas, TX
Meloney Cargil Perry,
Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP - Dallas, TX
Bob Roberts,
The Law Offices of Bob Roberts - Austin, TX
Russell H. McMains,
Attorney at Law - Corpus Christi, TX
Veronica M. Carmona Czuchna,
Clark Thomas & Winters, P.C. - Austin, TX
Mary J. Ibarra Myers,
Liberty Mutual Insurance - San Antonio, TX
J. Hampton Skelton,
Skelton & Woody - Austin, TX
Ernest Martin Jr.,
Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
R. Brent Cooper,
Cooper & Scully, P.C. - Dallas, TX
Kyson Matthew Johnson,
Texas Department Of Insurance - Dallas, TX
Lisa A. Songy,
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP - Dallas, TX
David Carl Wenholz,
The Wenholz Law Firm - Austin, TX
Philip K. Maxwell,
Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
Christopher W. Martin,
Martin, Disiere, Jefferson, & Wisdom, L.L.P. - Houston, TX
Beth D. Bradley,
Tollefson Bradley Ball & Mitchell, LLP - Dallas, TX
Vincent E. Morgan,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - Houston, TX
Party crashers - coming to the party as an "additional insured".
David J. Schubert,
Schubert Evans PC - Dallas, TX
Patrick J. Wielinski,
Cokinos, Bosien & Young, P.C. - Arlington, TX
Jill M. Cronin,
Austin, TX
Michael Sean Quinn,
Law Firm Of Michael Sean Quinn - Austin, TX
Hon. Scott A. Brister,
Supreme Court of Texas - Austin, TX
Charles L. Levy,
Law Office Of Charles L Levy - Waco, TX
Lee H. Shidlofsky,
Visser Shidlofsky LLP - Austin, TX
Stephen E. Walraven,
Langley & Banack, Inc. - San Antonio, TX
Elizabeth Ann Gilday,
Attorney at Law - Dallas, TX
Steve Skarnulis,
Cain & Skarnulis LLP - Austin, TX
Michael W. Huddleston,
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP - Dallas, TX
Mark L. Kincaid,
Kincaid & Horton LLP - Austin, TX
Moderator:
Michael Sean Quinn,
Law Firm Of Michael Sean Quinn - Austin, TX
Lee McCreary Taft,
Dallas, TX
Moderator:
Brian S. Martin,
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. - Houston, TX
Panelists:
Jamie R. Carsey,
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. - Houston, TX
Panelists:
Stephanie Rojo,
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. - Houston, TX
W. Neil Rambin,
Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, LLP - Dallas, TX
Jay Alan Thompson,
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. - Austin, TX
Melinda Ruth Burke,
Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller LLP - Fort Worth, TX
James W. Walker,
Walker Sewell LLP - Dallas, TX
David L. Plaut,
Hanna & Plaut, LLP - Austin, TX
Most liability policies agree to pay those sums that a policyholder becomes legally obligated to pay "as damages," not otherwise excluded under the policy. This session examines what constitutes covered “damages," including punitive damages, civil fines and penalties, economic damages, attorney’s fees, investigative, mitigation and preventative expenses, and costs associated with environmental remediation and medical monitoring.
J. Mark Lawless,
Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP - Austin, TX
April Michelle Zubizarreta,
Cozen O'Connor - Houston, TX
Tollefson Bradley Ball & Mitchell, LLP
Dallas, TX
Supreme Court of Texas
Austin, TX
Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller LLP
Fort Worth, TX
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Cooper & Scully, P.C.
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Clark Thomas & Winters, P.C.
Austin, TX
Dedman & Handschuch
Dallas, TX
Attorney at Law
Dallas, TX
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Dallas, TX
Texas Department Of Insurance
Dallas, TX
Kincaid & Horton LLP
Austin, TX
Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP
Austin, TX
Law Office Of Charles L Levy
Waco, TX
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Martin, Disiere, Jefferson, & Wisdom, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX
Attorney at Law
Austin, TX
Attorney at Law
Corpus Christi, TX
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Houston, TX
Liberty Mutual Insurance
San Antonio, TX
Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP
Dallas, TX
Hanna & Plaut, LLP
Austin, TX
Law Firm Of Michael Sean Quinn
Austin, TX
Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, LLP
Dallas, TX
The Law Offices of Bob Roberts
Austin, TX
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Schubert Evans PC
Dallas, TX
Visser Shidlofsky LLP
Austin, TX
Cain & Skarnulis LLP
Austin, TX
Skelton & Woody
Austin, TX
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Austin, TX
Walker Sewell LLP
Dallas, TX
Langley & Banack, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
The Wenholz Law Firm
Austin, TX
Cokinos, Bosien & Young, P.C.
Arlington, TX
Cozen O'Connor
Houston, TX
Tollefson Bradley Ball & Mitchell, LLP
Dallas, TX
Cooper & Scully, P.C.
Dallas, TX
Cozen & O'Connor
Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Clark Thomas & Winters, P.C.
Austin, TX
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Dallas, TX
Kincaid & Horton LLP
Austin, TX
Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP
Austin, TX
Law Offices Of Joe K. Longley
Austin, TX
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Martin, Disiere, Jefferson, & Wisdom, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX
Attorney at Law
Corpus Christi, TX
Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP
Dallas, TX
Hanna & Plaut, LLP
Austin, TX
Southern Methodist University School of Law
Dallas, TX
Law Firm Of Michael Sean Quinn
Austin, TX
The Law Offices of Bob Roberts
Austin, TX
Visser Shidlofsky LLP
Austin, TX
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Dallas, TX
Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP
Dallas, TX
Walker Sewell LLP
Dallas, TX
Langley & Banack, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Cokinos, Bosien & Young, P.C.
Arlington, TX
$525.00 for registrations received after this time
Last day for cancellation (full refund): Oct 5, 2007$50 processing fee applied after this date
Last day for cancellation: Oct 8, 2007
208 Barton Springs Road
Austin,
TX
512.477.1234 (reservations)
$169.00 good through Sep 19, 2007
$5 self parking
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