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| | Address | | The Littlefield Building, 106 East Sixth Street, Suite 600 | | Austin, Texas 78701 | | (Travis & Williamson Cos.) | | | |
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| Hanna & Plaut, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, Insurance Defense, Trial and Appellate Practice, Workers Compensation. | | Firm Size: 6 | | Catherine L. Hanna (Member) born Tyler, Texas, December 6, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., 1984); Stanford University (J.D., 1988). Author: "Deposition Practice Under the New Rules," Civil Discovery Under the New Rules (January 1999); "Insurance Fraud and Claims Investigation in Texas," Insurance Law in Texas (May 1999). Co-Author: Update, "Statutory 'Bad Faith'," Insurance Bad Faith Claims Seminar, October 1997. Member: Travis County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas; Travis County Women Lawyers Association. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith; Appellate Practice. Email: Catherine L. Hanna | | David L. Plaut (Member) born Washington, D.C., February 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., with honors, 1985); University of Texas (J.D., 1989). Articles Editor, Texas Law Review. Co-Author: "Beyond the Eight Cones: Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine the Duty to Defend," 5 J. Tex. Ins. L. 2 (Dec. 2004); "Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Article 21.58 and the Burden of Proof in Property Cases," 2 J. Tex. Ins. Law 5 (Nov./Dec. 2000). Author: "Bad Faith Litigation Update," University of Houston, August 2004; "Gandy Busts Up Sweetheart Dealt For Good," 60 Texas Bar Journal 1112 (December 1997); "Trinity v. Cowan: Mental Anguish Is Not 'Bodily Injury' and an Intentional Tort that Results in Unintended Injuries Is Not an 'Accident'," 61 Texas Bar Journal 128 (February 1998); "Lyons v. Millers Casualty: The Last Word on the Standard for Assessing Bad Faith in Texas?" 57 Tex. B.J. 832, September 1994. Briefing Attorney, Judge Edward C. Prado, U.S. District Court, 1989-1991. Member: Travis County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Law; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: David L. Plaut | | Robert F. Josey (Member) born Dallas, Texas, October 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1992); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Workers' Compensation, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Litigation; Administrative Law. | | —————————— | | Jeff Glass (Associate) born Denton, Texas, August 22, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University; Abilene Christian University (B.A., with highest honors, 1980); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1984). Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Hill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984-1985. Co-Author: "Beyond the Eight Cones: Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine the Duty to Defend," 5 J. Tex. Ins. L. 2 (Dec. 2004); "Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Article 21.58 and the Burden of Proof in Property Cases," 2 J. Tex. Ins. Law 5 (Nov./Dec. 2000). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: Jeff Glass | | Eric S. Peabody (Associate) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Eastern Michigan University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1993). Briefing Attorney, Hon. Bea Ann Smith, Third District Court of Appeals, 1994-1995. Author: "Insured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage," Insurance Law in Texas (May 1999). Co-Author: Update, "Statutory 'Bad Faith '," Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, July 1997. Adjunct Lecturer, Legal Writing, University of Texas, 1995-1996. Member: Travis County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: German, Japanese and Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance; Labor and Employment; Appellate Practice. Email: Eric S. Peabody | | Tara D. Mireur (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, July 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1994); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Email: Tara D. Mireur |
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