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| | Address | 1717 Main Street
Suite 5400 | | Dallas, Texas 75201-7367 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | | | |
| | | Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust and Trade, Appellate, Asbestos, Automotive, Construction and Heavy Equipment, Aviation, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Business Litigation, Casualty Coverage, Class Actions, Commercial Practices, Construction, Corporate, D&O Coverage, Employment and Labor, Environmental and Toxic Tort, Extracontractual and Commercial Insurance Litigation, Fidelity, General Liability, Healthcare, Healthcare Coverage, Insurance Policy Drafting/Advice, Insurance Practices, Intellectual Property, International Disputes, Land Use and Natural Resources, Life, Health and Disability Insurance, Managed Care, Mass Torts and Complex Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Sports Law, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Nutritional Supplements, Products Liability, Professional Liability Coverage, Professional Liability Defense, Property Coverage, Real Estate and Finance, Real Estate Litigation, Reinsurance, Specialty and Catastrophic Torts, Surety, and Transportation/Aviation. | | Year Established: 1933 | Firm Profile:
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP earned its reputation as one of America's best litigation and trial law firms by winning cases and consistently providing clients with sophisticated, result-oriented strategies. Sedgwick is one of the largest firms focusing on corporate litigation. As the firm enters its eighth decade of practice, its representations span the globe. Today Sedgwick provides clients multi-jurisdictional legal services that parallel the global marketplace. Founded in 1933 as a three-person firm in San Francisco, Sedgwick now has over 400 attorneys in offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, Orange County (California), Paris, San Francisco, Zurich and an affiliated office in Bermuda. Our clients include nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies and other international businesses. Sedgwick attorneys take pride in our long-standing client relationships and in our well-earned reputation for effective and economical representation of some of the nation's largest companies. | | Firm Size: 408 |
Other Office Locations of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Irvine, California, U.S.A.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Hamilton, Bermuda
London, England
Zürich, Switzerland
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Todd E. Betanzos (Partner) born April 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1993); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1997). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Member, Leadership Class, 1997); Defense Research Institute (Chair, Young Lawyers' Seat Belt Subcommittee, 2002-2003; Co-Chair: Young Lawyers' Public Service Subcommittee, 2003-2004; Young Lawyers' Legislative Liaison Subcommittee, 2004-2005; Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 2005-2006). Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Product Liability; Insurance Litigation; Transportation; Construction; Premises Liability. Email: Todd E. Betanzos | | E. Paul Cauley, Jr. (Partner) born October 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Houston Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Committees on: Products Liability; Class Action). Practice Areas: Products Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Class Action Litigation. Email: E. Paul Cauley, Jr. | | Maria Katina Karos (Partner) born Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1991, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (B.A., Economics, 1986); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1990). Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1988-1990. Justice, Henry Upson Sims, Moot Court Board, 1987-1990. Advocate, National Moot Court Team, 1989-1990. Member, National Trial Team, 1989-1990. Speaker: "Voir Dire and Jury Selection Issues, Texas State Bar CLE, The Ultimate Trial Notebook: Family Law," 2004; "Make it Legal" Legal checkups for your business is just as important as medical checkups your doctor, eWomen Network, 2004. Author: Real Simple, "What Does That Mean? The gestures people make with their eyes and bodies may say more than what comes out of their mouths. Eighteen body-language basics" (Quoted as an expert), 2004; Industryweek.com, "Order of the Torts: Despite company plans to settle asbestos claims, business continues to seek federal civil-suit limits. The States, however, may have the final word" (Quoted as an expert), 2003; "Make It Legal," Entrepreneur Magazine (Legal tips on how to maintain a healthy business) 2003. Member: Dallas and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation Section); State Bar of Alabama; National Order of Barristers; National Association for Women Lawyers. Barrister, Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Environmental and Toxic Tort; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation. Email: Maria Katina Karos | | Wayne B. Mason (Partner) born Staten Island, New York, August 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.S., cum laude, 1981); Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Member, Board of Directors); Lawyers for Civil Justice (Member, Board of Directors); College of the State Bar of Texas; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (President Elect); Trial Attorneys of America. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Managed Care/ERISA; Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Transportation; Aviation Commercial Disputes; Class Action Litigation; Complex Insurance Litigation; Professional Liability; Clergy Sexual Misconduct; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Wayne B. Mason | | Kurt W. Meaders (Partner) born December 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1991). Author: "Pre-emption After Lohr: Application to Disposable Lighter Child Resistance Claims," presented at National Defense Counsel Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998; "Post-Sale Duty to Warn: Reasonableness and the Restatement," presented at the Defense Research Institute, Products Liability Seminar SLG, 2000; "Stewing Over Campbell, Decision Takes Issue of Punitive Damages Off the Back Burner," Texas Lawyer, September 15, 2004; Presentation, "Contribution and Indemnification under Texas Law: To Share it or Bear It," Summer 2005; Paper and Presentation, "Class Action Fairness Act: A General Overview," Lorman Seminars, November 2005; Article and Commentary, "Licensor Liability: What's in a Name?" For The Defense Magazine, DRI, December 2005; Paper and Presentation, "Attacking the Plaintiff's Warnings Expert Under Daubert and Federal Rule of Evidence 702" DRI Products Liability Seminar Consumer Goods SLG, 2005. Editor, ABA Trial Tort and Insurance Practice - Automotive Law Newsletter, Fall 2006-2007. Guest Editor, Consumer Goods and Office Equipment Quarterly Newsletter, Defense Research Institute, Spring 2000. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Melder v. Morris v. URCARCO, Inc., et al. 27 F3d 1097 (5th Cir. 1994); Mahlon Browder v. General Motors Corporation, 5 F.Supp.2d 1267 (M.D. Ala. 1998) affirmed 162 F.3d 99 (11th Cir. 1998), writ denied 526 U.S. 1145 (1999); Leigh v. Danek Medical, Inc., 28 F.Supp. 2d 401 (N.D. Tex. 1998); Conger v. Danek Medical, Inc., 27 F. Supp 717 (N.D. Tex. 1998); Riviore v. Cooper Buick GMC Truck, Inc., 756 So.2d 563 (La. App. 2 Cir. Feb. 2000); Dyer v. Danek Medical, Inc., 115 F. Supp.2d 732 (N.D.Tex. 2000). Practice Areas: Product Liability(75%, 200); Catastrophic Injury(10%, 100); Wrongful Death(10%, 100); Commercial Litigation(5%, 50); Transportation Litigation. Email: Kurt W. Meaders | | Mike F. Pipkin (Partner) born Houston, Texas, May 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Abilene Christian University (B.B.A., 1986); Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (J.D., 1989). Author, Texas Lead Author, "Recent Developments in Fidelity and Surety Law," 40 Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal 447 (2005). Co-Author, "Discovery and Admissibility of Reserves," 24 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 191 (1998). Author and Presenter: "Takeover and Tender," Outreach Back to Basics Contract Surety Claims Handling Program, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Seattle, Washington, 2004; "Surety Law Update," 29th Annual Meeting and Seminar, Surety Claims Institute, Hot Springs, Virginia, 2004; "Sovereign Immunity in Texas: 'Thank You, Sir. May I Have Another?'" 5th Annual Conference, Gulfcoast Fidelity & Surety Institute, Boca Grande, Florida, 2003; "The Trial: Trying to Win, or Just Trying," Mid Winter Meeting, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, New York, N.Y., 2003; "The IRS and The Surety: Prying from Cold, Dead Hands," 4th Annual Conference, Gulfcoast Fidelity & Surety Institute, Boca Grande, Florida, 2002; "The Surety's Liability for Misconduct of Co-Fiduciaries, Non-Estate Property Obtained Under Color of Office, and Fiduciaries Serving the Estate in Multiple Capacities," in The Law of Probate Bonds (J. Frank and W. Downing, eds.), Annual Meeting, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Chicago, Illinois, 2001; "Rending the Veil: Discovery and Admissibility of Claim and Underwriting Files, Reinsurance Communications, and Reserves," 24th Annual Meeting and Seminar, Surety Claims Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1999. Member: Dallas (Member, Construction Law Section) and American (Member: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Young Professionals Subcommittee, Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Construction Law Section); National Bond Claims Association; Surety Claims Institute; Western States Surety Conference. Reported Cases: U.S. ex rel. Johnson Pugh Mechanical, Inc. v. Landmark Construct. Corp., 318 F.Supp.2d 1057 (D.Colo 2004). Practice Areas: Surety; Construction; Professional Liability; Fidelity; Directors and Officers. Email: Mike F. Pipkin | | W. Neil Rambin (Partner) born Tyler, Texas, September 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1979). Order of Barristers. Notes and Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review. Texas SuperLawyer (2004, 2005). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; AIDA Reinsurance & Insurance Arbitration/ARIAS; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Extra-Contractual Liability Section, 2001-2004); Defense Research Institute; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Reinsurance; Insurance Bad Faith; Professional Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: W. Neil Rambin | | Dawn G. Shawger (Partner) born Lawrence, Kansas, October 1, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University, College Station (B.A., 1991); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member: Dallas and American (Member, Litigation Practice Section) Bar Associations; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Mass Tort Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Health Care. Email: Dawn G. Shawger | | Mark D. Tillman (Partner) born August 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Wayland Baptist University (B.B.A., 1992); Texas Tech University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Regent Scholar, 1992-1995. Note Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; Christian Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mark D. Tillman | | Alan R. Vickery (Partner) born August 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Author, "Legal Issues Affecting Malpractice," Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Breast Cancer Update, 1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Drug and Medical Device Committee). Practice Areas: Health Care; Pharmaceutical; Medical Device Litigation. Email: Alan R. Vickery | | Erin L. Williams (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Judiciary Review Committee); Defense Research Institute; Transportation Lawyers Association; Southern Methodist University Young Lawyers Association; Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court (Barrister). Reported Cases: Dagley v. Haag Engineering Co., 18 S.W. 3d 787 (Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] 2000 n.p.h.); In re Valetutto, 976 S.W.2d 893 (Tex. App. -- Austin 1998, orig. proceeding) (unfair discrimination under Article 21.21-8 of the Texas Insurance Code only applies to first-party insureds, not third-party claimants). Practice Areas: Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Insurance Litigation; Transportation; Class Actions; Professional Malpractice. Email: Erin L. Williams | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Newton J. Jones (Special Counsel) born April 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1978). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability(30%); Personal Injury(20%); Construction Litigation(20%); Premises Liability(10%); Mass Torts(10%); Professional Liability(5%); Medical Malpractice(5%). Email: Newton J. Jones | | David C. Kent (Special Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, July 23, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1975); Baylor University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Recipient: Outstanding Young Lawyer of Dallas Award, 1989; Outstanding Committee Chair Award, Dallas Bar Association, 1998. Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1978. Briefing Attorney, Supreme Court of Texas, 1978-1979. Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2003 and President, 2004-2006, Law Focused Education, Inc. Life Fellow, Young Lawyer Division Foundation, American Bar Association. Member: Dallas (Director, 2005-2007 and Secretary/Treasurer, 2006, Vice Chair/Programs 2007, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Conference, 2006; Chair: Speakers Committee, 2002; Chair, Law Day Committee, 2000-2001; Chair, Mock Trial Committee, 1994-1999) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Extra Contractual; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Class Actions. Email: David C. Kent | | Crystal L. Landes (Special Counsel) born Garden City, Kansas, 1963; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Order of the Barons. Member, Houston Law Review, 1995-1996. Author: "The Story of Covenants Not to Compete in Texas Continues...," 33 Houston Law Review 913, 1996. Member: Dallas Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental and Toxic Tort; Products Liability. Email: Crystal L. Landes | | Deborah E. Lewis (Special Counsel) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1956; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: University of Tulsa (B.S., 1977); University of Oklahoma (M.S., Science, 1984); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1991). Member: Houston, Dallas, National and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Steering Committee of Texas Minority Counsel Program); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental. Email: Deborah E. Lewis | | L. Kimberly Steele (Special Counsel) born December 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1990). Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1986. Co-Author: "Insurance Coverage Opinions," 36 S. TX Law Review 479, 1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Insurance Law Section); Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Fodge, 63 SW3d 801 (Tex, 2001); Folsom Investments Inc. v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 26 SW3d 556 (Tex.App.Dallas, 2000). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Toxic Torts; Asbestos Defense; Asbestos Litigation; Chemical Exposure; Silicosis Litigation; Toxic Exposure; Toxic Tort Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Accident Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Casualty Insurance; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Property Insurance; Excess and Reinsurance; Excess Coverage; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Fire Insurance; First and Third Party Insurance; General Liability; Indemnity; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Contracts; Insurance Mediation; International Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Reinsurance; Reinsurance Arbitration; Reinsurance Mediation; Unfair Insurance Practices. Email: L. Kimberly Steele | | S. Vance Wittie (Special Counsel) born November 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., with distinction, 1983; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation. Email: S. Vance Wittie | | ASSOCIATES | | Colin Batchelor (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, July 21, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California; 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Abilene Christian University (B.S., 1993); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Staff Member, 1998-1999 and Literary Editor, 1999-2000, Pepperdine Law Review. Member: Dallas Bar Association; American Bar Association (Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section); Surety Association of Dallas; Defense Research Institute (Young Lawyers Liaison to Fidelity & Surety Committee). Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety; Construction; Construction Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Professional Liability; Directors and Officers Liability; Insurance; Professional Malpractice. | | Katherine W. Binns (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994); Louisiana State University,Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2000). Member: Dallas Bar Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Employment; Intellectual Property Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation. Email: Katherine W. Binns | | Stacy Blakeley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.S., 1999); Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Email: Stacy Blakeley | | Ryan C. Brown (Attorney) admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Products Liability Defense; Business Litigation; Transportation; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Ryan C. Brown | | Brian A. Calhoun (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, October 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2004, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1996); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Selected as one of "Dallas' Best Lawyers under 40" by D Magazine, 2006. Notes and Comment Editor, Southwestern Law Review, 2000-2001; Judicial intern, Judge Harry Pregerson, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, California. Member: State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Entertainment Law; Media Law. Email: Brian A. Calhoun | | Michael C. Diksa (Associate) born Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: George Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Managed Care; ERISA Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Michael C. Diksa | | Travis S. Gamble (Associate) born October 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1992; J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers. Member, State/National Mock Trial Team. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Product Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Travis S. Gamble | | Joseph P. Griffith (Associate) born Emmetsburg, Iowa; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 2001); Texas Tech University (J.D., 2004). Member: Dallas and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance; Products Liability; Class Actions; Business Litigation; Mass Torts; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Automotive, Construction and Heavy Equipment. Email: Joseph P. Griffith | | Lisa M. Henderson (Associate) admitted to bar, 1995, Oregon; 1996, Washington; 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1989); Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College (J.D., 1995). Member: Dallas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Coverage Litigation; Bad Faith Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lisa M. Henderson | | Mary Madden (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Notre Dame (M.Ed., 2002); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: French, Spanish. Practice Areas: Products Liability. | | Robert McNiel (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of New Mexico (B.A., 1999); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas. Email: Robert McNiel | | Gwen E. Pilgrim (Associate) born Sonora, Texas, September 10, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 2001; J.D., cum laude, 2004). Author: "Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Public Policy Prohibits Insuring Punitives in Wrongful Death Case," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, July 2008; "Texas Supreme Court Clears Up Issue of Punitive Damages Cover," co-author, Insurance Day, April 2008; "Texas Supreme Court Upholds Coverage Despite Late Notice of Suit," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, February 2008; "Texas Public Policy Does Not Prohibit Punitive Damage Coverage in Workers' Compensation Policies," co-author, Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, February 2008; "Texas Court Applies Manifestation Trigger to Homeowner's Damage Claim," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, January 2008; "Fifth Circuit Holds Contractors' Limitation Endorsement Cannot Trump Explicit Exclusions," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, September 2007; "Texas Rules Interpleader Exception to Prompt Payment Statute No Longer Applicable," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, March 2007. Member: Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Reinsurance; Insurance Bad Faith; Products Liability; Construction Law. Email: Gwen E. Pilgrim | | Nina S. Schultz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2006). Order of the Barristers. Semifinalist, 2004-2005 and Executive Competition Coordinator, 2005-2006, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition. Associate Editor, 2004-2005 and Managing Editor, 2005-2006, Indiana Law Journal. Author: "Insured Cannot Assert Waiver or Estoppel to Create Coverage for Uninsured Risks," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, October 2008, "Texas Court Looks Outside Eight Corners to Confirm No Duty to Defend," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update, (May 2008); Note, "Davey's Deviant Discretion: An Incorporated Establishment Clause Should Require the State to Maintain Funding Neutrality," 81 Ind. L. J. 785 (2006). Member: Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Civil Litigation. Email: Nina S. Schultz | | Ronald W. Spooner (Associate) born Pequannock, New Jersey, March 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: William Paterson College of New Jersey (B.A., 1997); University of Houston (J.D., 2001). University of Houston Law Review. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Cori Steinmann (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 17, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 2001); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2004). Member: Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Email: Cori Steinmann | | Elizabeth Weathers (Associate) born Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., English and Russian, magna cum laude, 1995); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2000). Oustanding Student, Department of English and Division of Humanities, Ouachita Baptist University. Staff Editor, Texas Journal of Women and the Law, 1999-2000. Author, "A Passport to Freedom," Lyon Publishing, Cyprus. Former Instructor: English as a Second Language, Alma-Ata Power Engineering Institute, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan; Russian, University of Texas at Austin. Member: Dallas Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers' Association. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Contamination; Environmental Cost Recovery; Environmental Litigation; Property Remediation; Construction Accidents; Construction Defects; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Construction Products Liability; Construction Safety; Contractors Liability; Roof Industry Liability; Products Liability; Automotive Crashworthiness; Breach of Warranty; Environmental Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability; Manufacturers Liability; Product Defects; Products Liability Defense; Recreational Products Liability; Class Action Defense; Business Torts; Directors and Officers Liability. Email: Elizabeth Weathers | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 919 Congress Avenue, Suite 1250. Telephone: 512.481.8400. Fax: 512.481.8444.
Chicago, Illinois Office: One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200. Telephone: 312-641-9050. Fax: 312-641-9530.
Hamilton, Bermuda Office: Sedgwick Chudleigh, Mercury House, Fourth Floor, 101 Front Street. Telephone: 441-296-9276. Fax: 441-296-9277. URL: http://www.sedgwick-chudleigh.com.
Houston, Texas Office: 1111 Bagby Street, Suite 2300. Telephone: 832-426-7000. Fax: 832-426-7009.
Irvine, California Office: 3 Park Plaza, 17th Floor. Telephone: 949-852-8200. Fax: 949-852-8282.
London, England Office: Candlewick House, 120 Cannon Street, EC4N 6LR. Telephone: +44.0.7929.1829. Fax: +44.0.7929.1808. Telex: 927037.
Los Angeles, California Office: 801 South Figueroa Street, 19th Floor. Telephone: 213.426.6900. Fax: 213.426.6921.
Newark, New Jersey Office: Three Gateway Center, 12th Floor. Telephone: 973.242.0002. Fax: 973.242.8099.
New York, New York Office: 125 Broad Street, 39th Floor. Telephone: 212.422.0202. Fax: 212.422.0925.
Paris, France Office: 46, Avenue d'Iéna, 75116. Telephone/Fax: +011-33-1-4704-5502.
San Francisco, California Office: One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor. Telephone: 415.781.7900. Cabel Address: "Sedma". Fax: 415.781.2635.
Zurich, Switzerland Office: Lindenstrasse 22, CH-8034. Telephone: +41.201-1730. Fax: +011-411-201-4404.
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