Thomas A. Brown (1932-1997).
SHAREHOLDERS
Kenneth G. Engerrand (Shareholder) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Florida State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Adjunct Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, 1978-1993. Member: Houston and American (Vice-Chairman, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1986-1988) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Maritime Association of the United States; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Propeller Club of the United States; Houston Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury Defense; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Premises Liability.Email: Kenneth G. Engerrand
Michael D. Williams (Shareholder) born Satanta, Kansas, May 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Abilene Christian University (B.B.A., 1981); University of Southampton, England; Pepperdine University (J.D., 1984); Tulane University (LL.M., Admiralty, 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, The Propeller Club of the United States. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Personal Injury.Email: Michael D. Williams
Monica Fekete Markovich (Shareholder) born Washington, D.C., June 3, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1990; J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Texas International Law Journal. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; International Refrigerated Transportation Association (Member, Board of Directors; Co-Chair, Insurance and Claims Committee, 2000); Maritime Law Association of the United States; Women's International Shipping and Trading Association; International Transportation Management Association; Toastmasters International. (Board Certified, Workers' Compensation Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation.Email: Monica Fekete Markovich
Mark C. Clemer (Shareholder) born Robstown, Texas, November 7, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Recipient: Distinguished Scholar Award, 1982; Law Week Award of Distinction, 1985. Member, Board of Advocates, 1985. Member: Houston Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Insurance Coverage.Email: Mark C. Clemer
Nelson D. Skyler (Shareholder) born Falls Church, Virginia, November 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1988); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1992). Panelist and Speaker, Lorman's "Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Texas." Featured Speaker, "2004 Changes in Texas Tort Law," Houston Claims Association. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Commercial Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law.Email: Nelson D. Skyler
P. Michael Bowdoin (Shareholder) born Baytown, Texas, September 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1987); AA White Institute (Certified Mediator, 1988). Associate, Walsh, Squires & Tompkins, P.C., Houston, Texas, 1987-1990. Member: State Bar of Texas; Federal Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Defects; Real Estate; Business Organization.Email: P. Michael Bowdoin
Robert M. Browning (Shareholder) born Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1992); University of Houston (J.D., 1996). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Editor, Bi-annual Non-medical Professional Liability Newsletter, 2001-2006); Defense Research Institute; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Fellow; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Defense; Franchise Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Oilfield Personal Injury; Premises Liability.Email: Robert M. Browning
Cynthia A. Galvan (Shareholder) born El Paso, Texas, September 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Editorial Staff Member, American Journal of Criminal Law, 1988-1990. Member: Board of Advocates; Executive Committee, Texas Business Network. Member: Houston and American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Business Network (Executive Committee). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense.Email: Cynthia A. Galvan
James R. Koecher (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, April 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1983); Texas Southern University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; State Bar of Texas; Houston Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation.Email: James R. Koecher
John G. H. Davis (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, January 21, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Midwestern State University (B.A., cum laude, 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1999). Political Science Honors Society; Tau-Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, History Honors Society. Newsletter Editor, Corporate Counsel Review Section, State Bar of Texas, 1998-1999. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Association of American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Commercial Litigation; Admiralty Law; Maritime Law.Email: John G. H. Davis
Allen D. Hemphill (Shareholder) born Irving, Texas, November 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Trinity University (B.A., B.S., magna cum laude, 1991); University of Texas at Austin (M.B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Workers Compensation Defense; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense.Email: Allen D. Hemphill
Charles C. Conrad (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, August 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Houston and American (Member: Insurance Law Section; Health Law Section) Bar Associations; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice; Pharmacists Liability; Premises Liability; Defense Litigation; Wrongful Death; Automobile Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense.Email: Charles C. Conrad
OF COUNSEL
G. Byron Sims (Of Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, March 9, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Texas; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., with honors, 1963); University of Texas (J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Named: "Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; one of "Houston's Top Lawyers," H Texas Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007. Member: Houston, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: District 4-A Grievance Committee, 1981-1983; District 4-C Grievance Committee, 1994-1998; Attorney, District Committee on Admissions, 1968-1970; Special Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Commission on Lawyer Discipline, 1992-1994); The College of the State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Life Member); The Association of Average Adjusters of the United States; Association of Transportation Practitioners; Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association; The Propeller Club of the United States; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit; Trucking Industry Defense Association. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury Defense; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Premises Liability.Email: G. Byron Sims
David C. Redford (Of Counsel) born San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 27, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1962); University of Texas (LL.B., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law, 1971. Certified Mediator, Association of Attorney Mediation and Dispute Resolution Center and Houston Maritime Arbitrator's Association. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Young Lawyers Association (President, 1971-1972); Houston Maritime Arbitrator's Association; Houston Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Business Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Admiralty Law.Email: David C. Redford
ASSOCIATES
Robert R. Martin (Associate) born El Paso, Texas, March 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1977); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Member: Houston Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Maritime Law; Construction Litigation; Motor Vehicle Litigation.
Michael A. Varner (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, July 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1987); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1991). Member, Texas Tech Law Review, 1989-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Workers Compensation; Federal Workers Compensation.
Todd A. Vance (Associate) born Oberlin, Kansas, 1964; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana; 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.B.A., 1989); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1997). Semi-Finalist, Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1997. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Appellate Advocacy Board; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
Kenneth R. Baird (Associate) born Findlay, Ohio, May 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Texas College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2002). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Little Hanger of Horrors, An Overview of Bad Faith Insurance Litigation in the Aviation Industry," Sixteenth Annual Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2005. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Wrongful Death; Aviation Products Liability.Email: Kenneth R. Baird
Tally R. Pugh Perez (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, August 25, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2003). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Employment Law.Email: Tally R. Pugh Perez
Polly A. Kinnibrugh (Associate)
Carla Bennett (Associate) born Camden, New Jersey, August 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southeastern Massachusetts University (B.S., Economics, magna cum laude, Honors Economics, 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Recipient, Judge John R. Brown Award. Article Editor, South Texas Law Journal, 1985-1986. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation Section); Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management.
John C. Clark (Associate) born Gulfport, Mississippi, July 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., Journalism and English, 1995); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of Texas.
H. Miles Klaff (Associate)
Jennifer C. Hancock (Associate) born Woodbridge, Virginia, April 14, 1977; admitted to bar, Texas, 2003; United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (B.A., Political Science, 1999); St. Mary's University Institute on World Legal Problems, Insbruck, Austria; St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 2002). Certified Mediator, Texas. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Construction Defects; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability; Toxic Torts.
Kenney J. Wrubel (Associate) born Austin, Texas, January 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1992); Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.B.L., 1995); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Liability Defense; Products Liability.
Julie C. Lomax (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., Anthropology, 1999; B.A., Classics, 1999); University of Missouri; University of Houston (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.
Larissa L. Teasdale (Associate) born Fargo, North Dakota, February 19, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 2002; J.D., 2005). Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, Texas, 2006-2008. Member: State Bar of Texas.
Tarush R. Anand (Associate)
Jeffrey D. Tobin (Associate) born Houston, Texas, April 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Managerial Studies and Human Performance and Health Sciences, 1999); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Certified, Ad Litem, State of Texas. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Products Liability.
Collin D. Seipel (Associate) born Houston, Texas, November 25, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Political Science, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas.
Daniel K. Dinneen (Associate) born Washington, D.C., July 3, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2001); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas.
James W. Parker (Associate) born Lancaster Pennsylvania, June 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1985); University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1987); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Mediator, State of Texas, 2007. Member: State Bar of Texas.
Karl A. Schulz (Associate) born Austin, Texas November 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1999); California State University, Northridge (Master of Public Administration, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas.
Michael Wright (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, April 25, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas.
Kristy Taylor (Associate) born Cali, Colombia, 1969; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Houston (B.A., English, 1991; M.S., Community and Regional Planning); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.
Jason McLaurin (Associate) born Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Houston (B.A., 2002); University of Florida, Levin College of Law; Loyola University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.
Jesica S. Rivero (Associate) born Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 3, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.S., Neuropsychology, 2004; B.A., Spanish, 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas.
Ryan T. Kinder (Associate) born Topeka, Kansas, August 6, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 2005); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas.