Best Lawyers in Texas, United States for Insurance Law
Jo Allison Stasney is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Jo Allison, who practices law in Plano, Texas, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jo Allison is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
For more than 25 years, Tim Hassinger has represented companies and insurers in personal injury, commercial, and insurance coverage litigation. He uses a targeted, strategic approach—from early case assessment to trial—to control and efficiently resolve litigation. Tim is AV-Preeminent rated, a Louisiana Super Lawyer®, and serves as Liaison Counsel in complex class actions. He teaches Admiralty at Loyola Law School and presents internationally on injury and contractual claims....
John Jakuback represents businesses and institutions in complex commercial and personal injury litigation, including matters involving Fortune 500 companies, regional enterprises, municipalities, and other organizational clients. His practice focuses on the defense of high-exposure claims, including large-scale and multi-party disputes across Texas, Louisiana, and other jurisdictions. Based in Houston, Texas, John is a shareholder at Kean Miller and brings decades of litigation experience to ...
William McMichael maintains a nationwide practice with an emphasis on complex commercial and insurance coverage litigation. His representative experience includes serving as trial counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts in more than a dozen states across the nation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and for violations of various consumer prote...
Kelly Almeter focuses her practice on commercial litigation in state and federal courts. She has experience litigating a wide variety of issues, including representing insurers in coverage and bad faith matters. Kelly regularly advises carriers on coverage issues under environmental and pollution, commercial liability, umbrella, excess, errors and omissions, commercial auto, property, and homeowners’ policies.
Regan G. Pearson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Insurance Law and Transportation Law. Regan G., who practices law in Houston, Texas, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Regan G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Shelby Raye Holt focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation and appellate law. Shelby counsels primary, umbrella, and excess insurers in first and third-party coverage litigation and advises insurers on coverage issues under commercial liability, environmental liability, commercial property, professional liability, errors and omissions, and commercial auto policies. She has experience successfully defending carriers against extra-contractual and statutory bad faith claims involving...
Committed to thoughtfully and effectively representing his clients, Tres Gibbs handles all types of civil and commercial litigation matters. While he seeks to create efficient and creative solutions to resolve disputes for clients of all sizes, he recognizes that many situations require zealous representation in front of judges, juries, and arbitrators. Because no two problems are the same, neither are any two solutions. Tres’s practice consists of representing clients in areas of profe...
Madeline Smith Hebert is a results-driven litigator who develops goal-oriented strategies tailored to each client’s objectives. She focuses her practice on personal injury, maritime, and workers’ compensation matters, including Louisiana state and Longshore claims, as well as construction and premises liability, insurance defense, and indemnity issues. Learn more about Madeline’s practice here .
As a member of the Littler CaseSmart – Charges™ team and based in Texas, Laura B. Williams is responsible for handling charges from investigation to conclusion. She works on client-dedicated service teams, focusing on handling administrative agency charges. She investigates charge allegations, reviews pertinent documents, interviews key witnesses, and provides clients an assessment of the risks associated with the charge. In partnership with the client, she defends the charge by d...
Trent Wallis delivers results-driven advocacy through clear communication, careful analysis, and strategic litigation tailored to his clients’ goals. He focuses on maritime and energy litigation, as well as insurance defense, including personal injury, premises liability, and complex commercial cases in state and federal courts across Texas. Learn more about Trent’s practice here .
David is an associate in the Austin office of Cooper & Scully, P.C. He has significant litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and his practice focuses on civil rights, employment disputes, personal injury, insurance coverage and bad faith, and commercial litigation. Prior to entering private practice, David was an Assistant City Attorney in the New Orleans City Attorney’s Office’s Civil Litigation Unit. In that role, he defended and prosecuted cases...
Samuel C. Zatz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law. Samuel C., who practices law in Houston, Texas, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Samuel C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and ...
Amber Adair represents clients in the financial and technology space. She has experience with financing programs, colocation, technology licensing, technology maintenance and service agreements, technology development, technology implementation service agreements, and cloud-computing transactions such as software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service, with an emphasis on privacy, security and finance-related issues. In addition, she represents clients in information technology a...
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