 8th Annual Insurance Law Symposium
Friday, November 11, 2022 from 9:00 am to 6:00 PM CT Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Dallas, Texas
Discounted room reservations at $189 per night (+ taxes and fees) are available at The Lumen Hotel using this link.
Additional information and registration coming soon.
*This event is open to all attorneys and law students*
Symposium Co-chairs: Bob Allen Ernest Martin Marc Gravely
Date and Location
Friday, November 11, 2022
Registration
ACCC Fellows & Other Attorneys: $275
SMU Dedman School of Law Alumni & Young Attorneys (less than 5 years in practice): $220
SMU Dedman School of Law Faculty & Students: FREE (Advance registration is required)
Tentative Agenda Subject to change based on speaker availability - CLEs pending
8:15 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome Remarks and Introductions
- Mike Huddleston, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, PC; President, ACCC
- Dean, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- Bob Allen, The Allen Law Group; Co-Chair, Insurance Law Symposium Committee
- Ernest Martin, Haynes and Boone, LLP; Co-Chair, Insurance Law Symposium Committee
- Marc Gravely, Gravely P.C.; Co-Chair, Insurance Law Symposium Committee
9:15 am Insurance Responding to Disasters: Surfside Building Collapse, Wildfires, CO-VID
- Doug McIntosh, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.
- TBD
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10:00 am Latest First Party Issues: Appraisal, Public Adjusters, Burden of Proof/Concurrent Causation
- Marc Gravely, Gravely P.C.
- Neil Rambin, Faegre Drinker
- TBD
10:45 am Break
11:00 pm All Star Panel Discusses Insurance Law Career Opportunities and a Law Student Q&A Session
12:15 pm Luncheon Presentation: Insurance Lessons Learned from Celebrity Trials: Duty to defend, right to independent counsel, reasonable hourly rates, reimbursement, duty to defend counterclaims
- Timothy Sullivan, McCormick Barstow
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1:15 PM Break
1:30 pm Duty to Settle: The Texas Stowers Doctrine and Approaches Adopted in Other Jurisdictions
- Jay Sever, Phelps Dunbar LLP
- James Cooper, Reed Smith LLP
- TBD
2:15 pm Creative Methods to Access Insurance: The Use of Stipulated Judgments, Coverage and Bad Faith Assignments and Sweetheart Deals
- Timothy Burns, Burns, Bowen, Bair, LLP
- TBD
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3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Mock Hearing and Panel Discussion on Admissibility of Claims Handling and Attorneys Fees Expert Witnesses
- Patrick Kenny, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Julia Molander, JAMolander Consulting, LLC
- TBD
4:30 pm Reception All are welcome to attend, including any local attorneys and students who were unable to attend the full-day Symposium.
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