8th Annual Insurance Law Symposium
These materials are available to registered attendees only.

Friday, November 11, 2022 from 9:00 am to 6:00 PM CT
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Underwood Law Library
6550 Hillcrest Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75205

Symposium Co-chairs:
Bob Allen
Ernest Martin
Marc Gravely

Sponsored By:

Abbreviated Agenda
Speaker Bios
Visiting SMU Dedman Law
Campus Parking Map
SMU Guest Wi-Fi Connection Instructions
Attendee List 

Agenda Subject to change based on speaker availability - CLEs pending

8:15 am   Registration Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom Foyer

9:00 am   Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Mike Huddleston, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, PC; President, ACCC
• Jason P. Nance, 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 
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Doug McIntosh, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.
• Sheri Pastor, McCarter & English
• Mark Boyle, Boyle, Leonard & Anderson, P.A.

Paper | Presentation

10:00 am   Latest First Party Issues: Appraisal, Public Adjusters, Burden of Proof/Concurrent Causation 
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Marc Gravely, Gravely P.C. 
• Neil Rambin, Neil Rambin Law PLLC
• Jake Posey, The Posey Law Firm, P.C.

10:45 am   Break 

11:00 am   All Star Panel Discusses Insurance Law Career Opportunities and a Law Student Q&A Session
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Mike Huddleston, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, PC; President, ACCC
• Ernest Martin, Haynes and Boone, LLP; Co-Chair, Insurance Law Symposium Committee
• Sheri Pastor, McCarter & English
• Mike Aylward, Morrison Mahoney LLP
• Jay Chappell, Willis Towers Watson
• Jefferson Rees, Pioneer Natural Resources 

No Paper or Presentation (Not a CLE session)

12:15 pm   Luncheon & Presentation - Insurance Lessons Learned from Celebrity Trials:
 Storey Hall    Duty to defend, right to independent counsel, reasonable hourly rates, reimbursement,
                    duty to defend counterclaims

• Timothy Sullivan, McCormick Barstow
• Amy Stewart, Amy Stewart PC
• Mike Aylward, Morrison Mahoney LLP

Paper | Presentation

1:15 pm   Break

1:30 pm   Duty to Settle: The Texas Stowers Doctrine and Approaches Adopted in Other Jurisdictions
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Bob Allen, The Allen Law Group; Co-Chair, Insurance Law Symposium Committee
• Vince Morgan, Bracewell LLP
• Christine Haskett, Covington & Burling LLP

Paper | Presentation

2:15 pm  Creative Methods to Access Insurance: The Use of Stipulated Judgments, Coverage and Bad Faith Assignments and Sweetheart Deals
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Timothy Burns, Burns, Bowen, Bair, LLP
• Chris Mosley, Foley Hoag
• Aaron Mitchell, Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi, LLP

Paper | Presentation
Great American V Hamel - Aaron Mitchell

3:00 pm   Break

3:15 pm  Mock Hearing and Panel Discussion on Admissibility of Claims Handling and Attorneys Fees Expert Witnesses
Underwood Law Library Hillcrest Classroom

• Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• Beth Bradley (Moderator), Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi LLP
• Michael Levine, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
• Jim Cooper, Reed Smith LLP
• Patrick Kenny, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Julia Molander, JAMolander Consulting, LLC
• Stephen Walraven, Langley & Banack, Inc.

The policyholder side will present expert Charlene Miller on direct in opposition to a motion to strike, with cross-examination by the insurer side as to qualifications and opinions of the expert.  This is based on the motion to strike Charles Miller in the case of USF&G v. Ulbricht, in the Western District of Washington.

Paper | Presentation
Pleadings For Mock Expert Presentation
Charlene Miller Esq Resume

4:30 pm   Reception Underwood Law Library Pit
                 All are welcome to attend, including any local attorneys
                 and students who were unable to attend the full-day Symposium