The city of Dallas was founded by a lawyer in 1841, when John Neely Bryan saw the potential for the area to become a distinguished town on the banks of the Trinity River. Soon after, many artists, traders and explorers settled in Dallas, exemplifying the creative, frontier spirit that still exists today. With oil, banking and insurance as bedrock industries, and a proliferation of technology companies over the last few decades, Dallas has become a thriving business center.
Like our fellow counselor Bryan, we were drawn to the huge potential in Dallas. Wilson Elser opened its office in 1992, and since then has provided top-notch legal representation in litigation across the city and the state of Texas in areas like nursing home defense, medical malpractice, construction litigation; environmental law and toxic tort, as well as product liability. Additionally, the office's insurance practice group has wide experience in insurance coverage, including advising insurance carriers on coverage matters, handling insurance-related litigation, and advising insurers on claims handling. Our team of experienced attorneys also represents a variety plans, employers, insurers, fiduciaries, and third-party administrators in claims brought under Life, Health, Disability and ERISA.
The Dallas office offers wide-ranging legal know-how. While most of the work can generally be described as commercial and insurance litigation, the combined experience of our attorneys spans many areas. Clients of the Dallas office include major domestic and international insurance companies. The office defends claims against nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; managed care institutions; manufacturers of motorized products; and a wide variety of professionals, including doctors, attorneys, architects, engineers and accountants.
In product liability, we defend cases throughout Texas and the Southwest. Some of these cases involve death or serious injury. Among the products involved are pharmaceuticals and supplements, agricultural items, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, marine outboard motors, personal watercraft and other motorized products.
Dallas attorneys represent parties in environmental cases, as well, including claims involving respiratory diseases stemming from exposure to asbestos and mold. Other cases involve a variety of chemical and environmental contaminants alleged to have caused personal injury or property damage.
Within its insurance practice group, the Dallas office has nationwide experience in the public or private company directors-and-officers arena, having been involved in some of the largest D&O cases in history. We consult with insurers in analyzing complex coverage issues under many kinds of insurance, such as D&O, errors and omissions, commercial general liability, commercial property, homeowners and automobile policies. We represent them in coverage litigation, including defense against extra-contractual claims of bad faith, insurance code violations and deceptive trade practices.
The attorneys are active in the Dallas legal community and local and state bar associations, as well as the Professional Liability Underwriting Society and other legal and insurance practice organizations.