Cooper & Scully, P.C. | Attorneys | Dallas, Texas

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

Founders Square, 900 Jackson Street, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75202-4426

Telephone: 214-712-9500
Fax: 214-712-9540
Website: www.cooperscully.com

Established: 1993

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About Us
Additional Locations
Client Information
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Practice Areas

Appellate Practice
Bad Faith
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Complex Litigation
Construction Law
Copyright and Trademark Law
Coverage Issues
Employment Law
Extra-Contractual Litigation
First and Third Party Defense
General Liability
Health

Insurance Coverage
Insurance Defense
Legal Malpractice
Malpractice
Managed Care Liability
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Product Liability
Property and Casualty
Pharmaceutical
Professional Liability
Transportation
Trial and Appellate Practice

About Us

Coverage

We have extensive experience representing and advising policyholders and insurance carriers regarding a wide array of commercial and personal insurance. We can provide assistance with analyzing, and if necessary litigating, the applicable rights and obligations of the parties to all major lines of insurance, including:

General Liability

Casualty and Property

Directors & Officers' Liability

Errors & Omissions

Public Sector

Commercial and Personal Motor Vehicle

Professional Liability

Reinsurance

We can provide representation related to all types of claims which may implicate insurance coverage issues, including:

Criminal and civil actions arising out of alleged financial crimes and governmental investigations

Breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder derivative suits, antitrust, price fixing, and restraint of trade

Insurance agents and brokers’ alleged negligence in performing their duties

Municipal liability, and police, fire department and school board errors & omissions

Uninsured motorists coverage

Bodily injury arising out of catastrophic, workplace and product-related injuries

Property damage and business interruption claims resulting from catastrophic accidents (eg., fires, explosions, water intrusion) and natural events (eg. hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes)

Workplace discrimination and sexual misconduct

Products and other manufacturing-related liability, including disputes regarding the allocation of losses among multiple insurers and policies, and liability and first party claims arising from product-manufacturing recalls

Claims against medical professionals, attorneys, or accountants

Construction liability claims, including architects and engineers’ professional liability policies, first-party property, environmental and builder’s risk policies, performance bonds, and “additional insured” claims

Intellectual property claims, including patent, trademark and trade dress disputes, copyright infringement, and unfair competition

Cyber-Torts, including technology, media and professional liability claims regarding allegations of cyber-extortion, as well as intellectual property and data breach claims

Environmental liabilities, including cleanups, petroleum contamination, and toxic torts

Fidelity claims, including embezzlement, employee crime, forgery, failed institutions and receiverships

International insurance claims, including arbitration and other international insurance recovery

Bad-Faith Litigation
With respect to direct claims of bad faith liability against insurance carriers and their representatives, Cooper & Scully has been at the forefront in the development of Texas law in this area. We understand what it takes to prove or defend these claims, including the applicable standards, necessary discovery, and appropriate experts. Our attorneys have tried numerous cases to successful conclusion.

Carrier Representation
Our attorneys have the experience and skills to understand and analyze even the most complex insurance matters. We provide advice and representation related to all aspects of the law affecting the operations of an insurance related business, including evaluating exposure and assisting clients on steps to take to minimize risks. Some of the types of matters we have handled include:

Policy and Endorsement Drafting

Regulatory Authority Representation

Coverage Counsel

General Liability/Third Party Defense
We have a keen appreciation for the unique goals and objectives of the insurance industry in handling claims and litigation in a cost-efficient and effective manner. We understand the need of the claims professional to maintain a close working relationship with defense counsel so that claims and litigation can be managed with case-specific goals clearly in mind. We are experienced in providing budgets and timely, substantive reports so that costs and benefits of claims and litigation can be continually assessed.

Additional Locations

Austin, Texas
3600 N. Capitol of Texas Highway
Building B, Suite 190
Austin, Texas 78746

Telephone: 512-439-1500
Fax: 512-831-5354

Houston, Texas
26310 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 34
The Woodlands, Texas 77380

Telephone: 713-236-6800
Fax: 713-236-6880

San Francisco, California
423 Washington Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: 415-956-9700
Fax: 415-391-0274

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Zurich North America

Personnel Information

Shareholders

R. Brent Cooper

Dallas, TX

E-Mail: brent.cooper@cooperscully.com

Admitted

Texas, 1977
Oklahoma, 2012
Arkansas, 2016
New Mexico, 2020
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Texas