Removing Insurance Cases to Federal Court: Strategic Considerations and Recurring Challenges

Ms. Martin focuses her practice primarily on first-party property and casualty insurance litigation and related appellate work. She advises insurance carriers regarding a broad range of matters, including complex coverage questions, claims handling issues, and allegations of statutory violations and bad faith. Ms. Martin has significant experience litigating and negotiating commercial and personal lines insurance coverage and bad faith disputes. A great deal of this work has centered on the large volume of claims stemming from the violent weather events throughout Texas. Her clients comprise a number of major national carriers. Ms. Martin leverages Wilson Elser’s experience in this tightly regulated, cost-conscious industry to deliver demonstrable value to clients. She has successfully litigated numerous cases in state and federal courts throughout Texas and surrounding areas. 

Mr. Koch is a member of Flaster Greenberg’s Insurance Counseling and Recovery, Litigation and Environmental Practice Groups. He helps business clients recover from their insurance companies or other responsible parties when facing a loss or potential liability. Mr. Koch's clients come to him for cost-effective, objective-driven representation. He does not represent insurance companies.

Mr. Mann represents and advises some of the nation’s leading insurers on a broad range of coverage matters – from historic manufactured gas plant operations and compliance with coal ash regulations, to emerging issues such as global climate change. Most recently, he has concentrated on complex environmental claims arising from compliance with state and federal regulations regarding closure of historic coal ash basins. Mr. Mann's recent cases have also involved environmental contamination and toxic exposure arising from pipeline leaks, well blowouts, and coal ash storage.