Subrogation Against Utilities: Standards of Care, Theories of Liability, Defenses, Working With Insureds and Experts

Mr. Grieder is an associate attorney at the firm’s Austin, Texas branch office. His practice focuses on automobile, maritime, property and casualty, and workers’ compensation subrogation cases throughout Texas and the South Central states of Oklahoma and New Mexico. Mr. Grieder graduated undergraduate from the University of Texas and received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. He clerked for several Texas firms before litigating at Barnett & Garcia in Austin, as well as Murphy Legal in Austin, where he represented insurance companies in complex construction defect litigation cases.

Mr. Middlebrooks concentrates his practice in insurance recovery, exclusively on behalf of policyholders. He also works in corporate and commercial litigation. Mr. Middlebrooks has assisted numerous policyholders with insurance recovery on a range of matters and insurance policies, including multiple matters involving first-party property policies and construction-related issues, as well as municipal-related concerns. He has also worked on claims involving representations and warranties insurance, as well as a variety of liability policies including public officials' liability, general liability, and directors' and officers' liability. Mr. Middlebrooks’ insurance recovery practice has involved claims that have undergone litigation, arbitration, mediation, formal appraisal proceedings, and that have successfully resolved without formalized proceedings. In addition to his insurance recovery work, his practice has involved construction-related disputes, and litigation involving financial institutes.

Ms. Samson focuses her practice on insurance recovery, exclusively on behalf of policyholders. She represents corporate clients in a wide range of complex insurance matters, including with respect to directors & officers (D&O), representations & warranties (R&W), professional liability, and general liability coverage, as well as environmental and asbestos claims, first-party property and business interruption losses, cyber-related claims, and other specialized risks.

Mr. Solomon is an insurance trial lawyer and shareholder who manages Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer’s Austin, Texas branch office. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado, and Georgia. Mr. Solomon's practice focuses on complex property and casualty subrogation, workers’ compensation subrogation, and automobile subrogation. He handles complex property and casualty subrogation along with workers’ compensation and automobile subrogation cases throughout Texas and across the country. Mr. Solomon's vast experience includes preparation and trial of cases in both state and federal court and his expertise in large, complex property subrogation losses provides welcome assistance to a burgeoning large loss property subrogation practice here at MWL.