Insurance Recovery Appeals

Haynes Boone's Insurance Recovery Appeals team handles appeals and critical trial court briefing for policyholders in insurance coverage disputes across the country.

Most appellate lawyers are generalists by nature, trained to navigate procedural complexities and to persuasively distill complex issues regardless of subject matter. But after years of successfully partnering with Haynes and Boone’s trailblazing Insurance Recovery litigators, Haynes Boone's appellate lawyers have developed a particular eye for the legal issues and arguments that resonate most with judges in insurance recovery disputes. When you have an important insurance coverage dispute, wouldn’t you rather have an appellate lawyer well-versed in both appellate procedure and substantive insurance law? The Haynes Boone Insurance Recovery Appeals team does just that.

Another strength of our practice is the way we seamlessly integrate the Haynes Boone appellate lawyers at the trial court level. Because so many insurance disputes turn on questions of law, our appellate lawyers often jump in to prepare high-value briefs at the motion to dismiss and summary judgment phases. Then, as trial approaches, these experienced lawyers draft and argue jury instructions, identify and preserve possible trial-court errors, and otherwise serve as trusted legal strategists for trial teams. And having been involved throughout the life of the case, Haynes Boone appellate lawyers are already prepared to preserve a trial-court victory on appeal or to reverse a trial-court defeat.

In short, Haynes and Boone’s appellate lawyers can and do partner with our trial lawyers (and yours) to ensure that your insurance recovery dispute is skillfully and efficiently handled from the outset of litigation through the conclusion of any appeals.

Notable recent matters include:

Securing a rare victory in part of an appeal concerning property insurance coverage for an entertainment company related to COVID-19 shutdowns
Prevailing at the Sixth Circuit in a dispute concerning liability insurance coverage for a national bank related to a bankruptcy proceeding
Representing an international energy company in a Texas Supreme Court case that resolved an issue of first impression in directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
Prevailing at the Fifth Circuit in a novel case involving an insurance carrier’s duty to defend claims arising from an alleged data breach