David S. White
Counsel,
Dallas
Practice Description
David S. White focuses his practice on insurance coverage law and commercial litigation. He represents insurance professionals and policyholder clients in coverage and bad faith litigation and counsels corporations, corporate directors, and individuals on strategies to strengthen risk management programs through insurance and contractual indemnification arrangements.
Mr. White's areas of expertise include commercial general liability and property programs, directors' and officers' liability, pollution legal liability, employment practices, commercial automobile, fiduciary liability, aviation, professional liability, workers' compensation and employers' liability, intellectual property coverage, homeowners, life, health, and disability policies.
Representations
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Represented a food manufacturer for business interruption after one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history
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Represented a major oil and gas company in an additional insured coverage dispute after a refinery explosion
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Represented an international agri-business for D&O coverage in a securities action against its directors
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Represented a hospital in premises coverage under a liability policy for an on-site shooting
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Represented an international oil and gas company to recover a loss to a sub-sea pipeline after a gas leak
Press Releases/In the News
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"Recession A Boon For Insurance Groups," www.Law360.com; January 26, 2009
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"State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere, November 2008," Kevin O'Keefe's Real Lawyers Have Blogs Blog; December 01, 2008
Presentations/Publications
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Client Alert: Fifth Circuit Decision Provides Lessons for Drafting Indemnity and Insurance Clauses, April 19, 2010
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"2008 Year in Review: Insurance Law," Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 72, No. 1, Page 36, January 2009
Activities
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Member, American Bar Association; Tort & Insurance Practice Section
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Member, Dallas Bar Association; Insurance Law Section; Antitrust Section