A significant increase in the number of professional liability suits is a direct result of today's litigious atmosphere. Many different types of professionals—including doctors, lawyers and accountants, to the name the most obvious—are facing a rise in malpractice suits. These suits can not only make or break careers, but also the companies for which these individuals work. Our attorneys understand that the outcome of a dispute or trial can have drastic ramifications for individuals, partnerships, practices and companies.

Strasburger's attorneys have counseled and represented in litigation many different types of professionals, including accountants, attorneys, directors, officers and fiduciaries, financial services providers, real estate agents, insurance agents and others. On behalf of our clients, we have obtained defense verdicts, summary judgments, non-suits, and dismissals in cases where severity of the claim was as great as $15 million.

Attorneys in this practice are outstanding business litigators with strong experience in developing professional liability strategies that result in successful outcomes for clients. Many of these attorneys have published articles in scholarly journals and other industry publications and speak frequently on professional liability issues.
  

Accomplishments

LAWYERS

• Defense verdict in an attorney malpractice claim involving a Stowers demand. (State Court-Dallas)
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a lawyer sued by a former client for alleged negligence in failing to obtain a restraining order against the client's former spouse. The former spouse in a rage shot his children and killed himself.
• Defense verdict in an attorney malpractice claim alleging mishandling of the client's lawsuit and excessive fees. (State Court-Upshur County)
• Obtained summary judgment for a family law firm accused of disclosing confidential information that allegedly caused the failure of a $15,000,000 securities placement.
• Defense verdict in attorney malpractice action alleging negligence in the handling of suit. (State Court-Dallas)
• Obtained summary judgment in a lawyer malpractice action arising from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in which over $3,000,000 in damages were sought.
• Obtained voluntary dismissal for an attorney serving as counsel to a closely-held corporation in which securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence were alleged and damages of more than $2,000,000 were sought.
• Defense verdict in attorney malpractice claim. (Probate Court-Fort Worth)

INSURANCE AGENTS

• Defense verdict for an agent accused of failing to report a suit against the insured to a carrier. (State Court-Dallas)
• Obtained nonsuit for an insurance agent sued by a physician who was denied disability payments from an insurer.
• Obtained dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction for an insurance agency sued in federal court for alleged misrepresentations relating to CGL policies.
• Defense verdict for an insurance agent sued because of the agent's alleged failure to obtain contents coverage for the insured's business; agent prevailed on bad faith counterclaim entitling him to recover all his attorneys fees. (State Court-Dallas)

DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND FIDUCIARIES

• Obtained summary judgment—affirmed on appeal—for an insurer sued by the FDIC seeking a declaration of coverage.
• Obtained summary judgment for a directors and officers insurer in a suit brought by a former bank officer seeking indemnification for fees incurred in his successful defense of an indictment for money laundering and damages.
• Defended and successfully settled a lawsuit alleging misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA filed by an Employees Investment Plan against administrative committee members.

ACCOUNTANTS

• Obtained dismissal with prejudice for an accounting firm in a suit alleging fraud, negligence and DTPA violations brought by investors in municipal utility district bonds.
• Obtained dismissal for want of personal jurisdiction—sustained on appeal—on behalf of a Utah accounting firm sued for allegedly misleading financial statements included in a Texas private placement memorandum.
    

     
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