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Brian Blakeley
practices in the area of insurance and risk management. Subsequent to a
loss, he represents clients in the resolution of complex insurance and
indemnity disputes. Over the past twenty years, he has served as lead
counsel in hundreds of cases involving such issues in state and federal
trial courts throughout Texas. This practice also takes him to the
United Stats Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Texas Courts of
Appeal, and the Texas Supreme Court.
Mr. Blakeley's extensive
experience with the trial and appeal of insurance issues places him in a
unique position to advise clients on the prospective management of their
risk. In this regard, he counsels clients on the development,
evaluation, and implementation of insurance programs and other risk
transfer mechanisms.
Mr. Blakeley was raised in
San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Churchill High School. His degrees
include a Bachelor of Journalism with honors in 1976 and a Master of
Arts in 1979, both from the University of Texas at Austin. he received
his law degree in 1984 from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
While there, he was awarded a position as the leading articles editor on
the Journal of Air Law and Commerce. He was honored with
membership in the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice in the
Texas State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Northern,
Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
He is a member of the State
Bar of Texas (Insurance Law Section); Fifth Circuit Bar Association;
Risk Insurance Management Society; Defense Research Institute (Insurance
Law Committee); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; and Life Fellow in
the Texas Bar Foundation. He is a licensed Risk Manager in the State of
Texas.
Mr. Blakeley is presently of
counsel to Blakeley & Reynolds, P.C. From 2001 to 2006, he was President
of Blakeley & Reynolds, preceded by President of Brian Blakeley &
Associates, P.C. from 1994 to 2001. From 1991 to 1994, he was a founding
shareholder of Ball & Weed, P.C. in San Antonio, preceded by a
seven-year association with the former Groce, Locke & Hebdon, P.C. in
San Antonio. He joined that firm following graduation from law school in
1984 and was elected shareholder there in 1991. He is presently the
President of Ivex Network, Inc. formed in 2006. Mr. Blakeley holds the
highest peer review rating (AV) as compiled by Martindale-HubbellÒ.
Mr. Blakeley is a frequent
speaker and author of insurance-related publications.
Selected Publications and
Presentations
Faculty, 11th Annual
Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law.
Faculty, 2006 Federal Court
Practice Seminar, State Bar of Texas.
Faculty, 2005 Trial Academy,
Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
The Current Status of
Excess v. Primary Bad Faith Litigation, EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY
SEMINAR (Defense Research Institute, September 1999).
Insurance Coverage
Questions, ADVANCED PERSONAL INJURY AND INSURANCE LAW (University of
Houston Law Foundation 1997, 1998).
Advertising Injury
Coverage Under the Commercial General Liability Policy, 7TH ANNUAL
COMPUTER & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW INSTITUTE (University of Texas
School of Law 1994).
Underinsured Motorist
Coverage in Texas: The New Approach, in TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE
COUNSEL 1991 SPRING MEETING (Texas Association of Defense Counsel 1991).
Insurer Liability for
Failure to Defend, TEXAS BAD FAITH BULLETIN (Rutter Group), Jan.
1991 at 7.
Mr. Blakeley also regularly
represents clients in the prosecution and defense of appeals in both
State and Federal Courts.
Representative Judicial Opinions:
Texas Supreme
Court:
Balandran v. Safeco Ins.
Co. of America, 972 S.W.2d 738 (Tex. 1998).
United States
Court of Appeals:
American
States Ins. Co. v. Russian Orth. Church Outside of Russia,
335 F.3d 493 (5th Cir. 2003).
Balandran v. Safeco Ins.
Co. of America, 129 F.3d 747 (5th Cir. 1997).
Balandran v. Safeco Ins.
Co. of America, 148 F.3d 487 (5th Cir. 1998).
Esco Transp. Co. v.
General Ins. Co. of America, 75 Fed. App. 936 (5th Cir. 2003).
Federal Ins. Co. v.
Srivastava, 2 F.3d 98 (5th Cir. 1993).
Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v.
Mid-Continent Ins. Co., 405 F.3d 296 (5th Cir. 2005).
Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v.
Mid-Continent Ins. Co., 407 F.3d 683 (5th Cir. 2005).
Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v.
Chevron Pipe Line Co., 205 F.3d 222 (5th Cir. 2000).
Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v.
Swift Energy Co., 206 F.3d 487 (5th Cir. 2000).
Performance Autoplex II
Ltd. v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., 322 F.3d 847 (5th Cir. 2003).
Texas Court
of Appeals:
TIG Ins. Co. v. San
Antonio YMCA, 172 S.W.3d 652 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 2005).
AutoZone, Inc. v. Duenes,
108 S.W.3d 917 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi 2003).
In re National Unity Ins.
Co., 963 S.W.2d 876 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 1998).
United States
District Court:
Great American Ins. Co. v.
Calli Homes, Inc., 236 F. Supp.2d 693 (S.D. Tex. 2002).
Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v.
AutoZone, Inc., 312 F. Supp.2d 1037 (W.D. Tenn. 2004).
Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v.
Third Coast Pack Co., Inc., 342 F. Supp.2d 626 (S.D. Tex. 2004).
Northern Ins. Co. of New
York v. Austin Commercial, Inc., 908 F. Supp. 436 (N.D. Tex. 1994).
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