Jay W. Brown

Houston, TX
Partner

Jay Brown has achieved an exemplary record of jury verdicts and judgments in a variety of industries. These include contract disputes, fraud, wrongful death, energy, insurance bad faith, deceptive trade practices, civil rights, toxic tort, catastrophic accidents, and other cases. Well regarded as an insurance specialist, Mr. Brown has skillfully navigated numerous commercial property insurers and independent adjusters through the murky waters of first party bad faith disputes, including catastrophes involving habitational properties, office buildings, retail complexes, and refineries. He is co-chair of the firm's Insurance Litigation/Coverage section and presently serves on the firm's Executive Committee.

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1984, J.D., with honors
  
• The University of Texas, 1981, B.A., with high honors and special honors, Phi Beta Kappa

• Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  
• Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

• Tried numerous breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, bad faith, fraud, and personal injury cases to verdict
• Obtained second reverse bad faith verdict in Texas. The plaintiff, suing for bad faith, received zero and had $200,000 judgment entered against her in favor of the insurer
• Obtained hundreds of summary judgments in insurance coverage/bad faith lawsuits
• Defends insurers and independent adjusting companies in many high-exposure coverage/bad faith suits, including first party commercial property claims arising from catastrophic losses, D&0 disputes, and liability insurance disputes
• Represents the world’s leading industrial and medical gas supplier in business, construction, and accident suits throughout Texas
• Represents the largest private correctional company in a variety of cases across Texas

• Texas
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

• Panelist/Co-author, "Are You Looking for a Change?" Texas Lawyer Roundtable Series, August 4, 2008
• Interviewee, “Wildfire Claims Q&A,” Claims Magazine, December 2007
• Co-author, "A Calculated Move," Claims Magazine, June 1, 2007
• Contributing author, "Anatomy of a Litigation," The In-House Counsel's Essential Toolkit, Volume VI,
  American Bar Association, 2007
• Co-Author, “Does it Center on Senter,” Claims Magazine, April 1, 2007
• Co-author, "Assisting Your Company in Times of Crisis," The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report, Fall 2006
• Co-author, "Business Interruption and Extra Expense Coverages: Strategic Considerations in Catastrophic Losses," 2006

• Since 2006, Mr. Brown has been named each year as a leading insurance lawyer in Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the highly respected attorney rating organization
• Listed on the 2007 BTI "Client Service All-Star Team for law Firms" (among top 113 attorneys for client service based on survey of Fortune 1000 corporate counsel)
• Named a "Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly magazine, for multiple consecutive years, and selected for the 2008 & 2009 Texas Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition for Business Litigation
• Named one of "Houston's Top Lawyers" by H Magazine

• Serves as faculty member for the Beecher Carlson TopBoards^TM program, ISS-accredited training for corporate board members
• Co-author, "Solving Interpleader and Inadequate Limit Problems," 12th Annual Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law CLE, Houston, Texas, January 24-25, 2008
• "A Day in the life of an E-Discovery Case," T3: Trial Tactics and Technology, ALM Events, London and New York, 2007
• "Business Interruption and Extra Expense: Strategic Considerations for Catastrophic Losses,"  2005 Texas Insurance Law Symposium, 2005
• "A Day in the life of an E-Discovery Case," T3: Trial Tactics and Technology, ALM Events, New York, 2006
• "Trial Tactics and Technology," 4th Annual General Counsel Conference West, ALM Events, Marina del Ray, CA, 2006
• "Trial, Tactics & Technology - Where Business, Litigation and Litigation Support Intersect," 18th Annual General Counsel Forum, ALM Events New York, 2006
• "Now You’ve Got the Data: What Next?," LegalTech West Coast, ALM Events, Los Angeles, 2006
• "Business Interruption and Extra Expense Coverages: Strategic Consideration in Catastrophic Losses," 2006 Texas Insurance Law Symposium, 2006
• "The Impact of Information Management From Dispute Emergence to Resolution,"  T3 - Trial Tactics and Technology, American Lawyer Media, 2005
• "Independent Counsel: The Insurer's Responsibilities to Its Insured," Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Insurers, 2004
• "Business Interruption: Strategic Considerations,"  Texas Insurance Law Symposium, 2004
• "Independent Counsel: The Insurer's Responsibilities to Its Insured,"  Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Insurers, 2003
• "Independent Counsel: When It's Needed; When It Isn't,"  Advanced Insurance Law Seminar, 2002
• "Independent Counsel: The Insurer's Responsibilities to Its Insured,"  Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Insurers, 2001
• "Independent Counsel: The Insurer's Responsibilities to Its Insured,"  Insurance Law for Agents, Adjusters and Attorneys Who Represent Insurers, 2000
• "Independent Counsel: Insurance Law for Agents, Adjusters and Attorneys," 1999
• "Intellectual Property Litigation International,"  Intellectual Property Seminar, 1998
• "Insurance Coverage for Employment Claims,"  Employment Law Seminar, 1998
• "Insurance Availability for Intellectual Property Matters,"  Houston Bar Association's Institute on Intellectual Property Seminar, 1997
• "Harassment Cases As They Relate to Liability Coverage,"  Houston Claims Association, 1997
• "Bad Faith Litigation, Part One: Case Update,"  Insurance Law Seminar, 1997