David L. Plaut
Top rated Insurance Coverage attorney in Austin, Texas
Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage,
Appellate,
Bad faith insurance,
Insurance defense
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage,
Appellate,
Bad faith insurance,
Insurance defense
Southwest Tower, 211 East 7th Street, Suite 600Austin, Texas, 78701
First Admitted: 1990, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.hannaplaut.com/attorneys/david-l-plaut/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- State Bar of Texas, Insurance Section, Member
- Defense Research Institute, Member
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Austin Bar Association, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- American Bar Association, Member
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Texas Appleseed Visionary Society
Honors/Awards:
- Texas Super Lawyer, 2008 – 2012, 2016-2020, Super Lawyers Magazine
Educational Background:
- Johns Hopkins University, BA, with honors, 1985
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- The Duty To Defend, Creative Pleadings of “Negligence”, and Coverage Issues, Insurance Bad Faith Seminar (October 16, 1998)
- Statutory Update (including article 21.55), Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Carriers, (University of Houston 2004)
- Subrogation Waivers and Insurance policy Construction: the strange case of SM Energy, 13th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course (June 9-10, 2016)
- Ruttiger v. Texas mutual and the Viability of Aranda in the Workers’ Compensation “Bad Faith” Context: Defense Perspective, 14th Annual Insurance Law Institute (University of Texas 2009)
- Insurability of Punitive Damages After Fairfield, 14th Annual Insurance Law Institute (University of Texas 2008)
- Stowers Update: New Aspects of an Old Claim, Texas Insurance Law Symposium (South Texas College of Law 2006)
- Trinity v. Cowan: Mental Anguish Is Not “Bodily Injury” and Intentional Torts are Not “Accidents,” 61 Texas Bar Journal 128 (February 1998)
- Gandy Busts Up Sweetheart Deals For Good, 60 Texas Bar Journal 1112 (December 1997)
- The Duty To Defend and State Farm v. Gandy,Insurance Bad Faith Claims Seminar (Oct. 17, 1997)
- A Tale of Two Slabs: Sharp, Nicolau and Insurance Coverage for Residential foundation Claims,Texas Insurance Law: from Nuts and Bolts to Tips and Tricks (Sept. 11,1997)
- Obtaining or Avoiding Summary Judgment in a Bad Faith Case: The “Bona Fide Dispute” Standard for Assessing an Insurer’s Handling of a Claim, 3rd Advanced Issues in Insurance “Bad Faith” Litigation (Oct 13, 1995)
- Lyons v. Millers Casualty: The Last Word on the Standard for Assessing Bad Faith in Texas?, 57 Texas Bar Journal 832 (Sept. 1994)
- A Guide to the Local Rules of Texas Federal Courts, 54 Texas Bar Journal (June 1991)
- Texas Law Review, Articles Editor, University of Texas School of Law, 1989
- Certification and the Quest for Certainty: A Primer on Certified Questions to the Texas Supreme Court, 25th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 4, 2015)
- Beyond the eight corners: Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine the Duty to Defend, 5J Tex. Ins. L. 2 (Dec. 2004)
- Bad Faith Litigation in Texas and Update of Recent Extra-Contractual Cases, Handling Insurance and Tort Claims (University of Houston 2003)
- Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Article 21.58 and the Burden of Proving Covered and Non-Covered Causes in Property Insurance Cases, 2 J. Tex. Ins. Law (Nov./Dec. 2000)
- Hot Topics In Homeowner’s Insurance: Including Balandran and Insurance Coverage for Residential Foundation Claims, Texas Insurance Law Symposium (July 30-31, 1998)
Industry Groups:
- Appellate
- Construction
- Insurance
- Litigation
- Trucking
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