Overview The Appellate Practice Group boasts four attorneys who are Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Many of Thompson Coe’s attorneys are former briefing attorneys or law clerks for state and federal judges. Thompson Coe’s appellate attorneys have successfully represented litigants in important cases decided by the Texas Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, including the Fifth Circuit, and other appellate courts in Texas and across the country.
The philosophy of the Appellate Practice Group is to integrate legal scholarship and appellate practice with trial strategy for successful results. The client’s long-term perspective is always in the forefront, as Thompson Coe’s appellate attorneys meticulously research and analyze the legal questions presented.
The Appellate Practice Group’s victories span a wide array of legal issues in the areas of products liability, personal injury, professional liability, insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial, labor and employment, and class actions. Thompson Coe’s appellate attorneys routinely file amicus curiae briefs for clients with a special interest in pending appellate proceedings. In addition to handling appeals, Thompson Coe’s appellate attorneys have substantial experience with original proceedings in appellate courts.
Thompson Coe’s appellate attorneys are also known for their the ability to become involved at the pre-trial level for important or complex motion practice and at trial for error preservation and charge conference issues. The Appellate Practice Group’s capabilities have been used by Firm’s trial attorneys, as well as by attorneys for other firms in trial and after trial. |
Insurance Litigation
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Fleming, 248 S.W.3d 166 (Tex. 2007)
- In re Vesta Ins. Group, Inc., 192 S.W.3d 759 (Tex. 2006)
- Fortis Benefits v. Cantu, 234 S.W.3d 642 (Tex. 2007)
- Bonner v. Allstate Ins. Co., 43 S.W.3d 532 (Tex. App.—Austin 2000), rev’d in part, 51 S.W.3d 289 (Tex. 2001)
- Embrey v. Royal Indem. Co., 986 S.W.2d 729 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1999), aff’d, 22 S.W.3d 414 (Tex. 2000)
- Patterson v. Mobil Oil Corp., 335 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2003)
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hunter, 242 S.W.3d 137 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2007, no pet.)
- In re Allstate Ins. Co., 232 SW.3d 340 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2007, orig. proceeding)
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Edminster, 224 S.W.3d 456 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2007, no pet.)
- Bennett v. Security Ins. Co. of Hartford, 160 S.W.3d 213 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005, pet. denied)
- ExxonMobil Corp. v. Kirkendall, 151 S.W.3d 594 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2004, pet. denied)
- In re American Dynasty Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 130 S.W.3d 94 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2003, orig. proceeding)
- Allstate Texas Lloyds v. Mason, 123 S.W.3d 690 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, no pet.)
- Great Am. Lloyds Ins. Co. v. Mittlestadt, 109 S.W.3d 784 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, no pet.)
- In re Am. Home Assurance Co., 88 S.W.3d 370 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002, no pet.)
- Hartrick v. Great Am. Lloyds Ins. Co., 62 S.W.3d 270 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.)
- Gen. Agents Ins. Co. v. Arredondo, 52 S.W.3d 762 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2001, pet. denied)
- General Agents Ins. Co. v. Home Ins. Co., 21 S.W.3d 419 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2000, pet. dism’d by agr.)
- Carlton v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co., 32 S.W.3d 454 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2000, pet. denied)
Professional Liability
- Armstrong v. Capshaw, Goss & Bowers, L.L.P., 404 F.3d 933 (5th Cir. 2005)
- Streber v. Hunter, 221 F.3d 701 (5th Cir. 2000)
- McGuire, Craddock, Strother & Hale, P.C. v. Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., 251 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, pet. denied)
- F.W. Indus., Inc. v. McKeehan, 198 S.W.3d 217 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2005, no pet.)
- Law Offices of Windle Turley v. French, 164 S.W.3d 487 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005, no pet.)
- Law Offices of Windle Turley, P.C. v. French, 109 S.W.3d 599 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003, no pet.)
- Stangel v. Perkins, 87 S.W.3d 706 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2002, pet. denied)
- McIntyre v. Wilson, 50 S.W.3d 674 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2001, pet. denied)
- Muniz v. State Farm Lloyds, 974 S.W.2d 229 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, no pet.)
Personal Injury/Product Liability
- Ford Motor Co. v. Castillo, 279 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. 2009)
- Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma, 242 S.W.3d 32 (Tex. 2007)
- In re Ford Motor Co., 211 S.W.3d 295 (Tex. 2006)
- Land Rover U.K., Ltd. v. Hinojosa, 210 S.W.3d 604 (Tex. 2006)
- In re Ford Motor Co., 165 S.W.3d 315 (Tex. 2005)
- Wright v. Ford Motor Co., 508 F.3d 263 (5th Cir. 2007)
- Muth v. Ford Motor Co., 461 F.3d 557 (5th Cir. 2006)
- Parker v. Cumming, 216 S.W.3d 905, (Tex. App.—Eastland 2007, pet. denied), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 1671 (2008)
- Hutton v. AER Mfg. II, Inc., 224 S.W.3d 459 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2007, pet. denied)
- In re Ben E. Keith Co., 198 S.W.3d 844 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006, orig. proceeding)
- Willowbrook Foods, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp., 147 S.W.3d 492 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2004, pet. denied)
- Hill and Griffith Co. v. Bryant, 139 S.W.3d 688 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2004, pet. denied)
- Robinson v. Nat’l Autotech, Inc., 117 S.W.3d 37 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003, pet. denied)
- Hudson Buick, Pontiac, GMC Truck Co. v. Gooch, 7 S.W.3d 191 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1999, pet. denied)
Miscellaneous
- Tilton v. Marshall, 925 S.W.2d 672 (Tex. 1996)
- Banks v. Dallas Housing Auth., 271 F.3d 605 (5th Cir. 2001)
- United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 264 S.W.3d 160 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, no pet.)
- Weldon-Francke v. Fisher, 237 S.W.3d 789 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2007, no pet.)
- Kokes v. Angelina College, 148 S.W.3d 384 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2004, no pet.)
- Denton County v. Tarrant County, 139 S.W.3d 22 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2004, pet. denied)
- In re Paris Packaging, Inc., 136 S.W.3d 723 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2004, orig. proceeding)
- Mosley v. Dallas County Child Protective Servs. Unit, 110 S.W.3d 658 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003, pet. denied)
- In re Hinterlong, 109 S.W.3d 611 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, orig. proceeding)
- Tarrant County v. Denton County, 87 S.W.3d 159 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002, pet. denied)
- McMillan v. Computer Translation Sys. & Support, Inc., 66 S.W.3d 477 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2001, orig. proceeding)
- Seminole Pipeline Co. v. Broad Leaf Partners, 979 S.W.2d 738 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist. 1998], no writ)
- Fed. Ins. Co. v. Samsung Elec. of Am., 268 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. 2008)
- Zuffa v. HDNet MMA 2008 LLC, 262 S.W.3d 446 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, no pet.)
- Dallas Fort Worth Int’l Airport Bd. v. Cox, 261 S.W.3d 378 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, no pet.)
- Union Carbide Corp. v. Loftin, 256 S.W.3d 869 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2008, no pet.)
- Igal v. Brightstar Info. Tech. Group, Inc., 250 S.W.3d 78 (Tex. 2008)
- DaimlerChrysler Ins. Co. v. Apple, 265 S.W.3d 52 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008, no pet.)
- Anderson v. CICI Enters., LP, 245 S.W.3d 669 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, no pet.)
- Austin v. Countrywide Home Loans, 261 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008, no pet.)
- Mendez v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 231 S.W.3d 581 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2007, no pet.)
- Gilbane Bldg. Co. v. Keystone Structural Concrete, Ltd., 263 S.W.3d 291 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, no pet.)
- Simonson v. Keppard, 225 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2007, no pet.)
- In re Tex. Dep’t of Transp. 218 S.W.3d 74 (Tex. 2007)
- Am. Home Shield Corp. v. Lahorgue, 201 S.W.3d 181 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006, pet. denied)
- Ramirez v. Encore Wire Corp., 196 S.W.3d 469 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006, no pet.)
- Fleming v. Ahumada, 193 S.W.3d 704 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006, no pet.)
- Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Yeo, 171 S.W.3d 863 (Tex. 2005)
- Ho Wah Genting Kintron Sdn Bhd v. Leviton Mfg. Co., Inc., 163 S.W.3d 120 (Tex. App—San Antonio 2005, no. pet.)
- In re Silica Prods. Liab. Litig., 166 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. 2004)
- Tex. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sturrock, 146 S.W.3d 123 (Tex. 2004)
- Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. v. East Side Surgery Ctr., Inc., 159 S.W.3d 155 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2004, pet. dism’d)
- Town of Flower Mound v. Stafford Estates Ltd. P’ship., 135 S.W.3d 620 (Tex. 2004)
- Compaq Computer Corp. v. Lapray, 135 S.W.3d 657 (Tex. 2004)
- In re Khaledi, 138 S.W.3d 77 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2004, no pet.)
- U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. Gnade, 134 S.W.3d 511 (Tex. App.—Waco 2004, no pet.)
- In re Woman’s Hosp. of Tex., Inc., 141 S.W.3d 144 (Tex. 2004)
- In re Smith, 96 S.W.3d 722 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2003, no pet.)
- Wall Street Deli, Inc. v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co., 110 S.W.3d 67 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2003, no pet.)
- Walker v. Geer, 99 S.W.3d 244 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2003, no pet.)
- Wrenn v. G.A.T.X. Logistics, Inc., 73 S.W.3d 489 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002, no pet.)
- Guinn v. Bosque County, 58 S.W.3d 194 (Tex. App.—Waco 2001, pet. denied)
- Royal Mortgage Corp. v. Montague, 41 S.W.3d 721 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2001, no pet.)
- Tex. Ass’n of Counties County Gov’t Risk Mgmt. Pool v. Matagorda County, 52 S.W.3d 128 (Tex. 2000)
- Lesikar v. Rappeport, 33 S.W.3d 282 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2000, pet. denied)
- In re Tarrant County, 16 S.W.3d 914 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2000, no pet.)
- Shields v. Tex. Scottish Rite Hosp. for Crippled Children, 11 S.W.3d 457 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2000, pet. denied)
- McGilvray v. Moses, 8 S.W.3d 761 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1999, pet. denied)
- Smith v. Tilton, 3 S.W.3d 77 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1999, no pet.)
- Mid-Continent Cas. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 1 S.W.3d 251 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1999, no pet.)
- In re Valetutto, 976 S.W.2d 893 (Tex. App.—Austin 1998, no pet.)
- Blum v. Julian, 977 S.W.2d 819 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1998, no pet.)
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