Brian S. Martin

Thompson Coe Attorneys Recognized on ‘Best Lawyers’ 2024 List, “Ones to Watch” and “Lawyer of Year”

Chambers and Partners Recognizes Thompson Coe Attorneys and Practices for 20th Consecutive Year

‘Texas Super Lawyers’ Names Thompson Coe Attorneys to 2022 list

‘Best Lawyers’ Names 19 Thompson Coe Attorneys to 2023 List, Including 11 on “Ones to Watch and 4 on “Lawyer of Year”

Legal Issues Arising out of Fracking

National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds Legal Conference
June 2017

Decades of Unexpected, Accidental and Wild Changes in Insurance Law Practice

21st Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2016

Duties During Litigation

20th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2015

KABOOM!: Handling Explosion Claims, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update

Apr 10, 2015

Once More Into the Breach:  Will Fracking Usher in the Next Great Wave of Environmental Litigation?

Jan 1, 2015

Once More Into the Breach: Will Fracking Usher in the Next Great Wave of Environmental Litigation?

Journal of Texas Insurance Law
2015

KABOOM! Handling Explosion Claims

7th Annual Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update
April 2014

Vexing Insurance Litigation Challenges: Venue, Choice of Law and “Mixed” Coverage

South Texas College of Law
February 2014

Emerging Developments on the Construction Defect Horizon

DRI Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium
December 2013

Rescuing the Mishandled Claim

18th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2013

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: A Meditation on the Ethics of Claims Handling, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update

Thompson Coe Houston Seminar
March 2013

Insurance Coverage Issues Involving Fracking

17th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
October 2012

Who Pays And How Much?: Allocation Of Defense And Indemnity Costs Among Co-Insurers, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update

Jun 14, 2012

What We Have is a Failure to Communicate: Untimely Notice of a Claim, Settlements Without the Insurer's Consent, and the Making Sense of the Prejudice Ruling

South Texas College of Law
January 2012

Ethics Jeopardy with Brian Martin, Christopher Martin and Ernest Martin

16th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2011

Triggering Excess Coverage by Exhaustion

16th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2011

Allocation and Trigger of Coverage, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update

Thompson Coe Houston Seminar
April 2011

Divine Intervention? Is There a Prayer for Joint Settlement of Covered Claims in the Wake of Mid-Continent v. Liberty Mutual and Trinity v. Employers Mutual

15th Annual Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law
January 2011

Ask the Experts: Q&A with Brian Martin, Christopher Martin and Ernest Martin

15th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
October 2010

Current Trends and Issues in Texas Trigger and Allocation

7th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
April 2010

Reserving Rights and Denying Coverage

Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update 2010, Thompson Coe Houston Seminar
April 2010

Chipping Away at Mid-Continent: Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. Employers Mutual Casualty Company

State Bar of Texas and Insurance Section of the State Bar of Texas
February 2010

Allocation and Trigger of Coverage in Texas

14th Annual Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law
January 2010

Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. Employers Mutual Casualty Company: The Reigning in of Mid-Continent v. Liberty Mutual

State Bar of Texas
January 2010

Chinese Drywall Claims

State Bar of Texas
December 2009

Three’s Company, or Is It? The Tripartite Relationship and it’s Practical Problems

14th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
October 2009

When the Policyholder Goes Belly Up: Coverage Disputes in Bankruptcy Court

14th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
October 2009

The Changing Landscape: Allocation and Trigger Coverage in Texas, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update

Thompson Coe Houston Seminar
September 2009

Allocation of Coverage, Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims

University of Houston Law Foundation
August 2009

Business Coverage Update

Insurance Law Section Annual Meeting and CLE, State Bar of Texas
June 2009

Business Insurance Policy Update

Business Law Course, University of Houston Law Foundation
June 2009

Developments in Allocation of Coverage

University of Houston Law Foundation
April 2009

Scope of Coverage After Mid-Continent and Don's Building

Sixth Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
April 2009

Update on Recent Texas Supreme Court Insurance Decisions

Sixth Annual Spring CLE Seminar, Houston Paralegal Association
April 2009

Business Policies in Dangerous Times: The Provisions You Should Know About

University of Houston Law Foundation, Advising Businesses in a Troubled Economy
January 2009

Inter-Carrier Relationships After Mid-Continent v. Liberty Mutual

13th Annual Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law
January 2009

The Dangers of Mid-Continent v. Liberty Mutual

Inaugural Presentation of the South Texas Insurance Forum of the Gulf Coast Insurance Coverage Group
October 2008

The New Carrier-Insured-Carrier Relationship: The Problem of Multiple Carrier Sharing After Mid-Continent v. Liberty Mutual

University of Texas School of Law 13th Annual Insurance Law Institute
October 2008

Triple Play: Three New Texas Supreme Court Insurance Decisions

State Bar of Texas
September 2008

The Changing Landscape: Allocation and Trigger Coverage in Texas,

Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Houston
June 2008

The Status of "Trigger of Coverage" in Texas

Fifth Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
March 2008

Who Pays? Allocation Issues in Insurance

University of Houston Law Foundation
June 2007

Allocation of Coverage, Triggers and Their Effect on Both Claimants and Insurers, Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims Course

University of Houston Law Foundation
March 2007

Intent, Negligence and Public Policy: Who Do Carriers Pay Punitive Damages?

Fourth Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
March 2007

Reservation of Rights and Waiver/Estoppel Issues

Texas Insurance Law Symposium
January 2007

Preparation and Strategy Considerations in Filing and Prosecuting Coverage Litigation

Dec 6, 2006

Setting the Chess Pieces: Preparation and Strategy Considerations in Filing and Prosecuting Coverage Litigation

11th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
December 2006

The Rubic’s Cube: Allocation of Coverage

Oct 12, 2006

What Do I Pay?: Allocation of Coverage and its Effect on Both Claimants and Insurers

Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Houston Law Foundation
June 2006

How Many Ways Can you Define Allocation?

Third Annual Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
March 2006

Common Issues in Coverage Litigation

University of Houston Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Insurers
October 2005

Insurance/Litigation, Including Overhaul of Workers’ Comp and asbestos/Silica

State Bar of Texas, Legislative Update
August 2005

Environmental Insurance Litigation

A State By State Case Law Survey
May 2005

Post Judgment and Gandy Issues: Proving Indemnity

Second Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
April 2005

Offers of Settlement Under House Bill 4: A Primer

Texas Insurance Law Symposium
February 2005

Legislative Update on Insurance

Journal of Texas Insurance Law
2005

The Duty to Defend in Transition – A Mock Summary Judgment Argument

9th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law
November 2004

Challenging Experts: The Protocol Use of Robinson/Daubert

1st Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas
April 2004

Texas Legislative Update: A Walk Through House Bill 4

University of Houston Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Law
April 2004

Trying the Big Insurance Case

Texas Insurance Law Symposium
January 2004

Legislative Update: Insurance

State Bar of Texas
September 2003

Reservation of Rights: The Insurance Company's Perspective

University of Houston Law Foundation
2003

Commercial Insurance: Boom or Bust? and Occurrences - What, When and How Many?

Texas Insurance Law Symposium
January 2002

Coverage for Intentional Acts

6th Annual Insurance Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law
2001

Insurance and Bankruptcy

Tort and Insurance Law Journal
2001

Concurrent Litigation

5th Annual Insurance Law Conference, University of Texas Law School
2000

Fee Controls and Legal Audits: An Essay on Practical Due Process for Lawyers

Journal of Texas Insurance Law
2000

Audits of Law Firm Bills: The Issues Inside and Out

Insurance Litigation Reporter
July 1999

Auditing Attorneys Fees

Texas Insurance Law Symposia, South Texas College of Law
1999

Missing Pieces: Trigger and Allocation in Texas

4th Annual Insurance Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law
1999

Environmental Liability Coverage

National Association of Environmental Law Societies, Thurgood Marshal School of Law
April 1998

Bad Faith Litigation

University of Houston Law Center Advanced Civil Litigation Seminars
1998

Bad Faith: Hot Spots and Hot Topics

ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Section Midyear Meetings
1998

Liability Coverage: The Duty to Defend in Texas

Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law
1998

Claims Adjustment: Texas Insurance Code Hazards

Austin Claims Association Program
1997

Lender Liability: Drafting to Avoid It, Real Estate Documents

Workouts and Closings Seminar, University of Houston Law Center
March 1991

New Property Attributes in Electronic Information

Co-author, Computer and Information Technology Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law