
Christina Anne Culver
Insurance Litigation Chair
Insurance Coverage Chair
Christina Culver represents clients in insurance coverage matters. Christy provides guidance for coverage and bad faith disputes through each phase of the resolution, including pre-litigation coverage analysis, strategic discovery, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, trial, and the appellate process.
Her practice focuses on complex, multi-party insurance coverage litigation and bad faith litigation concerning general liability, directors & officers, environmental, construction, professional liability, travel, and accident and health coverage. Christy is licensed in Texas and Louisiana and handles coverage litigation in jurisdictions across the United States.
Christy is recognized by Chambers USA for Texas Insurance, as a Super Lawyer – Rising Star in Texas and Louisiana, and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Insurance. In 2022, she was elected to the Council for the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and was elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Background
Christy is the former Vice President for the Houston Chapter of CLM and the current chair for Region 7. Christy regularly speaks on coverage issues at the national level, including the ABA’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, the Advanced Insurance Law Seminar sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, and CLM’s national conferences.
Representative Experience
Obtained favorable order in the Southern District of Texas holding that an insurer has no duty to indemnify underlying bodily injury claims arising out of benzene based on a pollution exclusion.
Obtained grant of application for supervisory writ before Louisiana First Circuit court of Appeal and reversal of trial court’s denial of insurer’s summary judgment motion on weapons exclusion and assault & battery exclusion.
Terry J. LeBlanc v. Zaina & Tejan, Inc., et al., 2021 WL 1884837, 2021-0170 (La.App. 1 Cir. 5/11/21)
Obtained favorable opinion from Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal regarding reversal of trial court’s denial of insurer’s summary judgment concerning the duty to indemnify as premature.
Hoffpauir v. Cajundome, et al., 2021 WL 1558561, 2020-423 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/21/21)
Obtained reversal of an order granting class certification for claims arising out of an explosion at a weapons demilitarization plant and the subsequent recommended evacuation of an area around the plant.
Reeves v. Explo Systems, Inc., 293 SO.2d 119 (La. App. 2 Cir. 2020)
Obtained dismissal of Chinese Drywall product defect suit in Louisiana based upon Peremptory Exception of Peremption.
Obtained summary judgment in favor of insurer on multiple environmental property claims and bodily injury claims in the Western District of Louisiana.
Obtained favorable opinion, in construction defect case, by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal of Louisiana reversing trial court’s judgment granting motion for new trial and reinstating an order of dismissal on the grounds of abandonment.
Cambrie Celeste, LLC v. F.I.N.S. Construction, LLC, et al., 2018 WL 4623355, --- So.3d ---, 2018-0459 (La. App. 4 Cir. 9/26/18), writ denied, 2019 WL 277703 (Mem), ---So.3d ---, 2018-1863 (La. 1/14/19)
Obtained partial summary judgment, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, dismissing claim against insurer for pre-tender defense costs, and third-party’s claim for breach of the insurance policy because the third-party lacked standing.
Professional Recognition
Insurance Law
Ranked Band 4 for Insurance in Texas
Up-And-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars Top List
Listed for Insurance Coverage
Top 10 Most Influential Insurance Lawyers in Texas
Listed for Insurance Law
Up-and-Coming Ranking
Fellow
Listed for Insurance Law
Top Women Attorneys list
Listed for Insurance Law - Rising Star
Listed for Insurance Law
Related Resources
Related Services
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Education, Admissions & Activities
Education
South Texas College of Law
J.D., cum laude, 2011
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., 2007
Bar Admissions
Louisiana
2015
Texas
2011
Court Admissions
United States District Court of Texas
Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western
United States District Court of Louisiana
Eastern, Western, and Middle
United States Bankruptcy Court
Northern District of Texas
United States District Court of New Mexico
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
United States District Court of Colorado
Professional and Community Activities
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
Insurance Coverage Committee, 2023; Regional Chair for Region 7; Greater Houston Chapter, Vice President (2018–present)
State Bar of Texas
Insurance Law Section Council Member, 2022
American Bar Foundation
Fellow
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Allstate Staff Counsel for Street Law Program
Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court
Member (2010–present)
American Bar Association
Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation; CGL Subcommittee; co-chair of the 2024 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar
Texas Exes Life Member
DRI (Defense Research Institute)
Insurance Law Section
State Bar of Texas
Insurance Law Section