Roger D. Higgins
Insurance Litigation Vice Chair
Insurance Coverage Vice Chair
of Dallas
Dallas
214-871-8256
Roger Higgins provides representation and counsel to the insurance industry on a broad range of matters, including coverage and extra-contractual litigation, prosecution of arson and fraud defenses, market conduct exams, and reinsurance disputes. He has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile trials, arbitrations, class actions, and regulatory and enforcement proceedings and has provided counsel and representation to insurers responding to natural and man-made disasters and catastrophes.
Roger is an active and experienced trial and appellate lawyer who has tried lawsuits and handled appeals throughout Texas.
Representative Experience
Weather-related Catastrophe
Served as lead counsel on over 1000 lawsuits involving hurricane, flood and wind storm losses.
Represented insurer in action brought by Attorney General seeking to expand additional living expense coverage after Hurricane Rita.
Class Action
Represented over 100 insurers in retaliatory premium tax refund class action.
Represented defendants in over 50 class actions.
Defended insurers in diminished value class action.
Insurance
Frequently represented insurers in enforcement and consumer protection proceedings brought by the Texas Attorney General or Texas Department of Insurance.
Represented major insurers in arbitrations involving insurance claims, insurance claims procedures or reinsurance.
Represented insurers in judicial and regulatory proceedings involving premium, rates and policy forms.
Represented insurers in receivership proceedings.
Represented insurers in disputes involving managing general agencies, reinsurers and third party administrators.
Represented insurer in case applying “filed rate doctrine” to class action challenging reasonableness of premium and rates.
Professional Recognition
Listed for Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Litigation – Insurance
Ranked Band 4 for Insurance in Texas
AV Peer Review Rated
Listed for Insurance Coverage, Class Action/Mass Torts, and Appellate
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Education
University of Illinois College of Law
J.D.
University of Illinois
B.A., cum laude
distinction in economics
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
Texas
Illinois
Court Admissions
United States District Court of Texas: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Professional and Community Activities
American Bar Association
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law