Partner

cwhite@whiteshaverlaw.com

Areas of Practice:

Products Liability, Long Term Exposure Cases, Insurance Defense, Civil Litigation, Construction Defects, Environmental Claims.

Description:

Specializing in personal injury and complex tort trial law, Mr. White focuses on cases involving product liability claims, long term exposure litigation as well as first and third party insurance cases.

Mr. White's primary focus is on the actual trial of complex torts, multiparty litigation, personal injury and environmental claims. He tries lawsuits to verdict throughout the state of Texas and the entire United States on a frequent basis. He is Texas and regional counsel for national, state and local corporations, litigating toxic tort and environmental cases. He is a frequent and accredited speaker on toxic tort, personal injury, insurance litigation and claims handling.

Representative Engagements:

• Zurich Insurance
• Nationwide Insurance Co.
• ACE USA
• The Hartford
• St. Paul Travelers Group of Companies
• Sentry Insurance A Mutual Company
• Farmers Insurance Group
• Amica Mutual Insurance
• GEICO Insurance Co.
• Cavell USA
• RPM, International
• Bucyrus International, Inc.
• Kimberly Clark Corp.
• Waste Management
• Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Safeco Insurance Companies

Education:

• Lamar University, B.S. 1982
• Lamar University, M.S. 1983
• South Texas College of Law, J.D. 1988

Publications, Speeches and Presentations:

• Texas Association of Defense Counsel- Winter Meeting (October 2001)
  -Database Management in Complex Cases
• Mealey's Trial Tactics Seminar (May 2003)
  -State of the Art and Other Defenses In Malignancy and Non-Malignancy Asbestos Cases
• Andrew's Seminars (Asbestos Update) (April 2004)
  -Viability of the Chrysotile Defense, A Defense Perspective.
• Mealey's Trial Tactics Seminar (February 2005)
  -Defense Trial Tactic in Toxic Tort cases.

Mr. White has presented approved Texas Department of Insurance seminars for the Insurance claims industry for the last 15 years. Some of those approved courses are as follows:

• Consumer Protection Issues: Third Party and First Party Claims Handling.
• Texas Toxic Tort Update
• Liability Claims Handling in Texas:
• Products Liability
• Premise Liability
• Automobile Liability
• Texas Workers Compensation Update
• Texas Medical Practice Liability Update
• Litigation Update
• Updates to Changes in Texas Law