Insurance Expert Witness, Appraisal and Umpire Services in Texas
Texas is the firm's designated home state for adjuster licensure and the market where its catastrophe record was built. Expert witness retention, party appointed appraisal, umpire appointments, and mediation and arbitration support on first party property disputes.
What drives Texas property disputes
Typical loss types. Hurricane and windstorm on the coast, hail and tornado through the interior and the Dallas and San Antonio corridors, freeze and pipe burst losses, and wildfire in the west of the state.
Texas produces a large share of the country's first party property disputes, and appraisal is invoked often enough that most property litigators handle it routinely. Disputes typically turn on whether roof and envelope damage is storm created or the result of age and deferred maintenance, on the scope of repair the policy owes, and on how depreciation and code upgrade requirements were applied. The firm has handled catastrophe deployments and large commercial losses across the state, including coastal condominium and commercial work.
The firm holds Texas as its designated home state for property and casualty adjuster licensure, which supports reciprocal licensure across much of the country.
Roles the firm accepts in Texas
- Testifying expert. Written reports meeting the applicable disclosure rules, deposition, and trial testimony on scope, causation, valuation, estimating methodology, and claims handling and bad faith standards.
- Consulting expert. Non testifying analysis, early case assessment, estimate reconstruction, and support for examination of the opposing expert.
- Party appointed appraiser. Competent and independent appraiser under the policy appraisal clause, separately stating actual cash value, replacement cost, and the amount of loss.
- Neutral umpire. By agreement of the appraisers or by court appointment, with disclosure of anything bearing on impartiality made up front.
- Mediation and arbitration support. Loss facts and scope gaps translated into a clear technical position and a damages narrative for the proceeding.
How to retain the firm
Send the caption, the parties, counsel of record, the carrier, the role you are seeking to fill, and the deadline schedule including expert disclosure and discovery cutoffs. Most conflict checks clear the same day, before any substantive discussion of the matter. A curriculum vitae, fee schedule, and testimony list follow on request.
Availability is subject to conflict clearance and to any licensure, registration, or appointment requirement of the jurisdiction and the policy at issue. The firm accepts one role per matter.
Why counsel retains this firm
A curriculum vitae, fee schedule, and testimony list are furnished on request.
- Executive General AdjusterThe senior adjusting designation, signifying authority over the largest and most complex property losses.
- More than 25 years in catastrophe and large loss claimsField, large loss, and supervisory experience across national carriers and independent practice, including Farmers Insurance and Zurich North America.
- Documented large loss recordAn $85 million Gulf Coast commercial loss placed through the London market, drawn from thousands of claims handled.
- NFIP certified at all four authority levelsRCBAP, commercial, homeowners, and mobile home.
- Balanced practiceRetention accepted from policyholder counsel and from insurer and defense counsel, and neutral umpire appointments accepted. The balance is itself part of the qualification.
Retain the firm in Texas.
Send the caption, the parties, counsel of record, and the carrier. Conflict checks usually clear the same day, and the CV and fee schedule follow immediately.