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Insurance Defense

Glast Phillips Murray Zopolsky is a full-service law firm that has the power, abilities, and technological depth of a large firm, while offering personal service.

  • Liability defense
  • Coverage Disputes
  • Bad Faith Claims
  • Subrogation
  • Duty of Defend
  • Claim Investigation
  • Settlement Negotiation
  • Professional Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Commercial General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Issues
  • Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
  • Errors and Omissions
  • Excess and Surplus Lines
  • Property and Casualty
  • Third-Party Claims
  • Dram Shop/Liquor Liability
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Insurance Defense

GPMZ: A Premier Insurance Defense Law Firm

At Glast Phillips Murray Zopolsky our insurance defense team is led by highly experienced attorneys who have been trusted by a wide array of insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and private clients for decades. We have built long-standing relationships with insurance companies of all sizes, defending them and their insureds across a broad range of policies. Our firm has also been retained by claims entities and private clients in complex and high-stakes insurance matters.

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What sets us apart is our full-service approach. Unlike many traditional insurance defense firms, GPMZ is not limited to a narrow scope of defense work. We are staffed by a group of top-tier civil litigators who bring unmatched expertise across a wide variety of cases.

Comprehensive Insurance Defense Services
Our attorneys handle virtually all types of cases within the insurance defense spectrum and beyond. Whether defending claims under personal injury, professional liability, or construction defect policies, we offer expert legal representation across the most challenging areas of civil litigation. Our insurance defense work includes but is not limited to:

  • Personal Injury: From premises liability and slip-and-fall accidents to catastrophic wrongful death and multi-fatality cases, we represent clients in high-exposure claims involving hospitality venues, dram shop liability, workplace incidents, and offshore claims.
  • Construction Defect: We defend clients from small trade disputes to large-scale construction defect claims involving projects valued in the tens of millions of dollars. Our clients range from subcontractors to general contractors in some of the most complex construction litigation cases.
  • Professional Liability: Our team defends professionals across various industries, including medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and claims against engineers, architects, accountants, real estate agents, insurance agents, and directors and officers (D&O) in cases of alleged negligence or misconduct.
  • Product Liability: We represent manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other entities throughout the supply chain in complex litigation involving defective products that cause injury to persons or property. We defend clients against claims based on manufacturing defects, design defects, and inadequate warnings or instructions across diverse industries, including pharmaceutical and medical devices, automotive products, industrial equipment, consumer appliances, and sporting goods.

Industry Expertise Across Various Sectors
GPMZ’s clients come from a diverse range of industries, including construction, manufacturing, energy, transportation, retail, and hospitality. Our breadth of experience allows us to approach each case with a deep understanding of industry-specific risks and regulations, enabling us to craft legal strategies that align with our clients’ business objectives. In addition to insurance defense, our litigators handle cases involving labor and employment, non-subscription, banking and financial institutions, business disputes, environmental law, probate matters, trucking and transportation, and serve as fractional or nationwide general counsel.

Unique Bilingual Expertise
One of GPMZ’s distinctive strengths is our bilingual legal team, led by one of our senior partners. Our dedicated Spanish-speaking professionals allow us to effectively handle cases that involve Spanish-speaking clients, witnesses, and key stakeholders. This capability has led to our frequent retention in high-exposure lawsuits in South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, and other regions where Spanish fluency is critical to case success. Our ability to bridge language barriers and provide seamless legal representation in both English and Spanish is a significant advantage for clients involved in complex litigation across the state.

At GPMZ, our commitment to excellence, combined with our extensive industry experience and unparalleled litigation skills, has earned us the trust of clients across industries. Whether defending against personal injury claims, professional liability cases, or large-scale construction disputes, our team stands ready to deliver results that protect our clients’ interests.

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    Benjamin Adeeso
    Benjamin Adeeso
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Ashim Bhandari
    Litigation, Corporate, Insurance Defense
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    Brian A. Bieschke
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Grant Boisbrun
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Collin E. Burns
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Paige B. Calabrese
    Paige B. Calabrese
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Connor Dayton
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Bethany Dow
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Carmine Drohan
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    James C. Erdle, Jr.
    James C. Erdle, Jr.
    Litigation, Corporate, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Non-Subscriber
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    Misty M. Escobedo
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Arvin Farangi
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Christian Franklin
    Christian Franklin
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Meredith Gerber
    Litigation, Corporate, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Mary Gurz
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Olivia Hornsby
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Arron M. Kidder
    Litigation, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Victor J. Kozlow
    Litigation, Corporate, Insurance Defense, Non-Subscriber
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    Victoria Lee
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Allison Maynard
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Edward A. Patton
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Connor Roberts
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Elizabeth O. Sanders
    Litigation, Insurance Defense
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    Joseph D. Zopolsky
    Litigation, Corporate, Energy and Environment, Healthcare, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Non-Subscriber