Blake Evans

AREAS OF EMPHASIS

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Insurance Coverage
• Bad Faith Litigation
• Insurance Regulation
• Insurance Defense Litigation

• Member, American Bar Association (Business Law and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections)
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• Associate Member, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.
• Member, State Bar of Texas (Insurance and Litigation Sections)
• Member, Dallas Bar Association (Litigation Section)
• Admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
• Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• “Update on ‘Prompt Payment’ Statute and Employee/Adjuster Liability Under Article 21.21,” paper and presentation for the Texas Independent Insurance Adjusters Association, November 1999. 
• “Bad Faith – A Claims Handling Update,” paper and presentation for the Texas Independent Insurance Adjusters Association, June 1998.
• “Recent Developments in Bad Faith Law,” paper and presentation for the Annual Meeting of the North Texas Subrogation Association, October 1997.
• “Bad Faith Law Update,” paper and presentation for the Texas Tort & Insurance Law and the New Millennium Symposium, August 1997.
• “1995 Tort Reform – One Year Later,” presentation for the Annual Meeting of the North Texas Subrogation Association, October 1996.

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas
  • Liaison to Board of Directors 2003 - 2005
  • Hospitality Chairman
    – Wish Night 2001      
    – Wish Night 2002
  • Casino Chairman – Wish Night 2000
  • Raffle Volunteer – Wish Night 1999
  • Fundraising Committee – Wish Night 1998
• Caduceus Society – Member 1999 - present
• Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program
  • Applicant Interviewer 1993 - 96, 2003 - present
• Science Place Gala
  • Underwriting Committee 2002
• Dallas Museum of Art
  • Professional Members League

• National counsel for insurers in multi-state class action litigation concerning workers’ compensation regulatory issues.
• Declaratory judgment litigation in both state and federal court
• Insurance coverage disputes
• Coverage opinions
• Insurance program exhaustion analysis, including complex deductible and retention issues
• Premium calculation and recovery disputes
• Litigation involving alleged improper claims handling on behalf of insurance carriers
• Regulatory compliance
• Defense and indemnification issues arising under various types of liability policies
• Defense of suspected fraudulent claims
• Defense of personal injury and property damage claims

• Georgetown University Law School (J.D., 1991)
  • Georgetown International Environmental Law Review - Editor, 1990-91
• Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988)

• AV Rated by Martindale  Hubbell