Kevin Sewell's practice focuses on insurance coverage disputes arising from catastrophic personal injury and property damage claims. He represents national and international insurance companies in complex insurance coverage litigation as both trial and appellate counsel. He also represents insurance agents and insurance brokers in cases involving allegations of professional negligence. Mr. Sewell has successfully argued multiple appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Texas state Courts of Appeal, and regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout Texas and the southern and southwestern United States.

REPRESENTATIVE APPELLATE CASES

Behringer Harvard Royal Island, LLC v. Skokos, 2009 WL 4756579 (Tex.App. - Dallas Dec. 14, 2009) (orig. proceeding)

Baylor Health Care System v. Employers Reinsurance Corp., 492 F.3d 318 (5th Cir.2007)

Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 2007 WL 1577922 (5th Cir. May 30, 2007) (unpublished)

Lennar Corp. v. Great American Ins. Co., 200 S.W.3d 651 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, pet. denied)

Folsom Inv., Inc. v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 26 S.W.3d 556 (Tex. App.-Dallas 2000, no pet.)

In re Union Pacific Resources Co., 22 S.W.3d 338 (Tex. 1999)

RECENT SEMINARS

2006 Insurance Law Roundtable Dallas (Charter Panelist)

Construction Defect Coverage, Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law (Jan. 2006)

PUBLISHED ARTICLE

"White v. McGinnis: Balancing the Jury Right and Judicial Economy"
21 Memphis State University Law Review 403 (1991)

ADMITTANCES

State Bar of Tennessee, 1992
State Bar of Texas, 1994
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

EDUCATION

University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Juris Doctorate (with high honors), 1992
Honors: Member, Law Review

Christian Brothers University
Memphis, Tennessee
Bachelor of Science degree in Economics/Finance, 1989
Honors: Magna Cum Laude

LEGAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Dallas Bar Association
State Bar of Texas, Insurance Law Section
Tennessee Bar Association
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
American Bar Association