The National Law Journal (NLJ) featured Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Micah Skidmore among Insurance Law Trailblazers for 2021.
Published in NLJ‘s March 2021 issue, the Insurance Law Trailblazers listing recognizes professionals who have been agents of change and who have made positive contributions to their industry in the past year.
In the profile, Skidmore discusses how he shifted into working on insurance law cases while working in Haynes and Boone’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. After realizing his strengths as an insurance lawyer, he has gone on to obtain favorable settlements for multiple clients. One example mentioned in the profile was his work successfully representing Texas-based Spec’s retail chain in a case involving coverage for a credit card breach. Skidmore was able to help the client get coverage under a directors and officers (D&O) liability policy, which is unusual for a breach claim.
The profile also highlights Skidmore’s thoughts on the use of technology in the legal industry.
“When lawyers figure out how to leverage the benefits that technology has provided for other sectors, it will have a tremendous impact on how clients use legal services,” he stated. “It may or may not involve artificial intelligence, but more the ability to benefit from all the data that is available to make better decisions.”
To read Skidmore’s full NLJ feature, click here. (Page 14)
Skidmore represents policyholders in significant insurance coverage disputes involving a variety of claims from commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, and errors and omissions liability to first-party property claims, trade credit, and crime and fidelity claims. In addition to representing clients in general business litigation matters, Skidmore also regularly advises clients on the insurance implications of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; consults with brokers and policyholders in negotiations involving underwriting of directors and officers liability insurance policies and other sophisticated insurance products, including trade credit insurance; and counsels plaintiffs and policyholders in complex litigation on how to maximize insurance recovery for defense costs, settlements and judgments.