Mr. Disiere is a founding partner and a leading practitioner in the area of complex insurance coverage issues and related litigation. Before entering private practice, Mr. Disiere gained a wealth of experience through 13 years working in-house for one of the world’s largest property and casualty insurers. He has managed claims personnel, both defended and managed first and third party litigation involving high profile insurance disputes and assisted in the development of corporate level policies and procedures. His last five years in-house, he managed and worked as co-counsel on a wide variety of extra-contractual, first-party litigation in several states throughout the nation and, primarily, across the state of Texas. He has addressed complex Texas Department of Insurance issues, developing compliance and response strategies, coverage interpretation, litigation and the development and implementation of effective litigation strategies in complex cases before the Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Disiere is also an Adjunct Professor of Property and Casualty Insurance Law at the University of Houston Law Center and holds an Associate in Claims (AIC) designation from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. He maintains an active practice developing and shaping Texas insurance jurisprudence involving bad faith, insurance coverage, first and third-party litigation and related issues.
PRACTICE AREAS:
• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
• Non-Subscriber Litigation and Defenses
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ONORS:• University of Houston – Clear Lake
• Named Outstanding Student in Business & Administration 1984-85
• B.B.A. – Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.95 G.P.A.
• President Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society 1984-85
• National Dean’s List
• Member Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Iota Epsilon, Honor Societies
BAR ADMISSIONS:
• All Texas Courts
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
EMPLOYMENT:
• Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., (Founding Partner), January 2000 – present
• Assistant Counsel for State Farm, Corporate Law Department, January 1995 – January 2000
• State Farm Insurance Companies:
BI Claim Superintendent, Auto Company, January 1993 – December 1995
Division Claim Attorney, January 1992 – January 1993
Claim Specialist, Sr. Claim Representative, Claim Representative, Claim Rep.
Trainee, January 1987 – January 1992
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DUCATION:• University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1992
• University of Houston, B.B.A., 1986
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ROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
ARTICLES AND SEMINARS
• “The Necessary Mechanics for Handling Automobile Claims”; State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Section Annual Meeting and CLE; Austin, Texas; June 15, 2006.
• “Ethics Jeopardy”; South Texas College of Law Texas Insurance Law Symposium; Houston, Texas; January 27, 2006.
• “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Discovery in Insurance Cases”;
State Bar of Texas Advanced Consumer Law Course; Houston, Texas; November 4, 2005.• “Hot Topics in Property, Liability and Automobile Insurance”;
State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting Insurance Law Section CLE Program; Dallas, Texas; June 23, 2005• “Discovery – Underwriting and Beyond the Claim File; What is There, How You Get It and How and What to Use”;
The Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Second Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course; Dallas, Texas; March 31, 2005• “What’s New in Personal Lines”;
State Bar of Texas Annual Insurance Law Section Meeting & CLE; San Antonio, Texas; June 24, 2004• “From
Tilley to Gandy – Working in Shades of Gray”; The Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas; Dallas, Texas; June 10-11, 2004• “Hot Topics in Texas Insurance Law”;
State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Telephone Seminar Series; May 5, 2004• “Who is Really Controlling the Defense? The Dilemma of the Litigation and Billing Guidelines and Other Control Devices”;
State Bar of Texas First Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course• “Property Insurance: Annotated Homeowner’s Policy”;
Ultimate Insurance Seminar 2000• “Commercial General Liability Policies and Other Insureds: Watch Your Language”;
Government Contracts in Texas Seminar; November, 2000• “Surf’s Up! Insurance Resources on the Web”
Texas Insurance Law Symposium: Coverage and Litigation; South Texas College of Law; November, 2000