Overview
Ms. Dunten’s practice at Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P. includes a wide range of coverage and bad faith matters both prior to and during insurance litigation. She has 20 years of experience in insurance coverage litigation and her areas of expertise include coverage analysis and insurance litigation arising out of auto, homeowners, and commercial property polices as well as CGL policies. Ms. Dunten regularly provides coverage analysis to insurers regarding their Texas claims involving a variety of policy lines and including complex inter-carrier disputes and additional insured issues as well as advice regarding first-party claims-handling under Texas law.
Cases
Clients
- Allianz
- Arch Insurance
- Lemonade
- Lloyd’s Of London member entities and syndicates
Professional Affiliations
Professional
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
News & Insights
News
Publications
Author and Presenter: The Peculiar Problem of Additional Insureds, presented at
the Circle of Excellence Houston Seminar, November 2015
Author: Law Update 2010, presented to the Houston Claims Association, April 2010
Author: “The Changing Face of Commercial Liability Insurance; Update on Specialty Lines,” presented at University of Houston Law Foundation’s Seminar, Insurance and Tort Claims, March 2007
Author and Speaker: “Legislative Update, Including the Re-Codification of Article 21.21 and 21.55,” Houston Claims Association, 2007
Practice Areas
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Commercial General Liability
- Construction Coverage
- Coverage Analysis and Advice
- Excess and Primary Disputes
- Homeowners’ Coverage
- Hurricane Litigation
- Personal Lines Coverage
- Property and Casualty Insurance
- Surplus Lines Coverage
- Advertising Liability and Personal Injury
- Auto Insurance (Personal and Commercial)
- Employment Practices
- Environmental Coverages
- Foundation Damage Claims
- Policy Drafting
- Professional Liability
Credentials
Education
University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1998
Rice University, B.A., 1995
Admissions
- Texas Courts
- United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Employment
- Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., October 2010 − present
- McFall, Breitbeil & Shults, P.C., October 2006 – September 2010
- Taylor & Taylor, January 2000 – April 2004
