Rick is a litigation associate in Akerman’s Houston office, with a civil litigation practice focusing on insurance coverage matters and disputes. He routinely represents and advises insurance companies on various types of insurance coverage matters, including those involving directors and officers, professional liability, commercial general liability, commercial property, errors and omissions, commercial auto, and fidelity insurance policies. He has experience with a wide variety of insurance matters, including successfully conducting pre-suit mediations and settlement negotiations, conducting and handling Examinations Under Oath, analyzing purported Stowers demands, analyzing and litigating duty to defend and duty to indemnify disputes, and advising and defending insurance companies in extra-contractual/bad faith liability disputes.