Resume of Insurance Lawyer: Michael Sean Quinn

Michael Sean Quinn Law Office of Michael Sean Quinn 1300 West Lynn Suite 208 Austin, TX 78703 Phone: 512-296-2594 Cell:512-656-0503 Fax: 512-344-9466 Email: mquinn@msqlaw.com

Principal Current Practice Areas

Insurance Law and Litigation: litigation of insurance disputes, litigation of insurance bad faith claims, coverage opinion work, bad faith avoidance counseling, reinsurance litigation, and arbitration. Expert witnessing. Law of Lawyering: counseling and litigations: attorney malpractice (broadly conceived), attorney grievances (broadly conceived), problems in legal ethics (e.g., conflicts).  Expert witnessing, including expert witnessing for and against insurance intermediaries.

History

Litigation: insurance litigation, involving insurers insureds and intermediaries, subrogation contexts: class tort, property damage, and product liability cases (sometimes separate cases and sometimes involving various categories of insurance professionals,  negligent inspection by insurers employees and sometimes by others, e.g., professionals,  employer-employee problems arising out of termination, such as misappropriate of trade secrets, violations of covenants not to compete, lawyer conduct issues and wrongful discharge, business entity dissolution and attendant torts; general tort & business controversies.

Experience: Litigation 1997-: Insurance coverage disputes; litigation and arbitration of insurance and reinsurance disputes; personal injury and malpractice litigation. Helped out on some bankruptcy matters in the early 80s, and there is a trace of it even today. 1990-1995: Insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, and murder cases. 1985-1990: Product liability, construction, subrogation and negligent inspection. 1980-1990: Employment law, business litigation (and some later), and divorce (mostly helping out). Experience: Other Insurance Coverage Opinions; Expert Witness: Insurance and Lawyer problems; Litigation Preparation; Consultation: the Forgoing. Some Employment Experiences: After Law School: LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL SEAN QUINN (aka Quinn and Quinn) 1300 West Lynn #208 (immediately preceded by another Austin location) Austin, Texas 78703 512-296-2594 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL SEAN QUINN 2010(±)-2012 230 N. Main St., Suite 202 Salado, TX 76571 254-947-0221 QUINN SEELIG & HAYES 2005-2010(±) 2630 Exposition Blvd., Suite G-10 Austin, Texas 78703 512-542-9243 THE LAW FIRM OF MICHAEL SEAN QUINN 2004-2005 2630 Exposition Blvd., Suite G-10 Austin, Texas 78703 512-542-9243 JORDAN, QUINN and CARMONA, P.C. 2002-2004 1221 South MoPac Expressway, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 512-482-9400 BELL, TURNEY, COOGAN an, RICHARDS, L.L.P., OF COUNSEL ("EWYK") 2001-2002 (Of Counsel only) 823 Congress Ave., Suite 706 Austin, Texas 78701 512-476-0005 SHEINFELD, MALEY and KAY, Shareholder 1999-2001 SHEINFELD, MALEY and KAY, Of Counsel 1997-1998 301 Congress Ave., Ste. 1400 Austin, Texas 78701 512-474-8881 ZELLE and LARSON, Partner* 1983-1995 3000 One Main Place 1201 Main Street Dallas, Texas 75202 214-742-3000 * This law firm was a spin-off from Robins, Zelle, Larson and Kaplan, where I was first an associate (1983-1986) and later a partner (1986-1988). This firm was later named Zelle, Hofmann, Voebel, Mason and Gette. I don’t know its name now. I was also at two other law firms earlier. Law School Academic Appointments Adjunct Professor (Part Time) University of Houston Health and Life Insurance First-Party Insurance (Spring 2004) Adjunct Professor/Visiting Professor (Adjunct) 1998-2004 University of Texas Law School Austin, Texas 78705-3299 Insurance Law (Spring 1999) Professional Malpractice (Fall 1999) Insurance Bad Faith (Fall 2000) Contemporary Contract Theories (Spring 2001) Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure (Fall 2001) Texas Pre-Trial Procedure (Spring 2002) Visiting Professor (Full Time) 1995-1997 University of Texas Law School Austin, Texas 78705-3299 Insurance Pre-trial Procedure Professional Responsibility (Legal Ethics) Malpractice Adjunct Faculty 2001-2004 St. Edward's University Executive M.B.A. Program Austin, Texas 78704 Business Law and Ethics (Spring 2001, Fall 2001) Insurance and Risk Management (Summer 2001) Adjunct Lecturer 1990-1993 Southern Methodist University Law School 1984-1985 Dallas, Texas 75275 Pretrial Procedure Trial and Appellate Procedure Jurisprudence Insurance Law Adjunct Lecturer 1981-1991 Southern Methodist University Department of Philosophy Dallas, Texas 75275 Jurisprudence Experience: Appellate Work I have handled (worked on), in one way or another, over 26 appeals in state and federal court. Experience: Expert Witness Engagements I have testified at least 130+ times in insurance matters and/or cases involving the  problems of lawyering, e.g., malpractice, fiduciary duty breaches, “ethical” problems, and so forth.  Most of these have been by deposition; others have been in court; some have been both. I have served as a consulting expert on both of those kinds of cases many more times.  (For a more details about the divisions, see the longer resume to be found on my website or obtainable from me directly.) A list of the testimony I have “given” in the 20± years is attached to my “Long Resume.” It is to be found on my website: www.michaelseanquinn.com.  In fact, all sorts of information on me is to be fund there. Law and Law-Related Publications & Lectures or Speeches I have published a substantial number articles, squibs, and reviews on insurance, insurance bad faith, and the law of lawyering. I have been a relatively frequent speaker on insurance matters, as well as matters pertaining to the law of lawyering. Occasionally, I have spoken on procedure and some how-to matters. Details about this can be found in my Long Resume, which is in turn to be found attached to my website, or available upon request  Education UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D. 1980 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Ph.D. 1972 Major: Philosophy. Minor: Politics. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, M.A. 1968 Major: Philosophy. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, B.A. 1965 Major: Philosophy. Minor: English. More recent CPCU, AU, AIC, ASLI, AFSB, AMIM, AIS Certificates. Professional Recognition Legend of Insurance Law, Insurance Section of the State Bar of Texas (2005) Chair, Insurance Section of the State Bar of Texas (2000-2001) Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas (1991-2015) Recipient, Outstanding Law Journal Article Award (1998). This was presented by the Texas Bar Foundation.