Yearly Archives: 2022

Mike Doyle taught at the college held by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) on November 11-12, 2011, in Washington, DC.  The educational program, entitled “The Persuasion Edge,” was geared toward teacing enhanced communication skills to attorneys, in order to help them select, develop, and prepare cases for trial.

Also teaching at the college were Eric Oliver and Amy Pardieck.  More information is available here from the AAJ.

The Texas Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a workers’ compensation bad faith claim, in which the plaintiff was represented by Doyle Dennis Avery LLP at the trial level, and on appeal by Alan Daughtry.  The plaintiff, Jerome Wagner, sued his workers’ compensation insurer, XL Specialty, after he was injured on the job and XL Specialty denied his claim, forcing him to unneceesarily proceed through the administrative process.

The matter was appealed to address a dispute in discovery about whether the attorney-client privilege attaches to communications between an insurer, its attorney, and the employer that purchased the workers’ compensation policy, while the claim is pending at the administrative level.  XL Specialty’s attorney had prepared materials and sent them to the employer–who was not XL Specialty’s client.

Mr. Daughtry prepared Mr. Wagner’s briefing on appeal and argued the case before the Texas Supreme Court.  The case was recently profiled in the Texas Lawyer Magazine.

The State Bar of Texas CLE invited Mike Doyle to speak today, March 16, 2012, as the luncheon speaker with Mike Dobbs of the State Bar on the Ethical Use of Social Media at the Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar at the San Antonio Westin Riverwalk.  It is a great opportunity to join some of the best lawyers in Texas and share some tips on how law firms and their lawyers can not only adapt to, but thrive in the social media environment.  With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and newer social media platforms, attorneys are challenged not just to keep up, bu also to make sure that they do so effectively, and ethically.  Mike Dobbs works for the State Bar in the Advertising Review Division, and he will add important insights into best practices for lawyers utilizng social media.

MIKE DOYLE WAS BEEN SELECTED TO THE 2012 LIST OF TEXAS SUPER LAWYERS.

Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from different practice areas, based on peer recognition and professional achievement.

The firm congratulates Mike on this achievement. Mike has been selected to Super Lawyers each year since 2005.

On May 10, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth District of Texas affirmed the judgment of the trial court that the surviving family of an employee who was injured at his workplace was entitled to death benefits under Texas law.

Following an on-the-job injury, the employee had died of an accidental overdose of pain medication related to his injuries.  Despite the established law that such a death qualified for death benefits under Texas law, the insurer continued to fight the employee’s family’s entitlement to death benefits through trial and on appeal.

Doyle successfully represented the employee’s family in the underlying case and on appeal.