Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its national insurance litigation practice with the addition of three partners, with Scott L. Davis and David H. Timmins joining the firm’s Dallas office, and Tyler J. Scott joining the firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
“We have been excited to join forces with this team not only because of what it means for our capabilities geographically but also because the combination will foster exponential growth in the services we can provide to our clients in the insurance industry,” said Linda J. Knight, who leads the firm’s Insurance Litigation Market Team. “As one team, we are all the more confident in our ability to deliver exceptional counsel and support to insurance companies on multiple fronts, ranging from navigating high-exposure extracontractual insurance claims to defeating class certifications to devising optimal strategies to help clients evaluate risk and proactively avoid disputes.”
Recently recognized as a 2024 Law360 Regional Powerhouse in Colorado, the Spencer Fane Insurance Litigation team has grown to include attorneys who have been recognized as national leaders from jurisdictions across the nation. Scott and David, for example, are nationally ranked as leading lawyers in the insurance industry by Chambers USA, and Tyler has been singled out by Benchmark Litigation, both of which serve as authoritative guides for identifying top talent in the industry.
Furthermore, Chambers recently highlighted the “decades of experience” Scott, David, and Tyler possess in navigating “the thorniest business disputes,” including a broad array of complex cases such as insurance coverage and bad faith claims, environmental disputes, financial disputes, business litigation (including partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, securities fraud, trade secrets, and D&O defense), and personal injury litigation.
Recognized as leaders in their field, Scott, David, and Tyler join an equally experienced Spencer Fane team of more than 30 attorneys who are dedicated to providing value to clients with a commitment to collaboration, maintaining a mindset focused on excellence and operating in service to clients, colleagues, and community.
“We look forward to the opportunity our team has to leverage the firm’s broader platform of services for the benefit of our clients,” Tyler said. “We have been encouraged not only by the ways in which our practices complement each other but also by the tremendous similarities that exist across the team, whether in regard to our approach to serving clients, our shared commitment to collaboration, or the advocacy we bring to the insurance industry.”
Spencer Fane has been intentional about growing a strong bench of insurance litigators since welcoming a national team of 10 attorneys in 2021, which included Knight, Jeremy Moseley, Evan Stephenson, and Terence Ridley. Since that time, Spencer Fane has been recognized by The American Lawyer as the fastest-growing law firm in the Am Law 200. This marked growth has been experienced across numerous teams, including the insurance practice. In addition to the 30 attorneys at the firm who dedicate their practice to this sector, for example, another 30 are affiliated with the Insurance Litigation Market Team and represent clients in the industry on an ongoing basis.
