David L. Plaut

Biography

David Plaut is a partner with Hanna & Plaut, L.L.P., an AV-rated law firm in Austin, Texas. David graduated from Johns Hopkins University with honors in 1985 and the University of Texas School of Law in 1989. He was articles editor of the Texas Law Review and served as a law clerk for United States District Judge Edward Prado in San Antonio for two years before beginning private practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Austin. David has extensive experience in federal practice, class action defense, and in the insurance “bad faith” field. His practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, insurance “bad faith” litigation, trial and appellate work.

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, JD, 1989
• Johns Hopkins University, BA, with honors, 1985

Admissions

David is admitted to practice before Texas courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S,. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western District of Texas.

Affiliations

• Texas Super Lawyer, a Thomson Reuter Business, Insurance Coverage. (2008 – 2012, 2016-2024)

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Publications

• Subrogation Waivers and Insurance policy Construction: The strange case of SM Energy, 13th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course (June 9-10, 2016)
• Certification and the Quest for Certainty: A Primer on Certified Questions to the Texas Supreme Court, 25th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 4, 2015)
• Ruttiger v. Texas mutual and the Viability of Aranda in the Workers’ Compensation “Bad Faith” Context: Defense Perspective, 14th Annual Insurance Law Institute (University of Texas 2009)
• Insurability of Punitive Damages After Fairfield, 14th Annual Insurance Law Institute (University of Texas 2008)
• Stowers Update: New Aspects of an Old Claim, Texas Insurance Law Symposium (South Texas College of Law 2006)
• Beyond the eight corners: Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine the Duty to Defend, 5J Tex. Ins. L. 2 (Dec. 2004)
• Statutory Update (including article 21.55), Insurance Law for Attorneys Representing Carriers, (University of Houston 2004)
• Bad Faith Litigation in Texas and Update of Recent Extra-Contractual Cases, Handling Insurance and Tort Claims (University of Houston 2003)
• Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Article 21.58 and the Burden of Proving Covered and Non-Covered Causes in Property Insurance Cases, 2 J. Tex. Ins. Law (Nov./Dec. 2000)

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