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J. Mark Lawless
Partner
327 Congress Avenue, Suite 490
mlawless@mcguirewoods.comAustin, Texas 78701-3656 F: 512.472.3068 |
Mr. Lawless concentrates on matters relating to insurance law and litigation. His practice is focused exclusively on providing counsel to corporate policyholders denied coverage by their insurance carriers, particularly with respect to environmental, asbestos, and other "long-tail" claims. A frequent lecturer and author on insurance law, he helped form and is a past chair of the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
- Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2011
- Named a Texas "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters, published in Texas Monthly, 2011
- Partner, Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP
- Partner, Cook, Roach & Lawless, L.L.P.
- Director, Natural Resources Division, Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council
- Former Chair, Insurance Law Section, State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association
- Litigation Section Committee on Insurance Coverage
- Former Co-chair, Environmental Coverage Subcommittee
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EDUCATION Baylor University Law School, Waco, Texas, J.D., 1980 Baylor University, Waco, Texas, B.A., 1976 ADMITTED Texas 1980 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas |

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