
Jeannie Nguyen
Biography
Jeannie Nguyen focuses her practice on advising and defending carriers in insurance coverage matters, with an emphasis on complex, multi-party coverage disputes involving breach of contract, common law and statutory bad faith, and requests for declaratory relief. She has experience with various stages of resolution, such as providing pre-suit coverage analysis and litigation strategy, managing active litigation, and pursuing appeals in state and federal court. Jeannie has extensive insight into federal motion practice and judicial case management as a result of her experience as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Marcia A. Crone in the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Represented primary and excess insurance carriers in complex, multi-party coverage and bad faith disputes involving general liability, professional liability, environmental, business auto, property, and directors and officers insurance policies
- Drafted motions and responsive briefing, pleadings and written discovery for litigation in various jurisdictions
- Analyzed coverage issues to prepare client reports on litigation strategy and coverage position letters
Education
Education
- JD, magna cum laude, University of Houston Law Center, 2017
- Houston Journal of International Law
- Interscholastic Moot Court
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Barons
- BA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Admissions
Admissions
- Texas State Bar
Publications
Publications
- Author, "2021 Year in Review: Insurance Law," Texas Bar Journal, January 2022
- Author, "2022 Year in Review: Insurance Law," Texas Bar Journal, December 2022
- Author, "2023 Year in Review: Insurance Law," Texas Bar Journal, December 2023
Speaking engagements
Speaking engagements
- "Let Me Estop You Right There: Strategic Considerations Regarding the Estoppel Principle," ABA Litigation Section, 2023 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- Asian American Bar Association of Houston, Mentorship Committee Co-Chair
- ABA Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, WIN Regional Conference Co-Chair
- Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
- Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Insights and news
News
20 Texas lawyers named 2024 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
United States | March 21, 2024
20 Texas lawyers named 2024 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
United States | March 21, 2024