Insurance Defense and Litigation

Insurance defense is Barker, Leon & Fancher's core practice. With over 100 years of combined legal experiences, groundbreaking verdicts, and many long-standing clients, Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP is truly a 21st century insurance defense firm. In a highly technical and competitive industry, our law firm uses cutting edge technology that allows us to provide top shelf representation at a reasonable rate. We provide as incurred real time billing that is timely, efficient, and in compliance with insurance carriers' billing guidelines. Our lawyers use Blackberry devices that are integrated with the firm's network and computers allowing us to continuously communicate with our office and enabling us to return messages and emails anywhere in the world.

We provide insurance defense legal services in the following areas:

Insurance Law & Bad Faith

Our firm has tried extra-contractual claims against insurance carriers in many counties in South Texas. One of our firm's partners, Roland Leon, was the trial attorney in the landmark extra-contractual case of Farmer's Insurance Co. v. Soriano tried in South Texas. We provide opinion letters regarding coverage, examination under oath, excess carrier representation and other representation. But most of all, we are premier litigators defending insureds in some of the most dangerous counties in Texas.

Premises Liability Defense

Our firm represents property owners and others who are involved in lawsuits alleging that defective or dangerous conditions led to injuries. We represent homeowners, businesses, general contractors, developers, design professionals, retail stores, grocery stores and property owners against claims of injuries and property damage resulting from slip and falls, sexual assaults, physical attacks, dangerous conditions on the premises and other claims.

Product Liability Defense

Our firm defends manufacturers who have been sued for product liability in cases involving:

• Go-carts
• Trucks
• Tractors
• Air-guns
• BB guns
• Oilfield Equipment
• Ladders
• Grinders
• Electric saws
• Coffee Makers
• Medical Devices
• Heaters
• Propane Barbeque Grills

Motor Vehicle Accidents

This practice is a bread and butter one for us. We aggressively defend these types of cases and offer flat fee services for low impact soft tissue claims. In the more serious injury cases, we provide effective representation in an efficient manner. We provide litigation budgets amending the cost only when it is necessary. We have highly experienced and trained paralegals and a registered nurse that hone in on the injuries. We often challenge the need for surgery if such procedure is not warranted. We have available several accident reconstruction experts that we can turn to should such expertise be necessary. We also handle uninsured/underinsured motorist claims for insurance companies.

Trucking Accidents

As earlier noted, our law firm's practice area encompasses all of South Texas that has experienced an explosion of trucking commerce all over the Rio Grande Valley and up the three major corridors: Interstate 35 from Laredo, U.S. 281 from Edinburgh/McAllen and U.S. 77 from Brownsville/Harlingen. Consequently, major trucking accidents make up a significant part of our practice providing clients with a wealth of experience in this type of litigation.

Contact an attorney at our firm to learn more.