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John Hart has been practicing commercial and industrial property insurance subrogation
and coverage litigation for more than 40 years.
He is licensed in texas and Minnesota, and has
been involved in litigation matters in substantial
cases in 20 different states, canada, and the
West indies. He has represented clients in large
property losses, including property and business
interruption claims involving catastrophes such as
fires, explosions, collapses, and structural failures
of buildings, cranes and other such apparatus,
as well as mechanical breakdown or electrical
failures of industrial machinery and power generation equipment. He has
extensive experience in working on losses in the heavy industrial sector,
including paper mills, cement plants, power plants, and refineries. John has
achieved the preeminent aV® rating with Martindale Hubbell. He has also
been listed in Who’s Who in American Law since 1987, Who’s Who in Emerging American Leaders since 1992, and Who’s Who in America since 1997. He
has been listed among texas’s “super lawyers” by thomson Reuters since
2005. John is also a retired major in the U.s. air Force Reserve.
JOHN HART
306 W. 7th street, suite 200, Fort Worth, texas 76102
p: 817.332.1391, direct: 817.820.1112
jhart@browndean.com • www.browndean.com
Fred Shuchart, a shareholder in the Houston office of cooper & Scully, p.c., specializes
in coverage and coverage litigation with over
23 years of experience in providing analysis
and representation in all lines of insurance.
He has extensive experience in construction
defect litigation with respect to both coverage
and liability. He also has expertise in handling
extra-contractual litigation and has served as
an expert witness in extra-contractual litigation
matters. He has argued cases on appeal before multiple State courts
along with the Federal Fifth circuit court. He travels across the county
presenting continuing education courses to insurance professionals.
Mr. Shuchart is Av preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has
been selected in texas Monthly’s Super lawyers Magazine for insurance
law since 2007. He also serves as an adjunct professor at South texas
college of law.
FRED L. SHUCHART
700 louisiana street, suite 3850, Houston, tX 77002
p: 713.236.6800, f: 713.236.6880
fred.shuchart@cooperscully.com • www.cooperscully.com
.U TAH salt lake city
Leslie Van Frank is a dedicated professional with almost three decades of experience in
title insurance defense, real property and land
use law. she regularly represents insureds on
matters ranging from complex litigation involving hundreds of properties to simple disputes
between neighbors. she also defends underwriting insurers in multi-million dollar lawsuits, and
still finds time to provide claims counsel with
quick answers to Utah real property questions.
Ms. Van Frank assists her clients through negotiation, mediation, and litigation at administrative, trial, and appellate levels, in both state and federal courts.
Ms. Van Frank lectures often on advanced principles of title insurance
law, including annual meetings of insuring agents. Her analysis of the an-
cient “Rule against Perpetuities” applied in a modern commercial context
was adopted by the Utah supreme court in Coulter & Smith, Ltd. v. Russell,
Ms. Van Frank is aV Preeminent peer
review rated, and has been nominated to
Utah Business Magazine’s legal elite in the
area of civil litigation.
LESLIE VAN FRANK
COHNE
RAPPAPORT
& SEGAL
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
257 EAST 200 SOUTH, Suite 700
SALT LAKE CI TY, UTAH 84111
(801) 532-2666
www.crslaw.com
