Hubbard & Biederman LLP
Stephen L. Hubbard
slhubbard@hblawfirm.com
Mr. Hubbard is a founding partner in the Firm and is a business litigator concentrating his practice in insurance related matters since 1977. Mr. Hubbard was born in Dallas, Texas on February 28, 1950. He attended the University of Texas (B.A., 1974) and St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 1977). Mr. Hubbard's law school activities included: Research and Symposium Editor, St. Mary's Law School Journal, 1976-1977; Author: Note, "Re-apportionment-Potential Dilution of Minority Voting Strength," 7 St. Mary's Law Journal 447, 1975; Comment, "Medical Liability Insurance," 7 St. Mary's Law Journal 802, 1976; Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, St. Mary's Law School, 1976-1977.
Mr. Hubbard has been admitted to practice in Texas since 1977. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. District Court of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Mr. Hubbard is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mr. Hubbard has a wide range of experience in problem solving, both in and outside the litigation context. His litigation experience includes prosecution and defense of suits in various State and Federal Courts throughout the United States involving such areas as business torts, officer and director liability, partnership dissolution, construction, real estate, general contract and consumer disputes. In addition to business litigation, Mr. Hubbard’s practice includes extensive experience in insurance insolvency matters, including complex litigation and negotiations involving large insolvencies, reinsurance, and accounting disputes. His clients have included several state insurance commissioners, receivers and liquidators.
Mr. Hubbard obtained substantial recoveries for his clients by having primary responsibility for third party litigation, asset recovery and business restructuring in connection with Executive Life Insurance Company, National County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Early American Insurance Company/Commercial Standard Insurance Company and Mobile County Mutual Insurance Company/Mobile Insurance Company. His litigation and negotiation efforts proved instrumental in recovering over $365 Million as counsel to the Rehabilitator and Liquidator of Executive Life Insurance Company. Mr. Hubbard's areas of responsibility in the above estates also included the investigation of and pursuit of multi-party reinsurance litigation, fraud and misrepresentation actions, along with complex real estate and corporate actions.
Mr. Hubbard has applied his insurance litigation background as class counsel in numerous class actions involving life insurance marketing practices, many of which have resulted in court-approved nationwide settlements. Moreover, he often represents individuals needing assistance in pursuing their claims against insurers. Among those cases in which Mr. Hubbard and his firm have been involved as class counsel are the following: In re Prudential Insurance Company of America Sales Practices Litigation, 975 F. Supp. 584, 597 (D.N.J., 1996), aff’d in part, remanded in part, 148 F.3d 283 (3rd. Cir. 1998), cert. den. 525 U.S. 1114 (1999); Duhaime . v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 177 F.R.D. 54 (D. Mass. 1997); & In re Great Southern Life Ins. Sales Practices, 192 F.R.D. 212 (N.D. Tex. 2000). Mr. Hubbard’s other reported opinions include Speakman v. Allmerica Financial Life Ins. & Annuity Co., 367 F. Supp.2d 122 (D. Mass. 2005); and Woodhaven Homes v. Alford, 143 S.W.3d 202 (Tex. App.-Dallas 2004).