Gardere Partner Stephen Moll Named Editor-In-Chief of LexisNexis Texas Annotated Insurance Code

June 10, 2010 - PRLog -- HOUSTON – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP partner Stephen Moll has been named Editor-in-Chief of the LexisNexis Texas Annotated Insurance Code. Mr. Moll, a partner in the firm’s Trial section, has been a contributing editor to the publication for three years.

The Texas Annotated Insurance Code contains the complete insurance laws of Texas, featuring case annotations and expert commentary. As Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Moll will oversee the work of approximately 20 experienced insurance lawyers across the state of Texas who serve as contributing editors.

“This publication is an incredibly valuable resource for any insurance lawyer because my contributing editors are, quite simply, some of the best minds in insurance law across Texas,” Mr. Moll says. “I’m honored to have been named Editor-in-Chief, and I look forward to the challenges and opportunities overseeing a publication of this breadth and depth will present.”

Mr. Moll co-chairs Gardere’s Policyholder Insurance Coverage Group, which recently surpassed the quarter billion dollar mark in net recoveries for its clients. His practice focuses on large property and business interruption claims, representing commercial policyholders in coverage disputes with their insurance carriers. He has successfully obtained net recoveries for his clients well in excess of $100 million.

As Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Moll will be paid a stipend by publisher LexisNexis, which Mr. Moll plans to donate to the Ben Love Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarship fund was set up by the State Bar of Texas’ Insurance Law Section to honor and memorialize Ben Love, a renowned insurance lawyer who died in 2004. The scholarship is presented annually to a deserving second- or third-year law student who has successfully completed the insurance law course and shows an interest in pursuing an insurance-related practice.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of energy, litigation, insurance, corporate, tax, government affairs, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services.