Professional Biography

Lisa A. Songy has extensive experience with first party and general civil litigation as well as coverage opinions for insurance carriers on both personal and commercial line policies.  Ms. Songy advises carriers on insurance coverage issues involving personal auto policies, business auto policies, commercial property, commercial liability policies and homeowner policies.  She also represents Auto Dealers in commercial disputes involving truth in lending, as well as UCC issues. Ms. Songy has tried lawsuits involving extra-contractual claims on both personal and commercial policies in state and federal courts.  She is admitted to practice before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Ms. Songy is licensed in Texas and California, having graduated from The University of Houston Law Center.  She teaches courses on compliance with the Unfair Claims and Settlement Practices Act and prompt payment statutes and provides in-house continuing education courses for Insurance carriers.

Admissions & Certifications

State Bar of Texas (1995)
State Bar of California (1991)
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western and Districts of Texas

Education

The University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1991)
Southern Methodist University (B.S. 1988, Political Science; Minor in History)

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

College of the State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas, Insurance Practice Section, Insurance Section Council member
Dallas Bar Association, Secretary/Treasurer, Tort and Insurance Practice Section
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Honors & Recognitions

Phi Delta Phi - Legal Academic honorary

Publications & Presentations

• Digging Up The Dirt:  Skills for Effective Preparation and Taking of Depositions, Dallas Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, November 19, 2010
• How to Host The Party:  The Who, What, Where and When of Declaratory Judgment Actions, State Bar of Texas Advanced Insurance Law 2010, April 8-9, 2010
• Insurance Law Basics—What You Need to Know, 2010 Tort & Insurance Practice Section, April 7, 2010
• Does Public Policy Prohibit Coverage for Exemplary Damages After Fairfield?  Maybe, CPCU Continuing Education Event, March 23, 2010
• Conditions of Coverage—What Are They Good For?  14th Annual Insurance Law Institute, October 15-16, 2009
• Insurance Fraud: A Growing Epidemic or Just Another Reason to Deny, State Bar of Texas, April 2, 2009
• Uninsured Motorist, Personal Injury Protection, and Stowers Demands-Three ways To Mess Up a Carrier’s Day, 13th Annual Texas Insurance Law Symposium, January 22, 2009
• Because I Can!!! But Should I? Litigation Strategies in Personal Lines Insurance Litigation, 13th Annual Insurance Law Institute, October 23, 2008
• Litigation Strategies in Personal Lines Insurance Litigation, University of Texas, 13th Annual Insurance Law Institute, October 22-24, 2008
• Insurance Fraud  Civil and Criminal Implications, North Texas Independent Association of Special Investigative Units Annual Fraud Conference,  May 9, 2008
• Insurance Fraud: What Is It?  What Can We Do About It? And How Does It Impact Civil Litigation, University of Texas Insurance Law Institute, October 11 and 12, 2007
• Recent Developments in Personal Auto and Homeowner Policies, University of Texas Insurance Law Institute, December 7, 2006
• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same:  An Update on Personal Auto Policy, Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law, January 26, 2006
• Calling the Insured's Bluff:  Combating Fraud by the Insured, December 8, 2004
• An Update on Case law Developments Regarding Personal Auto and Homeowner Policies, Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law, January 22, 2004
• Ms. Songy also provides in-house continuing education courses for Insurance carriers tailored to their specific needs