Background
Knox, Michael R. was born on February 16, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Wendell and Roberta (Robbins) Knox.
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Michael R. KNOX
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Baylor University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Insurance Law Reporter, 1983-1988.
Career
Worked at Knox & Tollefson, Professional Corporation (Irving, Texas) specializing in Insurance Coverage Litigation, Property and Casualty Insurance, Bad Faith, Primary and Excess Insurance. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Texas. Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Covered Events, Defense Research Institute, 1993-1995.
Editor-in-Chief, Texas Insurance Law Reporter, 1983-1988.
Company-author: Texas Supplement to the California Practice Guide to Bad Faith, The Rutter Group, 1987, 1988. Contributing Author: Insuring Real Property, Matthew Bender & Company, 1989.
Regional Editor, Second Supplement to Bad Faith and Punitive Damages: Annotations to First-Party Insurance Cases, Statutes and Regulations, American Bar Association Property Insurance Law Committee, 1993. "The Business Pursuit Exclusion: "Working" Against Coverage," Defense Research Institute Insurance Practice and Coverage Symposium, Seattle, 1994.
"Protecting the Shifting Interests of Insurers and Insureds in the Unsettling World of Settling Liability Insurance Claims," American Bar Association Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage Law Committee, 1992.
"Inadequate Limits and the Absence of Coverage," Defense Research Institute, 1990. "Ethical Considerations in a Personal Injury Practice," University of Houston Law Center, 1990. "Preserving the Rights of the Insurer and Insured in Third-Party Actions," Defense Research Institute, 1989.
"Structural Losses and International Organization for Standardization Changes: Collapse, Coverage and Concurrent Causation," The All Risk Policy - Its Problems, Perils, and Practical Applications," published by the American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1986.
"Insurance Contracts: Rules of Construction, Judicial Consumerism, and Coverage," New Law Journal, London, July 1985. "The Appraisal Process Under Real Property Insurance Policies," The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, May 1985 and July 1985.
"A Defense Lawyer"s Approach to Coordinated Arson Investigation," Foreign the Defense, Defense Research Institute, September 1982. Published in the Texas Insurance Law Reporter: "Does Texas Have a Perspective on the Law of Bad Faith," June 1983.
"English v. Fischer Continued," February 1984.
"An Insurer"s Duty to Defend: The Stowers Doctrine," February 1985. "Arnold v. National County Mutual: Breach of the Insurer"s Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing," June 1987. Member: Dallas and American (Chair, 1990-1991, Commercial Torts Committee.
Vice-Chair, Property Insurance Law Committee, 1981-1988, 1995, Vice Chair, 1987-1989, Commercial Torts Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas. Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
Defense Research Institute and Trial Lawyers Association.
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Dallas and American (Chair, 1990-1991, Commercial Torts Committee. Vice-Chairman, Property Insurance Law Committee, 1981-1988. Vice Chairman, 1987-1989, Commercial Torts Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas.
Dallas Association of Defense Counsel. Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Association of Insurance Attorneys.
Defense Research Institute and Trial Lawyers Association.
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Married Carole Ann Brown, May 29, 1965. Children: Elizabeth Anne, Katheryn Renee.
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1967