Doyle Raizner LLP

Mike's trial practice includes the representation of plaintiffs in maritime personal injury, international and trans-national personal injury, including work and holiday injury claims, and insurance bad faith. Mike's personal injury practice includes the representation of Jones Act and foreign seaman in disputes arising in U.S. waters and around the world. He also represents a number of U.K. residents injured in the U.S. on holiday, as well as working people from various countries who have been injured as a result of the actions of multinational companies. Mike's insurance bad faith practice includes the representation of workers compensation claimants who have had their claims delayed and denied by their insurers and adjusters. In addition, Mike has represented insureds and policy holders against domestic liability and excess insurers, and in transnational coverage disputes against U.K. and E.U. underwriters and company market insurers.

Mike is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow in the National College of Advocacy of the American Association for Justice. Mike has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts, judgments, and settlements. These results include a jury verdict in 2004 of over $2.5 million for a Jones Act seaman injured in the Gulf of Alaska (net recovery after affirmed, with partial reduction of jury verdict on appeal, of $1,020,000); a jury verdict in 2006 of over $4.3 million in an insurance bad faith case (reduced $500.000 by trial court, on appeal, estimated net recovery to client of $1.85 million); a jury verdict in 2007 of over $1.5 million for a boat captain injured offshore Angola (affirmed on appeal, net recovery to client of $914,418.57); a jury verdict in 2008 of over $2.2 million for a passenger in a helicopter crash landing in the Gulf of Mexico (settled before appeal, net recovery to client of $1,001,417.30); a jury verdict in 2008 of over $2.3 million for a seismic operator injured in the Gulf of Mexico (currently on appeal, estimated net recovery after reduction for contributory negligence of $820,000) ; a jury verdict in 2009 for over $4.5 million for a marine mooring master injured in a personnel basket transfer in the Gulf of Mexico (settled before appeal, net recovery to client of approximately $2.1 million); and a verdict of over $1.2 million for a leverman onboard a dredge vessel working near Memphis, Tennessee in 2009 (settled before appeal, net recovery to client of approximately $560,000).

Professional Associations and Recognition:
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 2005-2012
Best Lawyer (Personal Injury Litigation), 2009-2011, 2013
Best Lawyer (Transportation Law), 2010, 2011, 2013
Best Lawyer (Admiralty & Maritime Law), 2009, 2013

Patrick's practice includes the representation of individuals in maritime personal injury disputes, commercial litigation, and insurance bad faith cases.

Patrick obtained a B.S. in political science at the University of Houston, where he graduated summa cum laude, and a J.D. from The University of Texas, where he graduated with honors, served as a staff member of The Review of Litigation, and was a member of Phi Delta Phi. Patrick practiced at Vinson & Elkins in Houston for three years before joining Doyle Raizner LLP. Patrick was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2004.

He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Professional Associations and Recognition:
Mr. Dennis has been named a 2009 Rising Star by Texas Monthly Magazine.

Kim is an associate with Doyle Raizner. Her practice includes the representation of individuals in insurance bad faith disputes, as well as district court workers compensation cases.

Kim obtained a B.S. in Political Science and a J.D. from the University of Houston. Kim practiced at Andrews Kurth in Houston for four years after being admitted to the Texas bar in 2002. She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts of the Southern and Western Districts of Texas.

Bar Admissions
Texas, 2002
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2002
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2005

Andrew's practice includes the representation of individuals and companies in insurance bad faith cases, maritime personal injury disputes, and commercial litigation.

Andrew's trial experience includes serving as first chair of an eight day trial in Harris County District Court related to a pipeline construction dispute, successfully first chairing a trial in U.S. Immigration Court in securing political asylum for his Columbian client who fought against recruitment of child soldiers by paramilitary organization, participating in a Jones Act trial leading to highly favorable verdict for the client, and trying over a dozen cases to verdict as Prosecutor for the City of Houston in 2007 and 2008.

Professional Associations and Recognition:
Super Lawyers, Texas Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters business, 2010

Amy Hargis obtained a B.A. in International Studies at Texas A&M University. While at Texas A&M, Amy studied Spanish in Barcelona, Spain at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Valencia, Spainat Universitat de Valencia. She worked for the 12th Man Foundation as a liaison between alumni donors and the Foundation and was a member of Delta Delta Delta.

Areas of Practice
Insurance Bad Faith
Personal Injury
Commercial Litigation

Professional Associations and Memberships
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
American Bar Association