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Serving Insurers As They Fulfill Their Duty To Defend

In our firm's more than 50-year existence, we have represented the interests of insurers and their customers in a variety of legal matters. Commonly, insurance companies have come to us to represent their client-insureds to defend against claims for which there have been allegations that they have been responsible for injury or damage to another. We have helped insurance companies represent insureds in suits involving the determination of liability for

• Personal injuries from automobile accidents
• Claims for property damage
• Commercial casualty losses from fires, storms and other events and
• Claims against government entities for violations of civil rights

We have also handled many cases for individuals and businesses in cases determining liability in other cases including

• General business litigation
• Contract disputes involving covenants not to compete
• Financial contract claims such as loans and
• Casualty losses within a company's self-insured retention amount.

The fact that we have represented insurance companies or their insureds and have handled other litigation is nothing too unusual. Many law firms do this. What sets us apart from the other law firms are the abilities and reputations of our attorneys. Half of the lawyers at our firm have obtained advanced certification from the Texas Board of Legal Certification in personal injury.

If you are an insurer looking for a Texas firm to refer a case to under your duty to defend, or a local business with litigation looming on the horizon, we would like you to consider our firm. Many times, people think the right response to a legal problem is to retain an attorney from some other location; however, when a superior law firm is nearby, it makes little sense to engage a law firm that is not familiar with the local legal customs and who will need to add things like travel expenses, hotels and meal charges to their bills. We invite you to use this website to learn more about our firm, our practice and how we can help you with your legal needs.

If you have any questions or want to speak with one of our lawyers, please do not hesitate to call our Longview, Texas, office at 903-757-4001. If you prefer, you may or fill out the form on the Contact Us page of this website and a representative from our firm will be in touch with you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you!

Harbour, Smith, Harris & Merritt, P.C.
404 N. Green Street Longview, TX 75601	P.O. Drawer 2072 Longview, TX 75606
Phone: 903-757-4001	Fax: 903-753-5123