Jan is a partner at Litchfield Cavo LLP’s Dallas-Fort Worth office where she represents entities involved in all aspects of commercial and corporate litigation. Specifically, she actively defends clients against commercial business, toxic tort, construction defect, premises and products liability cases. Jan also handles trucking, motor vehicle, and transportation matters in both state and federal courts. Her practice involves a broad range of insurance defense, with an emphasis on medical malpractice. Jan is experienced in defending physicians, health care providers and hospitals in first-party insurance claims.
Jan also represents employers in employment litigation claims such as discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and claims related to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). She assists employers in coordinated responses for discrimination charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Human Rights Commission and other federal, state and local agencies.
Practices
- Obtained significant nonsuit through non-party discovery on behalf of international fire protection and suppression company named in a water damages lawsuit due to an alleged improper and faulty installation of the sprinkler system piping; aggressive discovery revealed acts of misconduct by a commercial property owner that had been documented by a non-party.
- Served as co-counsel on behalf of a Fortune 500 client in relation to a gross negligence/wrongful death case resulting from a commercial construction site in Dallas County, Texas in which the client was successfully dismissed prior to trial based on the development of strong motion practice and witness testimony.
- Managed, defended and resolved cases involving thousands of toxic tort claimants for premises defendants and product manufacturers in trial courts throughout the state of Texas.
- Served as counsel in alleged asbestos exposure cases pending throughout state courts in Texas.
- Participated in jury trials in Tarrant County, Texas on behalf of the defense in products liability, medical malpractice and commercial trucking cases.
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, JD, 1988
- Angelo State University, BA, 1983, cum laude
Admissions
- Texas
- United States District Courts: Eastern District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit
Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Languages
- English
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Presentations/Publications
- Co-author, “Texas Judicial Panel Establishes Multidistrict Litigation for Opioid Litigation,” Litchfield Alert (July 2018)
- Author, “Medical Malpractice: Basics Every Physician Should Know,” Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (April 2018)
- Author, “Survey of Medical/Legal Cases and their Ethical Issues—an Update,” Liberty University College of Medicine (January 2018)
- Author, “Survey of Medical/Legal Cases and their Ethical Issues,” Liberty University College of Medicine (January 2017)
- Author, “Survey of Medical/Legal Cases and their Ethical Issues,” Liberty University College of Medicine (January 2016)
- Author, “Ethical and Legal Issues Facing Practitioners: Case Studies,” VOMA Spring Meeting (April 2014)
- Author, “Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Emergency Medicine: Case Studies,” Emergency Medicine Consultants CME Update (February 2005)
Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™ attorney, recognized since 2009 for the highest level of professional excellence