Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP

Teresa joins WCM committed to providing insurance coverage, bad faith, and legal liability representation for insurance companies and claims administrators.

Teresa started her own law firm as a sole practitioner in 2022. She successfully represented insurance companies and policyholders on multiple lines of business, with particular emphasis involving insurance coverage opinions, and litigation of declaratory actions and bad faith actions regarding commercial general liability and commercial motor vehicle liability, including parameters of legal and statutory liability. Her work included legal liability analysis and appellate analysis as needed. Prior to 2022, she practiced with various law firms in differing roles, serving as partner, of counsel, co-counsel of record, expert consultant, and expert witness, and provided legal analysis and writing regarding a litany of insurance coverage and bad faith issues, as well as appellate and legal liability analysis and opinions. Her consultation and co-counsel work spans over multiple jurisdictions in state and federal courts. She has also served as a mediator and arbitrator on many insurance coverage, bad faith and legal liability cases.

Prior to 2005, she worked for many years in-house at the home office of a major property and casualty insurance company. During this time, she served and learned in many roles, including as a Coverage and Large Loss Attorney, an Associate General Counsel, a Reinsurance Operations Manager, and the Corporate Insurance Manager including management of corporate insurance placements, policy provisions, premium payments, and risk control issues.

Teresa initially practiced as an appellate and medical malpractice defense advocate, as well as handling insurance coverage and bad faith issues and cases. Her litigation experience includes jury and bench trials from start to finish, including the appellate briefing and advocate process. She has written many appellate briefs, and argued appeals at the Texas Court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California State Court of Appeals (by admission pro hac vice).