Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Class Actions; Labor and Employment

Mr. Jubinsky is one of the founding attorneys of Figari & Davenport. He has tried over 35 cases in federal and state courts, including business and insurance cases, and has been involved in over 40 reported opinions. In 2003, Mr. Jubinsky was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the 10 top litigators in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Jubinsky has amassed extensive experience in complex life, health, and disability insurance matters. As this area of the law has become more sophisticated and highly regulated, Mr. Jubinsky’s continuing involvement, knowledge, and industry-wide reputation has helped to establish Figari & Davenport as a recognized leader in complex insurance litigation. Mr. Jubinsky represents insurance companies and third party administrators in state and federal courts in Texas and other states, including class action and multi-district litigation, as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and hearings before state insurance department tribunals. He is routinely consulted by his clients for guidance on matters ranging from claim disputes to class action issues. Mr. Jubinsky represents and serves as Texas counsel for over 25 insurance companies and third party administrators, many of which have been long-standing clients that also utilize his services as regional counsel in contiguous states.

Mr. Jubinsky also represents corporations in lawsuits involving business disputes, non-competition, trade secret, and employment matters, real estate disputes, and mass tort and consumer product litigation. Mr. Jubinsky served as lead counsel for the nation's leading digital satellite television service provider in the prosecution of several hundred lawsuits in Dallas and Fort Worth alleging the interception and decryption of satellite communications.

Mr. Jubinsky’s tenacity, determination and focus help his clients to reach their objectives and goals. As an experienced trial lawyer, he is attuned to the reality that each lawsuit ultimately involves a story that may be told in court and he prepares each case with this in mind from the start. His rigorous preparation, aggressiveness, and attention to strategy and detail have afforded him the privilege of representing and maintaining over the years a wide array of business and insurance clients. Mr. Jubinsky is accessible to his clients and responsive to their varying needs, and is always cognizant of costs and maintaining efficiency, which is much appreciated by his loyal client base.

• Mr. Jubinsky recently obtained significant rulings on behalf of his clients in the following cases: Robertson v. American Heritage Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 1529484 (E.D. Tex. May 31, 2006); Thornton v. Fort Dearborn Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 407503 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 22, 2006); Gonino v. UniCare Life & Health Ins. Co., 2005 WL 608158 (N.D. Tex. 2005); In Re DirecTV, Inc., 2004 WL 1490092 (N.D. Tex. 2004).
• Mr. Jubinsky’s clients include national and international companies in the insurance, satellite communications, beauty supply, financial services, and consumer product industries, including Fortune 500 companies.

JD, South Texas College of Law, summa cum laude, 1985

• Graduated first in his class

BS, West Virginia University, cum laude, 1982

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America under Insurance Law, 2008

Named one of the ten "Top Litigators in the Metroplex" by Dallas Business Journal, 2003

• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• The Defense Research Institute (Life, Health & Disability Committee Member

Mr. Jubinsky is a frequent speaker on topics including:

• preparing company witnesses for deposition
• fraud investigations
• policy exclusions in insurance policies
• Texas prompt payment statutes
• subrogation
• Medicare and ERISA primers