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

Mr. Verges has defended and prosecuted business litigation matters, class actions, and other cases in state and federal courts throughout Texas and nationally since joining Figari & Davenport in 1989. Mr. Verges has also handled contested administrative matters related to insurance and employment with the Texas Attorney General, Department of Insurance, and Commission on Human Rights.

During his tenure with the firm, Mr. Verges has handled many class action controversies, beginning with cases arising in securities and banking from 1989 to the mid-1990’s, and subsequently extending into the insurance, employment, and products arenas. His range of class action experience includes representing stock issuers, directors, officers, special litigation committees, class members/objectors, and professional advisors. Mr. Verges’ commercial litigation experience includes software and hardware development, insurance, employment, and covenants not to compete. His clients come from many fields, including utilities, insurance, real estate brokers, manufacturing, and information technology and include both privately held and publicly-traded companies.

• In an appeal before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Verges obtained a holding that the illustration used to market a so-called “vanishing premium” life insurance policy was not a part of the contract.
• Mr. Verges and his client spearheaded a successful effort to control and limit third party discovery at the industry-wide 2004 Biennial Title Insurance rate making hearing set for 2006.
• In a bench trial over breach of warranty for industrial printing equipment, Mr. Verges was able to obtain both actual and punitive damages for his client purchaser.

JD, Southern Methodist University, magna cum laude, 1989

• Order of the Coif, 1989
• Leading Articles Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1988-1989

MA, Princeton University, 1983

BS, Southern Methodist University, summa cum laude, 1981
Phi Beta Kappa

Named a Texas Super Lawyer (Texas Monthly, 2005)

• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of Oklahoma
• Barrister, The Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Dallas, Texas