For more than a decade, Bridget has represented insurers, employers, and administrators in managed care litigation before state and federal courts, the American Arbitration Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association. Bridget advises clients in the managed care industry in all phases of litigation.
Bridget’s managed care practice includes representing managed care companies in contractual and extra-contractual disputes involving provider groups and hospitals. Bridget has experience litigating managed care agreements, overpayments, and improper billing practices. Bridget also has experience litigating insurance business practices, personal injury claims and workers’ compensation claims. Bridget has represented clients in Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, California, Mississippi, Missouri, and Iowa.
Bridget has also represented insurers, plan administrators, third-party claim administrators, and employers in lawsuits involving employee welfare benefits, including medical, disability, life, and AD&D benefits, and defending ERISA claims and insurance bad faith claims.
Bridget’s practice also includes advising on trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation matters. She has represented corporations, high net worth individuals, and families in their capacities as trustees, beneficiaries, and executors on a range of issues.
Representative Experience
Multiple lawsuits filed by hospitals against employers and ERISA plans alleging ERISA violations
Recovered overpayments from healthcare providers on medical claims paid as a result of fraudulent or improper billing practices
Multiple lawsuits filed by hospitals and other healthcare facilities seeking alleged underpayments
Obtained favorable ruling from the Court of Appeals of Virginia on behalf of amici curiae relating to contractual network for healthcare services rendered to employees injured on the job
Obtained favorable ruling on mandatory arbitration provision in lawsuit filed by hospital
Obtained dismissal of class action complaint against health insurer, affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant in suit over termination of disability benefits, including favorable rulings on contractual limitations and claim review
Obtained dismissal in favor of defendant in suit for AD&D benefits
Obtained favorable jurisdictional ruling in managed care dispute brought by provider group
Obtained dismissal of state law claims in favor of defendant in suit for disability benefits
Obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant in suit involving denial of medical benefits
Memberships
Houston Bar Association
2021-2022 Litigation Section Chair
2020-2021 Litigation Section Chair Elect
Houston Bar Foundation
Texas Bar Foundation
State Bar of Texas Women in the Profession Committee
2020-2021 Vice Chair
2019-2020 Chair
National Association of Women Lawyers, Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Supreme Court of Texas Access to Justice
South Texas College of Law Coach/Instructor for Moot Court
The Junior League of Houston
Former Volunteer Prosecutor, City of Houston
Awards & Recognition
Received Presidential Award, Houston Bar Association (2022)
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