J. Jonathan Hlavinka was born in Texarkana, Arkansas on August 24, 1963. Mr. Hlavinka attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a Batchelor of Arts in Plan II in 1985. He subsequently attended the University of Texas School of Law from which he received his law degree in 1989. Upon graduation and his admission to the State Bar of Texas in 1989, Mr. Hlavinka became an associate attorney with the law firm of Hutcheson & Grundy, L.L.P. in Houston. After practicing at his own firm in Houston for over ten years, Mr. Hlavinka joined McKinney & Cooper in 2011.

Mr. Hlavinka's practice focuses on general civil litigation and appellate work with an emphasis on insurance coverage disputes, personal injury, products liability and insurance defense. He has broad experience in state and federal court litigation, insurance coverage issues, contractual matters, and law firm management. His experience includes trial and appellate work related to multi-million dollar insurance coverage dockets and involvement in many other multi-million dollar matters.

Representative Cases Include:

United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 981 F.2d 850 (5th Cir. 1993);
Western Heritage Ins. Co. v . Dean, 55 F.Supp.2d 646 (E.D. Tex. 1998);
Winnebago Industries v. Reneau, 990 S.W.2d 292 (Tex. App. - Austin 1998, no pet.);
Celanese Ltd. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., 75 S.W.3d 593 (Tex. App. - Texarkana 2002, pet. denied);
In re Allied Construction Services, L.C., 2002 WL 31398941 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2002, orig. proceeding)
Great American Ins. Co. v. The Holmes Builders, Inc., 2004 WL 887156 (Tex. App. - Dallas 2004);
Archon Investments, Inc. v. Great American Lloyds Ins. Co., 174 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, pet. denied);
Courtland Custom Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company, 395 F.Supp.2d (S.D. Tex. 2005);
Pat Hambrick Construction, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company, 2005 WL 2100275 (Tex. App. - Waco 2005, no pet.);
Urethane International Products v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company, 187 S.W.3d 172 (Tex. App. - Waco 2006, no pet.);
Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Daneshjou Company, Inc., 210 Fed.Appx. 374 (5th Cir. 2006);
Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co., - S.W.3d -, 2007 W.L. 2459193 (Tex. 2007); and
Shuttleworth v. G&A Outsourcing, Inc. d/b/a G&A Partners, 2009 WL 277052 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, no pet.).

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