Thomas Simpson Garrett - Glen Allen, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1998
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, 1990
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Pro Bono Activities

• Autism Society of America, Central Virginia Chapter

Representative Cases

• Mullins v. Harco Nat’l Ins. Co., 2020 WL 5414760 (E.D. Va. Sept. 9, 2020)
• Midlothian Enterprises, Inc. v. Owners Insurance Company, 439 F.Supp.3d 737 (E.D. Va. 2020)
• Higby Crane, LLC v. National Helium, LLC, 2017 WL 3495478 (10th Cir. Aug. 14, 2017)
• Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company v. Code 3 Security & Protection Services, Inc., 2017 WL 3446760 (D.D.C. Aug. 9, 2017)
• Liberty Univ., Inc. v. Citizens Ins. Co. of Am., 792 F.3d 520 (4th Cir. 2015)
• Suffolk Lodging Partners, LLC v. Eastguard Insurance Co., 2014 WL 12597160 (E.D. Va. Jan. 23, 2014)
• Cheatham v. NGM Ins. Co., 2013 WL 509049 (E.D. Va. Feb. 11, 2013)
• Dragas Management Corp. v. Hanover Ins. Co., 798 F.Supp.2d 766, (E.D. Va., Aug. 8, 2011)
• Builders Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dragas Management Corp., 793 F.Supp.2d 785, (E.D. Va., 2011), rev’d other grounds, 497 Fed. Appx. 313 (4th Cir. 2012)
• Republic Franklin Ins. Co. v. Albemarle County School Bd., 2010 WL 2950499 (W.D. Va., July 23, 2010)
• Smurfit-Stone Container, Inc. v. Nat’l Interstate Ins. Co., 2008 WL 4153762 (E.D. Va. Sept. 5, 2008)
• Executive Risk Indem. Co. v. Integral Equity, 2004 WL 438936 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 10, 2004)
• TIG Ins. Co. v. Town of Cheektowaga, 142 F. Supp. 2d 343 (W.D.N.Y. 2000)

Published Works

Articles

• The Journal of Civil Litigation – Brothers in Arms: Contractual Indemnification and Additional Insured Coverage, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, Summer 2011
  
• Regional Editor, “DRI Bad Faith Compendium,” 2010 & 2015
  
• Author, ABA Additional Insured Handbook, Chapter 3, Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreements and The Obligation to Procure and Maintain Insurance (First and Second Editions)
  
• Extrinsic Evidence and the Duty to Defend, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Spring Meeting, May 2020
  
• The Bad Faith Set-Up, Atlantic Claim Executives Association, Norfolk, VA, October 2019
  
• Navigating Indemnification Agreements and Related Litigation, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Norfolk, VA, October 2019
• Claims Against Policies and Tractor-Trailer Coverages, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Sources of Coverage Seminar, Richmond, VA, October 2018
• Interpretation of the MCS-90 Endorsement in Virginia’s State and Federal Courts, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, October 2018
• Additional Insured and Contractual Indemnification Issues in the Construction Defect Context, ABA Litigation Committee Insurance Conference, Tucson, AZ, March 2018
• Sources of Coverage, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Fairfax, VA, October 2014
• Tripartite Trouble: Defending under the Shadow of Coverage Issues and Excess (above Limits) Exposure, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Hot Springs, VA, October 2014
• Virginia Insurance Law Update, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Conference, October 2013
• SIRS and Deductibles in the Additional Insured Context, HB Litigation Additional Insured and Indemnification Conference, New York City, May 2012
• Who Pays the Deductible When the Insured Is Insolvent?, ABA Litigation Committee Insurance Conference, Tucson, AZ, March 2012
• Additional Insured and Contractual Indemnification, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Spring Conference, April 2011

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 2007
• District of Columbia, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Henrico County Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Co-Chair – Additional Insured Subcommittee, American Bar Association, Insurance and Litigation Sections, 2016
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Policy Coverage Section, Chair, 2012
• Defense Research Institute, Insurance Committee