Stephen L. Baskind, Attorney
Stephen L. Baskind
Banking & Finance, Corporate, Insurance, Personal Injury, General Practice, Uniform Commercial Code, Professional Malpractice
- Law Office: Kleiman Lawrence Baskind Fitzgerald LLP
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- Law School: Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D.
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Stephen Baskind has been practicing for more than 30 years and practices primarily in the Commercial Litigation area. For many years, Stephen emphasized litigation involving financial institution bonds (including defending financial institutions), commercial fidelity bonds and insurance coverage issues involving fidelity policies as well as related bad faith claims. Stephen's current commercial litigation practice now includes representation of banks, credit unions, insurers, businesses, individuals, and all types of commercial litigation such as:
- commercial and contract disputes
- uniform commercial code matters (articles 3 and 4)
- credit union and banking issues and related matters
- deceptive trade practices
- fidelity law
- legal professional malpractice defense
- insurance issues
Stephen was selected as a "Texas Super Lawyer" in Business Litigation in the Texas Monthly Super Lawyers edition for 2008.
Representative Cases
First Nat'l Bank v. F&CNY, 634 F.2d 1000 (5th Cir. 1981) represented a financial institution bond insurer regarding issues of discovery of loss and compliance with conditions precedent, including proof of loss.
Hixon v. Cox, 633 S.W.2d 330 (
Fidelity & Cas. v. First City Bank, 675 S.W.2d 316 (Tex. App.--Dallas 1984, writ ref's n.r.e.) represented a bank in negotiable instrument case involving forged endorsements and application of the no interest payee rule of UCC section 3.405.
Charter Bank v.
Travelers Indem. Co. v. Dahlen, 734 S.W.2d 729 (
McDowell v.
Reliance Ins. Co. v. Capital Bank, 912 F.2d 756 (5th Cir. 1990) represented a financial institution insurer in a case involving Insuring Agreement E regarding allegedly "counterfeit" stock certificates.
Knights of
First
Matter of World Hospitality, 983 F.2d 650 (5th Cir. 1993) represented a commercial fidelity bond insurer in a case involving issues relevant to the definition of "employee" and the "alter ego" defense.
American Airlines Emp. Fed. Credit Un. V. Martin, 29 S.W.3d 86 (Tex. 2000) represented a credit union in a case involving the validity of shortened notice provisions in an account deposit agreement as relevant to UCC section 4.406.
Buck v. U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 2003 WL 22860932 (
Borinski v. Williamson, 2004 WL 433746 (N.D.
Owens v. Comerica Bank, 229 S.W.3d 544 (
Sanders v. Comerica Bank, Inc., 274 S.W.3d 861 (Tex. App. -- Fort Worth 2008, no pet.) represented a bank regarding a dispute with subordinate security interest holder regarding the proper application of the proceeds from the sale of collateral following default and regarding the sufficiency of the applicable security agreement and financing statement.
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