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College: University of New Haven
Law School: Drake University
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas in: 1985
Practice Area(s):
China Practice
Litigation
Environmental
Employment
Oil and Gas and Other Investment Fraud
Professional Defense GroupProfile:
Mr. Biermacher, a director of the Firm, in the most senior member of the Litigation Section. His general broad trial and appellate practice and experience not only encompass personal and bodily injury defense provided on behalf of insureds and self-insured entities arising out of catastrophic injury, wrongful death, toxic and mass tort, sick building, false arrest, rape, defamation and professional negligence claims, but also encompasses the handling of a diverse range of complex commercial and business litigation matters, including partnership disputes, employment matters, issues arising out of the operations of health care facilities (including patient and premises liability claims), defense of class action suits (relating to securities, environmental, mass and toxic tort, product and other claims), complex real estate and other general business and contractual related matters, banking, securities and finance, intellectual property rights, worker's compensation and non-subscriber/employee injury claims, issues arising out of the oil patch, product liability and other matters. He also represents client interests, including but not limited to, declaratory judgments, coverage in bad faith damage actions (life, property and casualty insurance matters, including environmental, mass and toxic tort related claims, some of which have involved federal superfund sites), fraud investigations. RICO and related matters, and controversies arising in estate, trust and probate proceedings. He also handles adversary and core proceedings arising out of bankruptcy matters.
Scope of Practice:
General business litigation.
Professional Affiliations:
Dallas Bar Association; Federal Bar Association.
Admissions:
State Bar of Texas, 1985; Iowa State Bar Association, 1980; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; Qualified Mediator, Dallas Bar Association.
Publications:
Contributing author, Understanding Iowa Law (Iowa Legal Foundation, 1984); editor, Energy and Natural Resources Guide for Iowa, Iowa State Bar Association and Drake University Law School Natural Resources Seminar (September, 1979); Desio, P., Biermacher, K.: "Development of Teaching Aids for the Chemistry of Addicting and Hallucinogenic Drugs," Journal of College Science Teaching (September, 1979); acknowledged research assistant, Lee, H., De Forrest, P.: "A Precipitin-Inhibition Test for the Determination of Human Origin on Denatured Bloodstains," Journal of American Academy of Forensic Science (September, 1976)
Community Activities:
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc., board member (1997 to 2004); Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, founding board member (1995) and board member (2003 to present).
Education:
Drake University Law School, J.D. with honors, December 1979; member of the Moot Court Board and Regional Moot Court Team; University of New Haven, B.S. summa cum laude in Forensic Science, May 1976. |
