Estrada, Kristi

Doug represents individuals and corporate clients in litigation involving general business disputes, breach of contract claims and creditor rights.  Additionally, Doug has significant Federal Court experience which he gained from flood insurance litigation.  For more than five years, Doug represented all insurance carriers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), including the pivotal case of Wright v. Allstate Insurance Company, 415 F.3d 384 (5th Cir. 2005) in which Doug successfully argued to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals the reversal of a trial court verdict which would have had a sweeping impact on the flood insurance industry.  Doug also has a wide range of experience representing insurance carriers in first-party bad faith litigation as well as property and casualty third-party insurance defense.

Doug was born and raised in Houston, Texas.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 2001.  Doug is a Certified Advanced Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician and is currently a Lieutenant for Community Fire Department in NW Fort Bend County, Texas.