Baker Botts L.L.P.

Litigation

Senior Counsel

Ty Buthod's practice focuses on toxic tort and other mass tort litigation, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation, ERISA litigation and other general civil litigation. Mr. Buthod has tried cases involving employment law, insurance bad faith, defamation and various personal injuries. He has represented insurers and insureds in disputes over coverage, alleged violations of the Texas Insurance Code and bad faith. He has tried cases in state and federal courts in Houston and throughout Texas.

English

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008-Present

State Bar of Texas

Oklahoma Bar

Louisiana State Bar

United States Court of Appeals for the First, Fifth, Eighth and Tenth Circuits

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

United States District Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Supreme Court of Texas

United States Supreme Court

Houston Bar Association

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 1990 with honors

Member and Associate Editor, Texas Law Review

B.A., History, Rice University 1985

Mr. Buthod is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education courses on insurance bad faith, toxic tort litigation and the admissibility of scientific evidence.