The Hodge Law Firm

Attorney Shaun Hodge has handled thousands of state and federal cases throughout the State of Texas and the United States. He has also represented clients in administrative hearings, arbitrations and mediations. Shaun has handled many types of cases, including first party insurance claims, personal injury cases, maritime matters, commercial litigation, residential and construction litigation, as well as general litigation matters.

He has successfully resolved thousands of claims for property owners fighting their insurance companies for damages caused by natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms, windstorms, floods, fires, winter storms and more. Shaun has litigated thousands of residential and large commercial insurance claims in multiple states across the country. Shaun is regularly sought out as a speaker to teach and lecture on insurance claim related issues across the country.

Shaun has been hired by numerous governmental entities up and down the gulf coast to handle their insurance claims. These entities included cities, school districts, community colleges and counties. Thousands of policyholders and Government entities across the gulf coast have selected Shaun as their lead attorney because of his proven results, as well as his leadership and experience in litigating large complex insurance claims.

Shaun Hodge is a Texan and has been a resident of Galveston County since 1995. He is happily married to Natalie Hodge, and they are the proud parents of two precious children, Nessa and Slade Hodge.


LEADERSHIP IN INSURANCE LITIGATION 

Appointed member of Plaintiff Steering Committee (PSC) for In Re Hurricane Ike litigation (Cause No. 09-CV0147).  In his role on the Plaintiff Steering Committee (PSC), Shaun lead and coordinated more than one hundred plaintiffs law firms in litigating and prosecuting more than ten thousand first party insurance claims against more than three dozen insurance entities for damages sustained by Hurricane Ike.   As a member of the Plaintiff Steering Committee Shaun prosecuted class actions claims related to Hurricane Ike in Khattak v. Texas Windstorm Insurance, Cause No. 09-CV-0147 as well as lead counsel in the class action claim City of Santa Fe v. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Cause No. 12-CV-2015. Shaun has also been a lead attorney in filing numerous class action lawsuits against insurance companies that wrongly depreciate labor in their insurance estimates. 

GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES:

1)     Lead attorney for City of Dickinson against TWIA

2)     Lead attorney for City of La Marque against TWIA

3)     Lead attorney for City of Santa Fe against TWIA

4)     Lead attorney for College of the Mainland against TWIA

5)     Lead attorney Dickinson ISD against TWIA

6)     Lead attorney Texas City ISD against TWIA

7)     Lead attorney Santa Fe ISD against TWIA 

8)     Lead attorney Anahuac ISD against TWIA 

9)     Lead attorney La Marque ISD against TWIA   

10) Lead attorney Chambers County against TWIA   

11) Co-Counsel Galveston County against TWIA   

12) Lead attorney Hitchcock ISD v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London  

Selected as lead counsel by dozens of governmental entities and agencies including cities, counties, community colleges and school districts throughout Texas for their first party insurance claims.  

FIRST PARTY INSURANCE CLAIMS:              

Personally handled and successfully resolved over ten thousand claims for property owners fighting their insurance companies for damages caused by natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms, windstorms, floods, fires, winter storms and more. Shaun has litigated thousands of residential and large commercial insurance claims in dozens of states across the country. Shaun is regularly sought out as a speaker to teach and lecture on insurance claim related issues across the country.

FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF POLICYHOLDERS:

Shaun is the co-founder of the Policyholder Preservation Association of America (PPAA).  PPA was established to preserve and protect the rights of policyholders and to advocate on their behalf on insurance related matters and issues.  PPA also conducts educational conferences and training to educate the public about insurance related issues and to teach and train other insurance industry professionals how to properly adjust a claim and document a loss. 

Policyholders Preservation Association Of America | policyholder advocate | 902 51st Street, Galveston, TX 77551, USA

Practice Areas

  • Maritime / Jones Act
  • Personal Injury
  • Insurance Claims

Education

  • Texas Southern University Law School, Houston, Texas
    • J.D. - 2008
    • Honors: cum laude
  • University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
    • B.S. - 12/2004
    • Major: Financial Administration

Bar Admissions

  • Texas
  • New York
  • Iowa
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court District of Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Honors

  • Million Dollar Advocate Forum
  • Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum
  • Top 10 Insurance Bad Faith – National Trial Lawyers - 2019 - 2024
  • Top 40 Under 40 – National Trial Lawyers - 2019 & 2020, 2021
  • Top Bad Faith Insurance Attorney – Elite Lawyers - 2019 - 2024
  • Best Attorneys in America - BL Rankings - 2019 - 2024

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Professional Associations

  • Texas Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • American Association for Justice, Member
  • American Policyholders Association, Member
  • Policyholders Preservation Association of America, Co-Founder

Current Employment Positions

  • Attorney

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