Edwin R. DeYoung

Recognized as a 'Texas Super Lawyer' by Texas Monthly Magazine, Edwin DeYoung has over 35 years of experience in state and federal court representing clients in the financial services section including banks, life insurance companies and securities dealers.

Education

• J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1971
  
• B.A., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 1968
  Special honors in Economics

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1971
• District of Columbia, 1972
• New York, 2008

Admitted To Practice

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Languages

• Spanish

Representative Experience

• Represented Canadian life insurers in several class actions including cases filed by policyholders from the U.S., South America, Pacific Rim and Mexico. Devised strategy whereby Canadian government converted debentures to non-voting common stock which allowed client to assert Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act which facilitated removal of hundreds of cases to federal court and required that they proceed non-jury.
• Represented life insurer in five purported national class actions and was able to remove them all to federal court under various theories of federal pre-emption and then was able to convince the MDL Panel to consolidate and transfer all the cases to the client's home venue notwithstanding the fact that no case was spending in that venue.
• Represented life insurance companies in regulatory matters in several states including market conduct exams.

Press Release

Locke Liddell & Sapp Elects Nine Partners to Firm Management Committee — 12/22/2005

Locke Liddell & Sapp Wins Major Victory for Crown Life Insurance Company — 7/2/2002

Professional History

Partner in the law firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
JAG officer with US Army in 1972
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.,
     1971-72

Professional Affiliations & Achievements

• Recognized, "Texas Super Lawyer'", Texas Monthly Magazine
• Member, American Bar Association, Litigation, Anti-Trust Section and Life Insurance Section
• Member, State Bar of Texas, Insurance Law Section
• Member, Dallas Bar Association, Judiciary Committee and Business Litigation Section
• Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
• Member, American Law Institute/ABA Faculty on Life Insurance Litigation
• Member, Practicing Law Institute Faculty on Action Litigation
• Keeton Fellow, Co-Founder and Fellow of Charles Alan Wright Society, University of Texas School of Law
• Littlefield Society and Chancellor’s Council, UT-Austin
  

Community Leadership

Alex de Tocqueville member of United Way
Board of Patrons, Manhattan Theater Club
Presidential Endowed Scholarship Fund for Harding University