Getting your insurance claim paid is our top priority. Our attorneys have successfully handled claims against the largest insurance companies in the world, focusing on commercial property insurance cases. Our law firm has successfully pursued bad faith claims involving complex properties, and we are uniquely prepared to fight on your behalf to recover the money you deserve.
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Board Certified
leaders in
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If you have experienced commercial property damage, our team of lawyers is equipped to resolve the most complex of insurance claims. At Raizner Slania LLP, we are passionate about providing the best possible outcome for our clients in the shortest amount of time. We understand the need to find an optimal solution through a seamless process.
We expect clients to measure us by our results, so that’s how we measure ourselves. This is what we’ve achieved for our clients over the past five years.
When a hurricane devastates your commercial property, your insurance coverage should be there to protect you—unfortunately, that’s not always the case. We help businesses hold insurers accountable and recover the full value of their hurricane damage claims.
Water damage can grind operations to a halt, whether caused by plumbing failures, roof leaks, or storms. We represent policyholders in disputes over denied or underpaid commercial water damage claims.
High winds and tornadoes can leave behind serious structural damage—and complex insurance questions. Our attorneys advocate for businesses when insurers delay, deny, or devalue legitimate windstorm claims.
Hailstorms can shatter more than just windows—they can disrupt your business and lead to costly repairs. We work to ensure insurance carriers pay what’s owed under commercial hail damage policies.
Fire losses can be catastrophic, but the real battle often begins after the flames are out. Our firm helps commercial policyholders navigate fire damage claims and fight back against wrongful denials or lowball settlements.
Insurance appraisals should be fair and impartial—but insurers often manipulate the process to their advantage. We represent policyholders in complex appraisal disputes to ensure accurate damage valuation and full recovery.
When arbitration becomes necessary, experience matters. We represent businesses in binding insurance arbitrations, pushing back against bad-faith tactics and working to secure favorable outcomes.
Lost revenue during forced shutdowns or repairs can be devastating. We help businesses recover under business interruption policies when insurers fail to uphold their end of the bargain.
We have deployed our expertise for
nearly every type
of commercial property owner and investor.
Many schools have various types of commercial property insurance coverage in case natural disaster strikes and causes significant damage to the premises. The purpose of the school property insurance is to protect valuable property and to make it possible to continue the mission of education during and after a disaster, if at all possible.
Even for our educational institutions, insurance companies will deny insurance claims in the wake of a storm, another natural disaster, fire, structural damage from a major plumbing failure, and more. This happens more often than you think. Even if a school district, an elementary school, middle school, high school, junior college, preparatory school, college, or university has commercial insurance, the carriers often try to come up with ways to deny or delay payment on their claims, costing the schools – whether government-run or private tuition-based institutions – millions of dollars in damage and sometimes lost revenue.
Raizner Slania has become recognized as one of the leading commercial property insurance firms nationwide with a skilled team of attorneys for property damage. The works is detail oriented, extensive, expert-intensive and of course expensive. Our team has represented cases involving office buildings ranging from 20,000 square feet professional buildings to multi-story office towers. Business owners invest in insurance policies to protect their assets should an accident or disaster inflict substantial damage on their property.
An office building owner or tenant should secure detailed professional advice before taking on an insurance company.
Hotels and motels are buildings designed to be a safe haven for weary travelers, and an important investment for their owners. Owners of these properties work hard to maintain the properties and attract business. For many in the hospitality industry, it is truly a family business with groups coming together to invest and operate the business. Whether the owners are operating the hotel themselves, or have a third party operator involved, the challenges presented by fire, storm or water damage can be overwhelming.
When an insurance carrier acts in bad faith and wrongfully denies a property damage claim, the consequences to the business can be dire and result in a loss of revenue. With the help of an experienced property damage attorney, hotel and motel owners can fight back against these illegal practices and settle their insurance claim dispute in their favor. Raizner Slania has vast experience handling the unique issues of the hospitality industry in Texas and across the nation – contact us today to schedule a free case evaluation.
When a disaster strikes, industrial property owners and operators can face uniquely large financial losses. Not only are there extensive repairs that must be made, but damage can disrupt the industrial property’s manufacturing capacity, work processes and sales. A damaged facility can also result in destroyed inventory. When a property owner runs a business out of an industrial facility, the damages and disruption can pile up quickly and a claim for damage to property is quick to follow.
Protecting equipment and inventory from any further damage are top priorities. If your industrial property has orders to fulfill, customers expect those orders to be distributed and delivered timely, or manufactured to the same high quality—no matter the circumstances. As such, any stoppage or delay to production lines or shipments can severely harm customer relations.
Retail properties are often valuable investments that need to be protected in the event of a storm, fire, water loss or other damage. Owners of retail properties can include developers, investors, real estate investment trusts, grantor trusts, and business owners small and large. Our firm has commercial lease attorneys skilled in property damage coverage that have handled retail center claims that include strip centers, shopping malls, stand-alone retail buildings, box buildings and other centers ranging in size from small shops to large urban malls.
Damage to a retail building or center can increase an owners repair costs, drive tenants away, lower rents and capitalization rates, even impact loan covenants with lenders. That is why retail center owners need to count on their insurance company to protect their investment when it is damaged. If an insurance company fails to do so, retail center owners need to act quickly to protect their own investment, even if that means engaging the insurance company in litigation.
If you own a multi-family property, such as an apartment building or condominium complex, property damage stemming from a disaster can be extremely costly. In addition to the potentially overwhelming monetary costs of damage, you must be concerned about your ongoing obligations to tenants. To keep your rental properties inhabitable and safe, it is imperative to have any damage repaired as promptly as possible.
The law firm of Raizner Slania has a skilled team of property dispute lawyers that represent owners of apartment buildings, condominiums, and other multi-family properties. We try to work your case as expeditiously as possible to minimize the disruption of the functions of your property. Our experienced team of trial lawyers have handled multi-family property insurance claims across Texas and throughout the United States.
We have represented public hospital districts, private facilities, and medical practices in claims involving damaged facilities and specialized equipment.
Churches and other house of worship are special places of community and fellowship. They are a gathering place where families and communities come together in a spiritual and relaxing environment to worship, see friends and family, and recharge after a busy week. A church is frequently the place where we spend our moments of greatest joy and deepest sorrow, and churches are made special by their spiritual and religious presence, and by the clergy and congregation. But the building matters too, and the environment and physical surroundings are important for families and worshipers to have the relaxing experience expected in a house of worship. If the building is damaged with a leaking roof, stained walls and ceilings or wet flooring, it can be difficult to enjoy and fully appreciate the experience.
Many churches and houses of worship have associated schools, and children deserve the best possible facility to nurture their education and growth. A damaged church school hurts the children and parents who expect and deserve a structured and safe educational environment. When insurance for churches is denied, it makes the situation that much more difficult.
We are
specialists,
insurance thought leaders and experienced members of our legal community devoted to the development and stability of insurance law and the
success
of our clients.
The experienced trial attorneys at Raizner Slania handle claims against some of the largest companies and organizations in the world. We have obtained a reputation for delivering successful results for our clients and holding big business accountable for its actions. Our lawyers have successfully handled large, complex insurance disputes against every major insurance company.
Our firm possesses the intellectual and financial resources necessary to succeed in today’s complex litigation environment, and our legal team holds a national reputation for excellence.
After Hurricane Hanna struck the Rio Grande Valley in the summer of 2020, we were retained by nine separate school districts that had collectively paid $5 million in premiums to insure $3 billion in property value.
After Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Coastal Bend in the summer of 2017, we were retained by several commercial clients facing a common insurance tactic: adjusters with minimal monetary authority pre-calibrated to find that this was a low wind event with little damage.
After a devastating Caribbean hurricane in 2017, we co-counseled with locally licensed and based lawyers to prosecute claims for condominiums against some of the most recalcitrant insurers we have ever confronted.
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