THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHERE IT’S HEADED BRUCE MCCANDLESS III, Austin Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard PATRICIA FULLER MCCANDLESS, Austin Greenberg Traurig State Bar of Texas 9th ANNUAL ADVANCED INSURANCE LAW COURSE April 12-13, 2012 Dallas CHAPTER 5 2023534v.1 901170/1 Arkansas Texas New York Washington, D.C. MitchellWilliamsLaw.com Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. BRUCE MCCANDLESS III 512-480-5128 512-322-0301 (fax)
[email protected] Education B.A., Plan II, University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 1983 M.A., University of Reading, Reading, UK, 1984 J.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1989 Admitted to practice in Texas , 1995 Admitted to practice in New York, 1990 Admitted to practice in District of Columbia, 1992 Admitted to practice in U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2001 Practice Area Insurance corporate and regulatory law, administrative law and governmental relations, contract negotiation, drafting, and disputes. Professional Experience Bruce McCandless III is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas and Enforcement Attorney for the Texas Department of Insurance. Mr. McCandless specializes in insurance regulatory matters and in representing insurers, agents, and lenders in insurance-related disputes before the Texas Department of Insurance and in the state and federal courts of Texas; he has also prepared and fi led amicus briefs on insurance-related matters before the Texas Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. McCandless has handled insurer acquisitions, withdrawals and licensing matters, and recently obtained regulatory approval of a transaction involving merger of a non-insurance related entity into an affi liated life insurance company.