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Areas of Practice:

  • Insurance Coverage and First Party Coverage Issues
  • Defense of Extra Contractual Claims
  • First Party Coverage Defense including Arson & Misrepresentation
  • Fire Science & Technology Claims including Catastrophic Damage and Subrogation
  • Insurance Agent & Broker Liability

Bar Admissions:

  • Louisiana, 1979
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1984

Brian  A.  Homza 
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shareholder
318-227-7729
318-227-7850 fax
brian.homza@cookyancey.com
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Mr. Homza's practice principally involves insurance coverage, including First Party coverage issues, insurance fraud, arson, fraudulent claims, and the defense of extra contractual claims.  Mr. Homza's practice also includes professional errors & omissions claims, defending insurance agents and brokers.  He is also engaged in the defense of commercial motor carriers.  He received his law degree in 1979 from Louisiana State University. While in law school, he was selected to participate on the Moot Court Board and in the National Moot Court competition.  From 1979 to 1980 he served as a law clerk with the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal and joined the firm in 1980. He was named The Best Lawyers in America® from 2011-2012 for Insurance Law. He is listed by SuperLawyers as having attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in the area of Insurance Coverage. He is currently on the Board of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel  He is currently on the Board of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.  He is a member of the Defense Research Institute and since 2001 has served on the subcommittee on Fire & Casualty Claims.  He is a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators, the Property Loss Research Bureau, the Certified Insurance Fraud Examiners, and the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court.  Mr. Homza is also engaged in the practice of mediations and performs mediation services as a member of Perry, Dampf, and Associates, A Professional Mediation and Arbitration Company.  Mr. Homza is a member of the Shreveport Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the North Louisiana Federal Bar Association.  He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, for whom he has been a lecturer on First Party Arson Defense Claims.  He is a two time instructor for the Louisiana Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Chapter on investigation of fire & explosions.  His practice is primarily concentrated in the trial of complex First Party coverage claims and property losses involving fire science & technology including large property subrogation claims.  Mr. Homza also represents several insurance S.I.Us and has tried numerous arson misrepresentation and fraud cases involving the interpretation of policy forms and business interruption coverages, including broker/agent liability cases.  Mr. Homza is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Year Joined Organization:

  • 1980

Education:

  • Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
    Honors: National Moot Court Competition
  • Louisiana State University
Published Works:
Top 10 Mistakes of Fire Investigators , National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies newsletter, May , 2006


Classes/Seminars Taught:
"Protecting the Claims File" , 2007 - Present


"Common Bad Faith Mistakes" , 2005 - Present


"Insurance Update, Arson & Hot Topics" , Louisiana State Bar Association , 1996 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
    Board Member
  • Property Loss Research Bureau
    Member
  • Defense Research Institute, Fire & Casualty Subcommittee
    Member
  • International Association of Arson Investigators
    Member
  • Certified Insurance Fraud Examiners
    Member
  • Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court
    Member
  • Perry, Dampf, and Associates, A Professional Mediation and Arbitration Company
    Member
Past Employment Positions:
Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal , Law Clerk



333 Texas St. Suite 1700
Shreveport, LA 71101

Post Office Box 22260
Shreveport, LA 71120
Phone: 318-221-6277

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Founded in 1914, the Shreveport law firm of Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway represents business and individual clients in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, including Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Lincoln Parish, Rapides Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Lafayette Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Orleans Parish, Bossier City, Monroe, Ruston, Alexandria, Natchitoches, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Texarkana.