LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P., Austin, Texas
Partner, January 2022-Present
Associate Attorney, May 2014-December 2021
Law Clerk, May 2013-June 2013; August 2013-November 2013; January 2014-May 2014
Mr. Martin is a Partner at the law firm of Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P. ("C&B"). He has over ten years of experience in the management, administration, rehabilitation, and liquidation of insurance companies and related litigation. A brief summary of his experience is as follows:
Weston Property and Casualty Insurance Company ("Weston") (August 2022 to Present)
C&B was appointed by the Second Judicial Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida as Special Deputy Receiver of Weston, a property and casualty insurer, in August 2022. Mr. Martin assists with the operation and wind down of its affairs.
The Reciprocal Group and Reciprocal of America ("ROA") (July 2022 to Present)
ROA, a property and casualty insurer, was placed into liquidation by the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia in January 2003. Mr. Martin oversees the final wind down of its affairs.
Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania ("SHIP") (January 2020 to Present)
Patrick H. Cantilo of C&B was designated by the Insurance Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Special Deputy Rehabilitator of SHIP, a long‑term care insurer, in January of 2020. Mr. Martin assists Mr. Cantilo with his responsibilities as Special Deputy Rehabilitator.
Capson Physicians Insurance Company ("Capson") (February 2019 to Present)
C&B was designated by the Insurance Commissioner for the state of Texas as Special Deputy Receiver of Capson, a medical malpractice insurer, in February of 2019. Mr. Martin assists with the operation and wind down of its affairs.
Southern Title Insurance Corporation ("STIC") (January 2015 to Present)
C&B was appointed by the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia as Counsel to the Deputy Receiver of STIC, a title insurer, in December of 2011. Mr. Martin assists with the operation and wind down of its affairs.
Related asset recovery experience includes:
- Southern Title Insurance Corporation v. Mohiuddin, Adv. No. 16-315, 2017 WL 2123870 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. May 12, 2017), in which an $8.5 million fraud judgment and adjudication of nondischareability was obtained;
- Cunningham v. Uddin, No. 2012-29600 (334th Dist. Ct. Harris County Tex. October 2, 2017), in which a $1.7 million breach of contract judgment was obtained;
- Uddin v. Cunningham, No. 01-18-00002-CV, 2019 WL 4065273 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st] August 29, 2019), in which the judgment obtained in Cunningham v. Uddin was affirmed on appeal; and
- HBKY, LLC v. Kingdom Energy Resources, LLC, et al., No. 6:21‑cv‑00101‑GFVT, pending before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Southern Division at London.
ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATION
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Admission to Practice, June 2016
The State Bar of Texas, Admission to Practice, November 2014
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
J.D., May 2014
- Recipient of the Tex Lezar Memorial Scholarship
- Member of the Texas Review of Law & Politics; Articles Editor (Fall 2012-Spring 2013), Executive Editor (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
- Research Assistant for Professor A. Mechele Dickerson (Spring 2013)
- Teaching Assistant for Professor Stefanie A. Lindquist (Fall 2012)
- Performer in Assault & Flattery (Spring 2013; Spring 2014)
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
B.A. in Economics; B.A. in Government, May 2011
Minor in Business Administration; Certification: Business Foundations, McCombs School of Business
- Member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
- Member of the Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society; Treasurer (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
American Bar Association; Austin Young Lawyer=s Association; Austin Bar Foundation; and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee.
INTERESTS
Traveling, trying new restaurants, UT football, cooking, my wife and daughters, and our two dogs.
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