Paul B. Hines

Partner

E-Mail:
phines@dt-law.com
Office:
(248) 203-2749

Professional Background

Three weeks after earning a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, Paul started law school – and hasn’t looked back. Paul has successfully tried cases and handled appeals in several state and federal courts, including Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, and Colorado.

He has been admitted pro hac vice in many other states on behalf of insurers, corporations, and individuals in product liability, insurance coverage disputes, contract, and tort claims. Paul’s focus is in commercial property and energy insurance subrogation. He has been AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2002.

Paul has been invited to be a speaker and author for various insurance industry organizations, including Lloyd’s of London, The National Association for Subrogation Professionals, Exchanging, Sterling Educational Services, Claims and Litigation Management, and The Property Loss Research Bureau. He addressed insurance and subrogation topics such as Subrogating Large Losses, ‘Best Practice’ Programs for Insurance Recovery, The Fundamentals of Insurance Law, Diamonds in the Rough: Subrogation Recovery in Unlikely Places, Technology in Large Loss Subrogation, and The Economic Loss Doctrine: a Three-Headed Monster.

Paul presently represents dozens of worldwide insurers in several litigated matters involving Fortune 1000 companies. He has handled, resolved and tried numerous cases, including:

Tried an ammonia-fueled fire spread case in a food production facility; multi-million dollar jury verdict in favor of subrogated, foreign insurers against a local defendant in Ohio
Nine-figure loss in Michigan that resulted in one of the top 3 Largest Settlements
Nine-figure loss from a blast furnace in Michigan, settlement amount confidential, 2011
Eight-figure loss in Louisiana from a failed part in a fertilizer processing facility, settlement amount confidential, 2013
Eight-figure loss in Texas from a natural gas compression station explosion, settlement amount confidential, 2014
Eight figure loss at animal processing facility due to overheating in Quebec, settlement amount confidential, 2014
Mid-seven figure loss due to boiler failure at publicly-owned facility in Wisconsin, settlement amount confidential, 2015
Greater than $5M loss due to arson fire at riverside warehouse in Georgia; successfully proved the fire suppression vendor violated its contract and the NFPA, settlement amount confidential, 2016
Mid-seven figure loss due to improperly applied flooring materials in a public building, Wisconsin, settlement amount confidential, 2017
Eight-figure loss at chemical processing facility in Louisiana due to a failed turbine, settlement amount confidential, 2017
Eight-figure loss of a hydro turbine associated with the failure of a crane, settlement amount confidential, 2018.

The best part about these cases, Paul thinks, is that nearly everything about them is world-class: clients, experts, the legal issues, even opposing counsel. So, while he is grateful for the chance to have found a ‘sweet spot’ in the litigation field, that only barely makes up for the summer he lost going straight to law school.

Paul B. Hines

Partner – Michigan Office

Education: Albion College (B.A., 1989); Wayne State University (J.D., 1992), Mock Trial National Team.

Admitted: Michigan; Colorado; Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, Southern Division of Texas; and U.S. Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit.

Bar Association Memberships: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan, Colorado Bar Association, State Bar of Texas.

Subrogation Approach

“We construct the case by piecing together evidence and testimony, and in doing so, see the science that explains the loss…

it is a rare opportunity in the insurance litigation field to both serve our clients and be creative at the same time.”

– Paul B. Hines

From DT Teammates

Paul has the singular ability to analyze losses involving large, industrial processes and identify all of the potential avenues of recovery. He will push our forensic and technical experts to consider facts that they deem irrelevant at first glance, only to be rewarded when those extra efforts result in massive recoveries for our clients. The examples of Paul’s success on these complex losses are innumerable, however, his efforts on the Double Eagle matter is a prime example.

Paul CasettaPartner

Paul is able to think like a lawyer, a scientist, an engineer, a business person and an artist at the same time, which is rare and useful for an attorney. He has an ability to see both the forest and the trees, which enables him to put together the best possible case. Paul’s intelligence, creativity and legal foresight are second to none, which shows in the results he obtains

Larry W. Jenkins, Jr.Partner

On The Personal Side

Birth City:

Detroit, MI.

Family:

Married, with 2 children. (Three, actually, if you count the dog.)

Interests:

I recently retired from coaching boys travel baseball and girls travel fast-pitch softball. I am trying to resurrect my golf game, but with marginal success.

You’d Never Guess:

I have a hole in one and a double eagle. Both with the same club.

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