Profile

Mr. Binion specializes in insurance coverage litigation and issues facing the alcohol beverage industry. Mr. Binion handles complex commercial cases in state and federal court, as well as domestic and international arbitrations. He also has litigated class actions, breach of contract cases, and matters involving ADA and ERISA issues. 

Mr. Binion has litigated and counseled clients on coverage issues relating to mass torts, environmental claims, medical monitoring, emerging technologies, directors and officers, professional liability, property damage claims, title insurance, and Medicare reporting and reimbursement issues. He also monitors developments in emerging coverage issues, including issues related to Medicare and emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology.

Mr. Binion’s alcohol beverage industry work focuses on representing brewers, distillers, wineries, and distributors in litigation, administrative proceedings, and regulatory matters.

As an integral part of his practice, Mr. Binion provides advice and analysis to his clients to resolve issues without litigation if possible. If litigation is required, Mr. Binion's pre-litigation analyses prepare clients to tackle litigation in an issue-focused and cost-effective manner. Mr. Binion's analyses and strategies have resulted in savings of millions of dollars to clients.

Commercial and Business Litigation

Mr. Binion has handled a variety of litigation matters, including matters in state and federal court as well as domestic and international arbitration, and is experienced in pretrial preparation and trial practice in complex disputes.  In addition to complex coverage litigation, he has litigated ERISA, ADA, class action and unfair business practice cases.  

Presentations and Publications

“Non-Cumulation Clauses in CGL Policies” Stafford Webinar Panelist (May 7, 2012).

Co-author with Alan Jacobus, Something Stricker This Way Comes: Dealing with the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute (And What Stricker Doesn’t Say), published in Bloomberg Law Reports, Health Law Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 12 (December 2010). Read Article

Nanotechnology: A Little Bit Like Asbestos?, published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 22, Issue 28 (May 22, 2008). Read Article

Insurance Coverage, Nanotechnology, and Emerging Liability Issues, published in Coverage, a publication of the American Bar Association, Section on Litigation, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation (January/February 2008.) Read Article

"You Can Do Magic: Multiplying Occurrences, Disappearing Deductibles and Annualizing Policy Limits” presented with Raymond Tittmann (February 22, 2008; September 28-29, 2006).

Co-authored with Rodney L. Eshelman, The Effect of Venue Differences in Bad Faith Cases: The Good (Law), the Bad (Faith), and the Ugly (Truth), published in Coverage, a publication of the American Bar Association, Section on Litigation, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation (February 2006). Read Article

Contributing author, Employee Benefits Law, Second Edition, 2005 Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law.