Overview
Rachel Hancock represents individuals and companies in litigation. Among those matters she defends against gross negligence and personal injury claims, commercial liability, premises liability, products liability, construction defects, and business torts. In addition, she defends and prosecutes first party property claims regarding homeowner’s policy claims and insurance coverage.
Working first for private law firms and then 12 years as in-house counsel for two major insurance companies, Rachel honed her exceptional skills in heavy litigation dockets, including collaborating on and completing appellate work for numerous cases. Her extensive experience in pre-trial discovery, depositions, expert retention, motion practice and jury selection has proved invaluable in helping her clients achieve their desired outcomes.
Outside the Office
Rachel enjoys spending time with her family. She also enjoys traveling, attending shows and reading. Once upon a time, she sang and acted in Broadway-style charity shows and events and hopes to do so again someday.
- Defended general contractors and subcontractors in various construction disputes.
- Represented and defended construction contracts, including indemnity and duty to defend clauses.
- Successfully prosecuted and defended individual clients and contractors in arbitration.
- Defended transportation companies, their drivers and employees, truck owner/operators and their insurers in trucking and transportation related claims.
- Defended apartment complexes, hotels and small businesses regarding a variety of contract and personal injury claims.
Professional
- Texas Bar Association, Member
- Construction Law
- Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Houston Bar Association
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
- Texas Aggie Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Texas Bar College
- Night Court: Lawyers Entertaining for Charity (cast member, 2009-2014)
Community
- PTO board member
- Gymnastics team parent
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law (2024)
- “Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Update,” Advanced Personal Injury Law Course (2023)
- “Staying in the Know of the Various Courts: How Attorneys Can Access Essential Resources,” Advanced Civil Trial Course (2022)
- “Affidavits: Changes in the Law and Recent Court Decisions,” Texas Bar Conference, Section 18.001 (2021)
- TASIU Gulf Coast Insurance Fraud Seminar (2019)
