Carl Scherz is Deputy Chair of the Firm's Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, Dallas Office Litigation Practice Group Leader and currently concentrates his practice in insurance litigation, complex commercial disputes, financial services litigation and ERISA-related litigation.

In his work for insurance clients, his experience has covered a broad gamut of issues in both federal and state court, including adjustment of non-guaranteed life insurance elements such as COI rates, insurance administration practices for life and annuity products, product sales practices, broker and MGA disputes, claims litigation and alleged state and federal securities violations. Within the broader insurance industry, his practice has covered a variety of products, including: whole life, universal life, variable life, term life, group life, annuities, health, disability, AD&D, homeowners and automobile insurance, among others. A significant amount of this work has arisen in the context of state and nationwide putative class claims as well as multidistrict litigation.