901 Main Street
Suite 4000
Dallas TX 75202
TEL: (214) 749-4268
FAX: (214) 760-8994
rblevins@zelle.com
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Practice Areas
- Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability
- Breach of Contract
- General Liability Coverage and Defense
- Property Insurance
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Courts: Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado
- U.S. District Court: Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Eighth Circuit
Education
- South Texas College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2010
- • Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- • Student Bar Association Mentor-Mentee Program (2009-2010)
- • Mock Trial Summer 2008 Academy
- • Mock Trial Garland Walker Memorial Tournament Champions (Fall 2008)
- • Aggie Law Student Association (2007-2009)
- • Aggie Law Student Association President (2008-2009)
- • Cali Award in Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure (Fall 2009)
- • Dean’s Honor List (Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010)
- Texas A&M University, B.A., Psychology, 2007
- • Pre-Law Society (2005-2007)
Raven M. Blevins
Raven joined Zelle’s Dallas office in 2016. Her practice focuses on litigation and resolution of complex insurance and commercial business disputes. Prior to joining Zelle, Raven worked for Anderson & Riddle, LLP where she handled cases involving Insurance, General Litigation, Aerial Chemical Application, Products Liability and Civil Appeals.
In law school, Raven served as an Intern for the Honorable Judge Akers, interim for Judge Austin, at the Harris County Probate Court. She also had the opportunity to play volleyball as a Division 1 Student Athlete at Texas Tech University, before transferring to Texas A&M to finish her degree.
Representative Matters
Defended several aerial applicators in Arkansas when an herbicide distributor and its parent company were sued by several cotton farmers in federal district court in Arkansas. The aerial applicators that made the application were not parties to the suit and the distributor and its parent company were successful in the lawsuit. Then the distributor and its parent company sued the aerial applicators seeking attorneys fees for the defense in the underlying suit based on claims of negligence; Restatement (Second) of Torts § 914(2); indemnification under the third-party litigation exception; common law indemnification; and Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations. Upon a Motion to Dismiss, the district court found in favor of the aerial applicators and on appeal, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision holding, among other things, that the aerial applicators did not owe a duty of care to the distributor and that Arkansas law does not recognize the third-party litigation exception to the American Rule.
Articles & Presentations
"Texas Hail Bill Leads to Policyholder Attorney Hail Marys," Texas Law360, November 5, 2018, co-author
Professional Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
- Texas Aggie Bar Association
Community Service
- Red Shoe Society, benefiting the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth
- Team Momentum, benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association
Noteworthy
Texas Rising Star (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Raven graduated cum laude and in the top 15% of her class from South Texas College of Law.
