Collin D. Shellenberger

Collin D. Shellenberger was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas.  He has spent his entire career with Germer, PLLC (Beaumont office) handling insurance and personal injury litigation in Southeast and East Texas.

Collin’s practice is focused on litigation, primarily first and third party insurance cases and defense of Stower’s and extra-contractual cases, commercial transportation and trucking cases, and commercial and residential premise liability cases, and he has successfully tried first and third party cases involving serious injuries and death to verdict throughout the state and federal courts of Southeast Texas and East Texas.

Collin’s practice is also focused on advising insurance companies regarding the best strategies for addressing extra-contractual claims, Stower’s claims, coverage issues, complicated minor settlements, settlements of death cases with limited liability limits available and numerous claimants, and other related issues.  In addition to offering guidance to insurance carriers, Collin is also frequently retained to represent insurance companies defending those type of claims.

Collin’s strong ties to the community and experience with the local courts make him effective when serving as local counsel in the courts of Southeast Texas and East Texas.  He is also frequently retained by companies and insurance carriers immediately after an accident/before litigation is commenced to ensure that evidence is properly preserved, to conduct pre-litigation investigations (often with expert assistance), and to begin to build an aggressive defense proactively and early on.