Rideshare Injury Cases: Defeating Arbitration and Winning the Insurance Coverage Fight

Angel L. Reyes, III, Founder and Managing Partner | Angel Reyes & Associates

Angel L. Reyes, III is the Founder and Managing Partner of Angel Reyes & Associates, one of Texas’s leading personal injury law firms. With a career that began on Wall Street and evolved into three decades of acclaimed legal advocacy, Angel has built a reputation as a powerhouse trial lawyer, a trusted media resource, and a champion for injury victims across the country.

• Education & Credentials

A bilingual advocate fluent in English and Spanish, Angel is licensed to practice in Texas, New York, and Arkansas, as well as multiple federal courts, including the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern & Western Districts of Arkansas.

Angel earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, his M.B.A. from Texas Tech University’s Rawls School of Business, and his B.A. from the University of Kansas.

• Recognition & Leadership

Angel has been named to the Texas Monthly Super Lawyers list for 18 consecutive years (2008–2026), an honor reserved for the top 5% of attorneys in the state. His legal insights are frequently cited by both local and national media outlets, and he is a sought-after commentator on issues ranging from distracted driving to consumer rights and public safety.

• Professional Involvement

He is also a frequent speaker at major industry events, including Lawyer Rumble, Fireproof Mastermind, National Trial Lawyers Summit, and the Personal Injury Mastermind Conference.

• Experience

Since opening his Dallas practice in 1993, Angel has helped injury victims secure over $1 billion in compensation for their injuries. His courtroom results include hundreds of jury trials involving catastrophic auto and truck crashes, life-altering personal injuries, and complex motor-vehicle litigation. Under his leadership, the firm has resolved more than 70,000 cases and earned statewide and national recognition for legal excellence.

As the face of Angel Reyes & Associates, Angel continues to dedicate his career to ensuring every injured person, regardless of background or circumstance, receives the justice, protection, and respect they deserve.

Spencer Browne, Partner | Angel Reyes & Associates

Spencer Browne is a nationally respected trial lawyer and Partner at Angel Reyes & Associates, where he specializes in high-stakes auto and trucking litigation. Known for his relentless advocacy and courtroom precision, Spencer has tried nearly 100 cases to verdict across Texas, an accomplishment achieved by only a small percentage of personal injury attorneys.

• Education & Credentials

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009, Spencer has maintained this elite credential through multiple recertifications (2014, 2019, 2024).

A graduate of the SMU Dedman School of Law, Spencer also studied at the University of Oxford and earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He is licensed to practice in multiple federal jurisdictions, including the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western District Courts of Texas, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

• Recognition & Leadership

Spencer’s excellence in trial advocacy has earned him repeated recognition by his peers. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer from 2021 to 2026 and was previously honored as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2011 to 2017, including the coveted Up-and-Coming 100 list. D Magazine recognized him as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas in both 2015 and 2022.

• Professional Involvement

He is also a long-standing member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), one of the most prestigious trial organizations in the nation, having been inducted in 2013.

In addition to his courtroom work, Spencer is a respected speaker and educator in the legal community. He has shared his expertise at prominent legal events and continuing education programs, including the State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Damages in Civil Litigation Course, and Course on Prosecuting & Defending Truck and Auto Collision Cases, as well as the ABOTA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program and Lawyer Rumble.

• Experience

Over his career, Spencer has earned a reputation for delivering justice in some of the state’s most complex and emotionally significant cases. One of his notable victories includes securing a major jury verdict for the Hahn family in a wrongful death case arising from the tragic 2013 charter bus crash on the George Bush Turnpike, a case in which the jury found the Choctaw Casino negligent.

Driven by a deep commitment to justice, Spencer approaches every case with the same focus: providing injured Texans and their families with the unwavering representation they deserve.

SESSION 1 – Keeping Your Rideshare Injury Case Out of Arbitration | Angel L. Reyes, III & Spencer Browne | 2:30pm – 3:30pm

This session shows how riders get bound to arbitration — clickwrap screens, pop-up updates, guest riders, and shared accounts — and works through every workable way back to court, pleaded in the alternative: contract formation, party status, suing the defendants who never signed, the EFAA, specific challenges to the delegation clause, and waiver. It also shows why Texas usually skips the fight: the TNC statutes leave the ordinary crash case running against the driver and the $1 million policy. Attendees leave with an intake checklist and a motion strategy from the first client call through dispositive motion practice.

BREAK | 3:30pm – 3:40pm

SESSION 2 – Getting to the $1 Million Policy After a Rideshare Crash | Angel L. Reyes, III & Spencer Browne | 3:40pm – 4:40pm

This session follows the money: finding the coverage, proving which policy applies, and keeping it from shrinking. It maps Period 0 through Period 3, shows where the evidence lives and how to preserve it in the first 72 hours, and works through the layers that decide real cases — the UM/UIM layer to verify rather than assume, coverage-gutting exclusions, insurer finger-pointing, and the aggregate $1 million shared by every claimant. The national picture comes first, then the Texas statutes that assign the carrier. Attendees leave with a coverage-stacking framework and a preservation demand checklist.