Bruce McCandless III

Member

Bar Admissions: District of Columbia, New York, Texas

Education

B.A., Plan II, University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 1983
M.A., University of Reading, Reading, UK, 1984
J.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Admitted to practice in Texas , 1995
Admitted to practice in New York, 1990
Admitted to practice in District of Columbia, 1992
Admitted to practice in U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2001

Professional Experience

Bruce McCandless III is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas and Enforcement Attorney for the Texas Department of Insurance. Mr. McCandless specializes in insurance regulatory matters and in representing insurers, agents, and lenders in insurance-related disputes before the Texas Department of Insurance and in the state and federal courts of Texas; he has also prepared and filed amicus briefs on insurance-related matters before the Texas Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. McCandless has handled insurer acquisitions, withdrawals and licensing matters, and recently obtained regulatory approval of a transaction involving merger of a non-insurance related entity into an affiliated life insurance company.

Other Activities

Austin Bar Association; State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section Member; President, Zilker Theatre Productions (2007-2008); 2006 Masters Champion, Rogue Trail Series Loop 10K; Over-All Winner, 2010 Dirty Duathlon Sprint Duathlon (Smithville, Texas).

Publications

“A Brief History of the Texas Department of Insurance,” Journal of Texas Insurance Law, Spring 2002 and Winter 2003.