Shanley Price, LLP

What Shanley Price, LLP does

Shanley Price, LLP is an Austin, Texas-based boutique law firm specializing in workers' compensation insurance defense, insurance insolvency and receivership, and guaranty association litigation. Founded by partners Erin Shanley and Dan Price, the firm represents insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, third-party administrators, and state insurance guaranty associations, providing legal representation before the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation, the State Office of Administrative Hearings, and state and federal courts statewide in Texas, with national coverage for guaranty association matters.

The firm delivers professional legal services through a team of six attorneys — two partners, three associates, and one of counsel — supported by additional staff, totaling 11 personnel. Service offerings include workers' compensation dispute resolution (BRCs, CCHs, MCCHs, SOAH matters), workers' compensation litigation and appeals, claims consulting, subrogation recovery, regulatory compliance including Performance Based Oversight audit defense, Austin Board representation, insurance receivership and guaranty association representation, and general civil and commercial litigation. The firm holds AV Preeminent ratings from Martindale-Hubbell at both the firm and partner level, claims over 40 years of combined partner experience, and collectively has handled thousands of administrative and court proceedings.

Shanley Price operates as a traditional professional services firm with no proprietary technology platform, generating revenue through standard legal fee arrangements — primarily hourly billing for litigation, with likely flat-fee or contingency arrangements for subrogation and consulting work. Its go-to-market relies on direct partner-led client engagement, professional networking, bar association involvement, industry conferences (including the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network), and a firm-published newsletter ('Comp SPeak'). The firm has no external investors, no parent company, and is owned and operated by its two founding partners as a Texas limited liability partnership.

Name

Shanley Price, LLP

Legal name

Shanley Price, LLP

Website

https://sp-legal.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shanley Price, LLP is an Austin, Texas-based boutique law firm providing workers' compensation insurance defense, insurance insolvency, and guaranty association litigation services to insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and state guaranty associations across Texas and nationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Revenue: The firm generates revenue through professional legal services fees, representing insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and guaranty associations in workers' compensation defense, litigation, and consulting matters. Services are billed through standard legal fee arrangements including hourly rates for litigation services and potential contingency or flat fee arrangements for certain consulting and subrogation matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Shanley Price, LLP is an Austin, Texas-based boutique law firm that provides legal representation in workers' compensation insurance defense, civil and commercial litigation, insurance receivership and guaranty association representation, subrogation, claims consulting, and regulatory compliance. The firm primarily represents insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and insurance guaranty associations in defense and dispute matters.

Product overview

Shanley Price, LLP is a law firm offering comprehensive legal services as a unified practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm provides eight distinct but complementary legal service offerings centered on workers' compensation insurance defense and related matters: Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Receivership and Guaranty Association Representation, Austin Board Representation Services, Regulatory Compliance, Subrogation, Workers' Compensation Litigation, Claims Consulting, and Workers' Compensation Dispute Resolution. These services work together to provide end-to-end representation for insurance carriers, self-insureds, and employers in workers' compensation matters throughout Texas and nationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workers' Compensation Litigation Defense of workers' compensation claims on behalf of insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and guaranty associations, including trial-level defense of disputed claims arising under Texas workers' compensation law.
• Civil and Commercial Litigation Representation in civil and commercial disputes, providing trial and pretrial litigation services to insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and guaranty associations whose matters extend beyond workers' compensation into broader commercial contexts.
• Insurance Receivership and Guaranty Association Representation Specialized legal representation in insurance receivership proceedings and on behalf of insurance guaranty associations, addressing the unique procedural and statutory requirements of insolvent insurer estates and guaranty fund claims.
• Subrogation Subrogation recovery services pursuing recovery rights of insurance carriers and self-insureds against third parties responsible for losses underlying workers' compensation or related insurance claims.
• Claims Consulting Advisory consulting on workers' compensation claims handling for insurance carriers, self-insureds, and employers, including strategy development for complex or high-exposure claims.
• Regulatory Compliance Counsel on regulatory compliance matters under Texas workers' compensation and insurance law for carriers, self-insureds, employers, and guaranty associations, including compliance with rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation.
• Workers' Compensation Dispute Resolution Representation in dispute resolution proceedings, including administrative hearings and appellate dispute resolution before the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, on behalf of insurance carriers, self-insureds, employers, and guaranty associations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of proceedings handled before Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, State Office of Administrative Hearings, and state and federal courts

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin: Marshall Dennehey is one of the largest insurance defense firms in the U.S. with robust workers' compensation and insurance coverage practices. It competes with Shanley Price for workers' comp defense work from insurance carriers and self-insureds but operates a much larger national platform.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP: Lewis Brisbois is a national litigation and insurance defense firm with a substantial workers' compensation practice serving insurance carriers and employers. Its broad geographic footprint and practice diversity represent the scale-based competition Shanley Price faces in carrier procurement processes.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP: Wilson Elser is a major national insurance defense firm with extensive workers' compensation, casualty, and insurance coverage practices. It serves insurance carriers and self-insureds across the U.S., directly overlapping with Shanley Price's core client base and service offerings but at significantly larger scale.
• Sedgwick LLP: Sedgwick is one of the largest insurance defense firms in the United States with significant workers' compensation defense capabilities across multiple states. It competes with Shanley Price for the same insurance carrier clients but operates at vastly larger scale with broader geographic coverage and a deeper attorney bench.
• Reed Smith LLP: Reed Smith is an international law firm with a significant insurance practice including insurance insolvency, reinsurance disputes, and commercial litigation for insurance carriers. Its insurance industry work overlaps with Shanley Price's commercial litigation and insurance insolvency practice but at much larger scale and with broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Barger & Wolen LLP: Barger & Wolen is a California-based insurance specialty firm focused on insurance coverage, bad faith, and insurance insolvency matters. Its specialty insurance industry focus and boutique structure make it a comparable peer to Shanley Price, particularly for the firm's national insurance insolvency and guaranty association practice.
• Anderson Kill LLP: Anderson Kill is a boutique insurance coverage and recovery firm with particular strength in insurance insolvency and receivership matters, directly overlapping with Shanley Price's national guaranty association practice. Both firms serve as specialized insurance counsel competing for similar high-stakes insurance industry clients and matters.

Emerging players

• Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP: Traub Lieberman is a boutique insurance defense and coverage firm with concentrated expertise in insurance industry matters, similar in size and specialty focus to Shanley Price. It serves insurance carriers and self-insureds with workers' compensation, general liability, and insurance coverage services across multiple states.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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