An appeals court decision means Houston’s Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom may go back to representing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) on consolidated Hurricane Ike litigation in Galveston County.

A panel of Houston’s 1st Court of Appeals conditionally granted a mandamus on Nov. 7, ordering 212th District Judge Susan Criss of Galveston to vacate a Feb. 5 order disqualifying Martin Disiere and partner Christopher Martin from the Ike work for the association.