Michael focuses his legal practice on personal injury cases, with a particular emphasis on trucking and motor vehicle matters. Michael has secured verdicts and settlements for clients in excess of $50,000,000.00.
During his early years as a attorney, Michael represented and defended many of the country’s largest trucking companies, automobile manufacturers, and insurance companies. This experience gives him a unique insight and understanding of these industries and a particular level of expertise that can now be utilized when bringing claims against these companies for injured victims and their families.
Michael is a proud graduate of The University of Texas, The University of Texas School of Law and Southlake Carroll High School. He is a longstanding member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice.
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Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas U.S.
- District Court, Southern District of Texas U.S.
- District Court, Eastern District of Texas U.S.
- District Court, Western District of Texas
Education
- University of Texas, Juris Doctorate, 1992
- University of Texas, BBA Finance & Marketing, 1990
- Southlake Carroll High School, 1986
Professional Memberships & Associations
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Member of Mensa