Michael has experience in a broad range of civil matters, with an emphasis on personal injury, premise and products liability, toxic tort, contract and consumer/DTPA litigation, at both the trial and appellate level, and has served as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants during his career.   

Michael is licensed to Practice in Texas and Louisiana, is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Louisiana Bar Association, the Jefferson County Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association. 

Michael is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and Louisiana, and in the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, and the Western and Middle District Courts of Louisiana.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Texas A&M University, College Station, and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law, where he served as an associate editor for “Currents International Trade Law Journal.”

Michael is married and the father of five children.  He has a passion for music and is active in the music ministry of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City, Texas