Michael’s representative litigation matters include:

• Advising buyer negotiating 8-figure acquisition on construction law issues during negotiation of purchase and sale agreement.
• Obtaining pre-suit reversal of insurer’s initial coverage denial with insurer assuming its obligations to defend and indemnify client under the third-party policy.
• Defeating summary judgment seeking complete dismissal of client’s multi-million dollar fraud claim.
• Defeating all claims brought against a subcontractor and the subcontractor’s principal, including claims for breach of contract, fraud, Texas Trust Fund violations, and attorney’s fees.
• Successfully obtaining injunctive relief on behalf of numerous employers to enforce covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Filing suit against an owner on behalf of a general contractor and obtaining all amounts owed from the owner, including Texas Prompt Pay Interest and all attorney’s fees incurred.
• Assisting both insurers and policyholders in the analysis, prosecution and defense of declaratory judgment actions and claims for breach of contract, prompt pay interest, and bad faith.

• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2020
• Rising Star, S.A. Scene magazine, 2014
• Rising Star, Construction Litigation, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2019
• Best Lawyers in Civil Litigation Defense, S.A. Scene magazine, 2013

• Austin Bar Association/Austin Young Lawyers Association Leadership Academy
  • Co-Chair, 2019-2020
  • Committee Member, 2018
  • Participant, 2017
• Austin Bar Association, Member
• Austin Young Lawyers Association, Member
• State Bar of Texas, Member
  • Construction Law Section
  • Insurance Section
  • Litigation Section