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Michael C. Roberts

Michael C. Roberts

Associate, Austin
512.236.2251
mroberts@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Trial & Appellate Litigation
  • Insurance

Experience

  • Arbitration
  • Business Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
  • Insurance Policyholder Defense
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Title Insurance & Title Company Litigation

Biography

Michael C. Roberts is experienced in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, with particular emphasis on construction and insurance matters. Michael’s construction law practice encompasses contract negotiations, insurance coverage issues, and prosecuting and defending contractual and extra-contractual claims in the construction industry, including construction defect and mechanic’s lien claims.

Education

B.A., summa cum laude, Abilene Christian University

J.D., cum laude, Baylor Law School

  • Anthony Bruster Intellectual Property and Advocacy Award
  • Member, Order of Barristers
  • Participant, Inter-school Mock Trial Teams

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2012

Court Admissions

United States District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

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.
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Commercial Litigation, 2021
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2020
  • Rising Star, S.A. Scene magazine, 2014
  • Rising Star, Construction Litigation, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2020
  • 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

Practice Experience

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.

Recognition & Accolades

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Commercial Litigation, 2021
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2020
  • Rising Star, S.A. Scene magazine, 2014
  • Rising Star, Construction Litigation, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2020
  • Best Lawyers in Civil Litigation Defense, S.A. Scene magazine, 2013

Community Involvement

  • 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

Practice Areas

  • Insurance
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Arbitration
  • Business Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
  • Insurance Policyholder Defense
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Title Insurance & Title Company Litigation

News

  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • Jackson Walker Congratulates 30 Attorneys Listed Among 2020 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” List
  • Texas Bar Foundation Elects Six Jackson Walker Attorneys to Fellowship
  • Up and Coming: 34 Jackson Walker Attorneys Named to 2019 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” List
  • Jackson Walker Receives Champion of Justice Law Firm Award for Seventh Consecutive Year
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