Practice Areas - Litigation
- Trial Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Litigation
- Toxic Tort and Property Damage Litigation
- Financial Transactions Litigation
- International Law
- Banking and Financial Services Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Energy Litigation
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- Real Estate and Construction Litigation
- Records Management
- Internal Corporate Investigations
- Financial Crisis Advisory and Litigation
- International Arbitration
- Energy
- Securities Class Action Defense and Shareholder Litigation
- Oil and Gas Litigation
- U.S. Inbound Investment
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 713-547-2043
Fax: 713-236-5563
http://www.haynesboone.com/michael_powell/
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| University | University of Houston, B.B.A., 1970 |
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| Law School | South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1974 |
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| Admitted | 1974, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Houston and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation Section); Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists; American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Construction Arbitrator). |
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| Born | Houston, Texas |
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| Biography | Delta Theta Phi. Member, Order of Barristers. Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America" - Construction Law (2009-2011); Business Litigation Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly (2003-2010); Texas Super Lawyer, Law and Politics (2003-2008). Frequent Speaker on various aspects of Civil Trial Practice, Arbitration, and Mediation. CLE Presentations: "Cross Examination," Litigation and Trial Tactics CLE, sponsored by University of Houston Law Foundation; "Business and Public Records: When the Documents Really Speak for Themselves," How to Offer and Exclude Evidence CLE, sponsored by University of Houston Law Foundation; "Rule 42 Class Actions: Recent Developments," Advanced Personal Injury Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas. Adjunct Professor, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Evidence and Civil Trial Advocacy, South Texas College of Law, 1977+. Chair, Litigation Section, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Mexico City offices of the firm. Member: Alexis de Tocqueville Society; United Way of Greater Houston. Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Courses on Civil Procedure, Evidence and Civil Trial Advocacy for University of Houston Foundation and the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) |
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| ISLN | 904336953 |
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| Transactions | Securities Litigation. Lead counsel for Dynegy, Inc. in a securities class action and shareholder derivative suit arising from allegation of fraudulent accounting treatment of energy contracts and a natural gas transaction and from purported energy market manipulation; Financial Institution Litigation. Represented a major international lending institution in a five-week jury trial in which plaintiffs sought more than $150 million for alleged lender mismanagement and breach of contract; Design & Construction. Defeated a $100 million claim by a contractor for alleged misrepresentations by a bonding company; Oil & Gas. Represents oil & gas clients in numerous matters including those involving title disputes, royalty rights, operating agreements, nuisance and trespass claims, environmental contamination, breach of a seismic agreements, and accounting disputes; Civil litigation. Handles trial and arbitration proceedings in cases involving corporate ownership and management, partnership dissolutions, financial institutions and lending practices, business misrepresentations, wrongful death, personal injury, products liability, voting rights, wrongful wiretapping, age discrimination, wrongful termination, non-payment for professional services, and real estate development, design and construction. |
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