Mr. Michael Murphy Gallagher

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Mr. Michael Murphy Gallagher: Attorney with Morgan & Morgan

Biography

Michael Gallagher is a member of our Mass Tort Law & Briefing Group, which prepares motions, briefs, and appeals for our firm’s class action and multidistrict litigation teams. In twenty-two years of practice, Michael has tried twelve cases to verdict, has taken and defended hundreds of depositions, and has defeated dispositive and non-dispositive motions.

Michael graduated cum laude from Georgetown University in 2000. He then graduated from The University of Houston Law Center in 2003, where he was named to the Order of the Barristers and won the Blakely-Butler Moot Court Competition. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Schell in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

For the first several years of his career, Michael worked as an associate and later as a shareholder at a litigation boutique in Houston, representing defendants in personal injury, legal malpractice, and commercial cases. In 2012, Michael changed his practice to focus on representing injured plaintiffs. Since then, he has handled cases in many practice areas, including products liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, employment, environmental, commercial litigation, and insurance coverage.

Reported cases are as follows:

Halikoytakis v . Future Motion , Inc ., 410 So. 3d 1242 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025); In re Future Motion , Inc . Prods . Liab . Litig ., 2025 WL 523900 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 17, 2025); Baker v . Future Motion , Inc ., 2024 WL 4416351 (S.D. Fla. May 2, 2024); In re: Future Motion , Inc . Prods . Liab . Litig ., 709 F. Supp. 3d 1394 (J.P.M.L. 2023); Colpoys v . Future Motion , Inc ., 2023 WL 5917007 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 17, 2023); In re: Recalled Abbott Infant Formula Prods . Liab . Litig ., 2023 WL 3585639 (N.D. Ill. May 22, 2023); Czimmer v . Janssen Pharms ., Inc ., 122 A.3d 1043 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015); Gurley v . Janssen Pharms ., Inc ., 113 A.3d 283 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015).

Michael has published the following articles:

Snap Removal and the Absurdity Doctrine , 55 U. Mem. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025), available here.

Snap Removal and the Anti-Injunction Act , 57 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 153 (2024)

Blameless Ignorance Under Florida Law - A “Peculiarly Local Doctrine , ” 98 Fla. B.J. 34 (2024)

Snap Removal and the Sherlock Holmes Canon , 53 Cumb. L. Rev. 259 (2022-2023)

Clear Evidence of Impossibility Preemption after Wyeth v. Levine, 51 Gonzaga L. Rev. 439 (2016)

Legal Malpractice Lawsuits in Texas and the Forgotten Rule of Collectibility , 53 S. Tex. L. Rev. 101(2011)

Vetoing Class Actions , 24 Rev. Litig. 527 (2005)

Abolishing the Texas Jury Shuffle , 35 St. Mary’s L.J. 303 (2004)

Cited in Hayes v . Thaler , 371 F. App’x 563, 568 n.3 (5th Cir. Jan. 19, 2010)

Disarming the Confirmation Process , 50 Clev. St. L. Rev. 513 (2002-03)

Multidistrict Litigation

OneWheel PSC, N.D. Cal.

OneWheel PSC, Cal. JCCP

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Areas of Practice (3)

  • Mass Tort Litigation Lawyers
  • Personal Injury
  • Products Liability

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Georgetown University, B.A., 2000
Law School Attended:
University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2003
Year of First Admission:
2003
Admission:
2003, Texas; 2012, Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Birth Information:
Houston, Texas, October 11, 1977
Reported Cases:
Broyles v. State ex rel. Abbott, 381 Fed. Appx. 370 (5th Cir. June 11, 2010); Nixon v. Wheatley, 203 Fed. Appx. 674 (5th Cir. 2006); Potter v. HSN, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:11-CV-2346, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125780 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 31, 2011); Sylver v. Mathis, Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-855; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44398 (D. Nev. Apr. 22, 2011); Williams v. Cheyenne Crossing Residential Ass'n, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:10-CV-34, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133769 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 17, 2010); Mix v. Target Corp., 759 F. Supp. 2d 856 (W.D. Tex. 2010); BP Prods. N. Am. v. J.V. Indus. Cos., Civil Action No. H-07-2369, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41176 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 27, 2010); Black v. Toys "R" Us-Delaware, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:08-cv-3315, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126691 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 17, 2009); Chessmore v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Civil Action No. H-08-1642, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92474 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 5, 2009); Broyles v. Texas, Civil Action No. H-08-2320, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27508 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2009); Marin v. Gilberg, Civil Action No. V-07-62, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20548 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 11, 2009); E&E Group, LLC v. SDB Trade Int'l, L.P., No. C-08-4597, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105713 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 29, 2008); Marin v. Gilberg, Civil Action No. V-07-62, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53341 (S.D. Tex. July 11, 2008); Castaneda v. Mammoet USA, Inc., Civil Action No. G-07-0362, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26528 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 1, 2008); Javelin Invs., LLC v. McGinnis, Civil Action No. H-05-3379, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23582 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 30, 2007); Yampey v. Glazer Foods Co., Civil Action No. H-05-4348, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67939 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 21, 2006); Thomas v. Oliver, Civil Action No. H-06-429, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42887 (S.D. Tex. June 14, 2006); Nixon v. Wheatley, 368 F. Supp. 2d 635 (E.D. Tex. 2005); Journet v. Vehicle Vin No. 1GRAA06283T500670, No. H-04-4730, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39786 (S.D. Tex. June 15, 2006); Thomas v. Oliver, No. H-06-429, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42887 (S.D. Tex. June 14, 2006); Dugas v. Washington Mutual, No. 1:05-CV-421, 2005 WL 2234639 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 13, 2005); Nixon v. Wheatley, 368 F. Supp. 2d 635 (E.D. Tex. 2005); Bosch v. Open Pines Condo. Owners Ass'n, No. 1:09-cv-507, 2010 Tex. App. LEXIS 8965 (Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, pet. denied); Lockett v. HB Zachry Co., 285 S.W.3d 63 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, no pet.); West v. Triple B Servs., LLP, 264 S.W.3d 440 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2008, no pet.).
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