Kevin Michaels

Kevin R. Michaels, through the use of an aggressive, yet pragmatic and ethical approach, has successfully represented clients and their interests in a variety of matters. His practice areas include commercial litigation including breach of contract, business disparagement, business fraud, and non-compete and non-disclosure clause litigation, consumer fraud litigation, business and transactional law, real estate transactions, entity creation, insurance/ERISA matters, and creditor’s rights. Additionally, Kevin also acts as outside general counsel for several of his corporate clients. Kevin’s extensive experience contributes to the firm’s philosophy that clients are kept abreast of all developments in their lawsuits while expenses necessary to develop the claims are kept reasonable.

            Mr. Michaels graduated from the University of Houston Downtown Campus after serving in the United States Army where he received several decorations and awards. While working full time at O’Quinn & Laminack, a major plaintiff’s law firm, Kevin attended South Texas College of Law, graduating in May1992. Kevin practiced at O’Quinn & Laminack for over 5 1/2 years, focusing on consumer and commercial disputes, wrongful termination, medical malpractice, personal injury, premise liability and toxic tort cases. In July 1997, Kevin joined Davis & Shank, P.C., a well-respected defense firm. At Davis & Shank, Kevin’s practice centered on commercial and civil litigation, personal injury defense, legal malpractice defense, insurance bad faith defense and general litigation involving a wide range of matters. Kevin opened his own practice in January 2000.

Kevin has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell that indicates a high to very high legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Kevin is licensed to practice in all state courts in Texas in addition to the federal district and bankruptcy courts in the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has been recognized by Who’s Who in American Law, Ninth, Twelfth and Twenty-First Editions, Who’s Who in America, 2009 Edition, as a Top Lawyer in Texas as listed in The Legal Network, by H Texas Magazine as a Top Professional 2014 and as a Texas Top Lawyers in Commercial Litigation 2015, by Houstonia Magazine – Peer/Client Selected as a Top Lawyer in Commercial Law and by Great Lawyers Houston 2014.

            Through an aggressive, yet pragmatic and ethical approach, the firm has successfully represented clients and their interests and will continue to do so. The firm’s representative clients include many individuals and corporate businesses located throughout the United States and Canada, some of whom have foreign investors and/or directors.