Mike joined with Steve Adler to form a boutique litigation firm concentrating on eminent domain and condemnation matters more than twenty years ago.  Mike brought to the firm his years in litigation practice with the Attorney General's office, rising to the level of Chief of the Antitrust Division under Attorney General John Hill, and several years in private practice primarily representing landowners in eminent domain litigation.  Over the last 28 years, he has participated in several hundred special commissioners' hearings and numerous jury trials, and has lectured on eminent domain issues at many seminars.  He is a member of the Frost National Bank Advisory Board of Directors and a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• The University of Texas at Austin (J.D. 1972; B.A. 1969)
• Admitted to State Bar of Texas (1972)
• Admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas
• Chief, Office of the Attorney General, Antitrust Division (1977-1978)
• Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Texas (1973-1978)
• Chief Counsel, Human Resources Committee, Texas Senate, 63rd Legislature (1973)
• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
• Texas' Best Lawyers (2010)
• The Best Lawyers in America (2011)

ACTIVITIES, PAPERS AND SPEAKING

• Member, Travis County Bar Association
• Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
• Member, Frost National Bank Advisory Board of Directors
• Program Co-Chair, 9th Annual SuperConference, Eminent Domain (2010)
• Speaker, 9th Annual SuperConference, Eminent Domain:  Mirroring the Market by Dividing Properties (2010)
  
• Speaker, HBA Real Estate Law Section: Access and Related Issues in Texas Condemnation Cases (2009)
• Speaker, IRWA:  Power Lines - Community vs. Specific Damages and Material and Substantial Impairment of Access.  What Does it Really Mean? (2009)
  
• Program Co-Chair, 8th Annual SuperConference, Eminent Domain:  The Highest and Best Use of Your Time and Money (2009)
• Program Co-Chair, 7th Annual SuperConference, Eminent Domain (2008)
• Lecturer, 6th Annual SuperConference, Eminent Domain: Understanding Special Issues and Litigation Strategies (2007)
• Speaker/Author, Government Beware: Condemning Land May Be More Difficult Than You Think, presented at the seminar on Suing and Defending Governmental Entities (2001) and at the Texas Attorney General's Conference on Eminent Domain (1986)