Contact Information
call or text: 713.870.7755
email: michael.Kuhn@icloud.com
Background Information
Michael Kuhn is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Trial Law, and has been named as a Best Lawyer in Commercial Litigation. He is licensed in Texas and New York, the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal circuit and district courts, and is a Foreign Registered Lawyer in the UK.
Appearances and mediations include state and federal trials and appeals, and the subject matter of past civil cases includes:
• franchise agreements
• breach of contract
• oil & gas disputes
• intellectual property
• trusts & estates
• professional malpractice
• insurance coverage
• lender liability
• bad faith claims
• antitrust
• labor and employment
• fraud and defalcation
For more than 20 years, Michael served as General Counsel to Bracewell LLP, with responsibilities for dispute resolution, risk management, loss prevention, legal ethics and compliance programs. Since January 2015, he focused on creative pre-litigation and post-judgment alternative dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration services.
Before joining Bracewell LLP, Michael Kuhn served as an Assistant District Attorney (1976-1979) and as a Law Clerk to Hon. Joe Ingraham on the United States Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit (1975-1976).
Education
Preparatory Education: The Kinkaid School (Houston, TX)
Undergraduate Education: The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. with honors (Plan II)
Professional Education: The University of Houston
Employment
Law Clerk, United States a Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976
Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, Texas, 1976-1979
Partner, Bracewell LLP (1979-2019)
Highlights
Mediation Training & Certification (2014)
Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
Board Certified, Civil Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Best Lawyers, Commercial Litigation
Texas Association of Civil Trial & Appellate Specialists, President, 2006-2007
Editor, Houston Law Review, University of Houston Law Center
