Mike Williams Email & Phone Number

Mr. Williams has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics as reflected by the opinions of his peers and members of the judiciary. He has been recognized in Texas Top Lawyers, Texas Super Lawyers and Houston's Top Lawyers publications. Mr. Williams has successfully defended clients domestically and internationally in maritime, energy, and construction litigation and arbitration for over 30 years and has also achieved multi-million dollar recoveries in cases involving maritime liens and insurance coverage. He obtained dismissal or favorable verdicts and settlements for clients in multi-million dollar claims arising from: product liability for multiple deaths; energy/oilfield property damage and revenue loss; wrongful death from pipeline explosions; and land-based, maritime and offshore personal injuries, and dismissal of a drilling company’s $45 million property damage and lost profits claim against a shipyard client on the first day of trial. He developed the legal argument for an international air carrier client, affirmed by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case of first impression, precluding claims against the carrier arising under state law.He is licensed to practice in all courts in Texas and admitted to the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Williams is a Member of the Defense Research Institute, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, The Propeller Club of the United States and is an arbitrator with the Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association. He has spoken at numerous seminars presented corporations and insurance companies.Specialties: Maritime, Energy, Construction and commercial litigation and arbitration.

Listed skills include Product Liability, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Arbitration, and 43 others.