Mike Lynn, often ranked as one of the top trial lawyers in the US, brings unmatched experience to trying cases. He has tried to verdict more than 120 civil and criminal jury trials and handled over 100 non-jury, arbitration and injunction matters in his distinguished career, winning significant returns for his clients including obtaining over a billion dollars in verdicts for clients such as ETP and T Boone Pickens in the last few years. Mike, the founder of the firm, believes one of the keys to his firm’s success is that “[w]e are an elite, highly-motivated group of business trial lawyers. We like to say we are the ‘special forces of litigation.’ We are prepared, experienced, tough, relentless, and creative.”
Honors & Awards:
- Top 10 Litigation Boutiques in the nation by Benchmark Litigation, 2017, 2019
- One of five Texas law firms ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA, 2017-2020
- Honored as a Band 1 “Leader in His Field” 2017-2020; Band 2 “Leader in His Field” 2012, and “Leader in His Field” 2009-2010 in Chambers & Partners USA Guide to Leading Lawyers – General Commercial Litigation (Texas) Lawyers
- Recognized as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the U.S.” by Benchmark Litigation, 2015-2019
- Listed as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, 2013-2018
- Defense Lawyer of the year, Dallas Business Journal
- Nations Defense Win of the Year awarded by National Law Journal (the only lawyer we know who has garnered this recognition twice)
- Listed as one of the “500 Top Litigators in America” by Lawdragon, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015
- Obtained the largest verdict in Dallas history, the largest in Texas and the third largest in the nation in 2014, as recognized by Verdict Search
- Obtained the largest verdict in Reeves County, Pecos, Texas, 2016
- “Best Lawyers in America,” 2012-2021; Selected “100 Best Lawyers in Texas,” 2014, 2018
- Named a “Texas Super Lawyer” consecutively since 2003, “Top 100 in Texas” 2014, 2016, 2017, “Top 100 in DFW” 2009, 2011-2012, 2014, 2016-2017
- Listed “Top Texas Verdicts” by Texas Lawyer, 2009
- Selection by the National Law Journal for the “Toughest Defense Win in US,” 1998, 2002
- National Law Journal’s “Top Defense Win,” 2002 (the only lawyer in Texas we know to have achieved this honor twice)
Last updated Sep 2020
