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Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady is based in Houston and covers litigation and appeals — including trials, breaking news and industry trends — for The Texas Lawbook.

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Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady has been a reporter in Texas since January 2009. She's covered crime at The Bryan-College Station Eagle, courts at the San Antonio Express-News and civil litigation for Law360. In July 2022, she joined The Texas Lawbook.

Her reporting has included covering arrests, trials, plea deals and settlements, executions, natural and manmade disasters, colorful characters and various oddities.

She lives in Houston with her husband Matt, a sweet dog Hurricane Harvey brought into their lives, and a confident cat who keeps everyone in line. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas Tech University and was a 2018 fellow of the Loyola Marymount University Journalist Law School.

You can reach Michelle at [email protected] or (713) 614-7929.

Ex-CEO, Facing Largest Tax Fraud Case Against an Individual, Dies

Robert Brockman’s death came just two days after his attorney said her client was receiving morphine treatments for pain, was in hospice care and had stopped “tolerating food or water.” The Lawbook talked to a former federal prosecutor about the implications for the pending criminal and civil cases against Brockman.

August 9, 2022 Michelle Casady

Appellate Roundup: Exxon Loses Fight For $1.5B Tax Refund, Prank Mail Emotional Distress Suit Tossed And More

This edition of the appellate roundup features a reference to “occult mysteries” in Exxon’s $1.5B tax dispute, the dismissal of an emotional distress lawsuit stemming from a gag gift and more.

August 5, 2022 Michelle Casady

Ex-CEO In $2B Tax Fraud Case In Hospice Care Judge Told

During a hearing Wednesday morning before U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. in Houston, Brockman’s attorney told the court her client is not doing well. Brockman, who has dementia, is facing a criminal trial in which the government alleges he concealed about $2 billion in income.

August 3, 2022 Michelle Casady

Texas Panel Tosses Al Hill III’s Suit Against Prominent Dallas Litigators

The First Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an opinion affirming a trial court’s dismissal of malicious prosecution and derivative claims against Lisa Blue, Stephen Malouf, Charla Aldous, Mike Lynn and Jeff Tillotson. It wasn’t clear Tuesday whether Hill III would take the long-running fight to the Texas Supreme Court.

August 2, 2022 Michelle Casady

Appellate Roundup: Judge Lynn Hughes Gets Scolded, Hospital Assault Case Fails And More 

This inaugural edition of Appellate Roundup features two Fifth Circuit rulings reversing Judge Lynn Hughes, and a ruling from the Fourth Court of Appeals allowing a police shooting suit against University of the Incarnate Word to move forward.

July 29, 2022 Michelle Casady

Criminal Trial Begins Monday In Blue Bell Listeria Case

The criminal prosecution of former Blue Bell President Paul Kruse will begin in U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s courtroom Monday morning. The government has charged him with seven counts of fraud, but indicated in a hearing Friday they only intend to pursue six counts.

July 29, 2022 Michelle Casady

Texas Supreme Court Told Whistleblower Act Doesn’t Apply To AG Paxton 

In a brief on the merits filed Wednesday, the Office of the Attorney General argued a whistleblower lawsuit brought against him by former high-ranking attorneys in the office should be dismissed because the Texas Whistleblower Act doesn’t apply to him. Carlos Soltero of Soltero Sapire Murrell, who represents one of the whistleblowers, told The Texas Lawbook he’s confident the Texas Supreme Court — like the Austin Court of Appeals panel and a Travis County District Court judge who have allowed the case to move forward — will find no merit in the argument.

July 28, 2022 Michelle Casady

Watermelon Display Injury Verdict Wiped Out on Appeal, New Trial Ordered

Roel Canales will get another shot at proving Pay and Save was negligent in the way it displayed watermelons. But the Fourth Court of Appeals panel said the evidence supporting the gross negligence claim was too weak and ordered Canales take nothing on that claim.

July 27, 2022 Michelle Casady

In Competition Suit That Sought $41M, Dallas County Jury Awards $120K

Alston & Bird attorneys representing Boral Windows got a ruling that ensured the jury never got to consider counterclaims seeking $100 million in damages against its client. And Don Godwin batted back Boral’s bid for about $41 million in damages against his client, who sold his company to Boral.

July 27, 2022 Michelle Casady

Judge in Salesforce MDL To Decide Whether Plaintiffs Can Use Discovery in Related Cases

A hearing on a motion to modify the protective order governing an MDL in which Salesforce is accused of facilitating sex trafficking ended Friday with the presiding judge deciding he would review on a case-by-case basis the discovery the plaintiffs’ lawyers are seeking to use in other related litigation nationwide. Salesforce’s attorney Michael Raiff of Gibson Dunn said at one point in the hearing he felt he was being accused of committing fraud on the court, but the plaintiffs’ lawyers said that wasn’t the case.

July 22, 2022 Michelle Casady

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Lawyers in the News

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J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Charla Aldous
Jeff Ansley
Brian Antweil
Michael Benefield
Jonathan L. Blacker
Mike Blankenship
Lisa Blue
Michelle Boudreaux
Michael P. Bresson
Ron Burns
Matthew Buschi
Brian Buss
David Coale
Julie Countiss
Erin Nealy Cox
Damien Diggs
Denise Lambert Drake
Chisara Ezie-Boncoeur
Perrin Fourmy
Adrienne Frazior
Rodney Gilstrap
Luis Gomar
Brett Govett
Ryan Gravelle
Phil Haines
Stephen Hammer
George C. Hanks Jr.
Kyle Hawkins
Chris Heasley
Alia Heintz
George Hicks Jr.
Richard Hightower
Allyson Ho
Jim Ho
Justin Hoffman
Hillary Holmes
Ashley Johnson
John Kaercher
Scott Keller
Peter Kelly
Kathy Keneally 
Paul Koning
Chris Kratovil
Branden Lankford
Fred Lee
Daniel Leventhal
Herbert W. Linder
Sam Lindsay
Shawn Long
Jeff Lowenstein
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Alexiz Magro-Malo
Stephen Malouf
Jeremy C. Martin
Amos Mazzant
Kasdin Miller Mitchell
Eric Moyé
John Paul Nasta Jr.
William Peterson
Ryan Pittman
Shamoil Shipchandler
Leigha Simonton
Aaron Streett
David Taubenfeld
Jeff Tillotson
Victor Vital
Staci Williams
Andrew Wirmani
Evan Young

Firms in the News

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Argonaut Insurance Co.
Baker Botts
BakerHostetler
Bank of Utah
Barnes & Thornburg
Bell Nunnally
Bradley
Buss & Benefield
Charles Schwab
Coca-Cola
Diversified Energy
Dykema
Gibbs & Bruns
Gibson Dunn
Haynes and Boone
Hunton AK
Intrepid
JetBlue
Jones Day
Kastner Gravelle
Kirkland
Koning Rubarts
Lehotsky Keller
Lilly Pathway
Lynn Pinker
Megatel Homes
Morgan Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Hastings
PBF Energy
Polsinelli
Rapp & Krock
Reese Marketos
Samsung
Shearman & Sterling
Shell
Sidley
Smith Interface
Spearmint Energy
Syrah
Think Finance
Tillotson Johnson Patton
Vedder Price
White & Case
Winston & Strawn
With Purpose
ZMC

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