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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 michelle.casady@texaslawbook.net or (713) 614-7929.

Litigation Roundup: AT&T Beats Back $57M FCC Fine

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a bench trial to determine whether the U.S. Trustee can clawback millions in fees awarded to Jackson Walker for work done on certain bankruptcy cases is officially canceled, personal injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry hires David J. Beck to defend his trademark and a longtime Dallas judge makes a big announcement. 

April 22, 2025 Michelle Casady

Lynn Pinker Accuses AAA Arbitrator of More ‘Egregious Conduct’ in Dickey’s Case

Lynn Pinker partner Mary Goodrich Nix told the AAA its arbitrator refused to grant her any accommodation or continuance when she was in the hospital with her fatally ill father. She also told the administrator of the arbitration between her client, Dickey’s, and a franchisee that arbitrator Gary Leydig referred to her in an email as “Ms. Dix” and said he “has never apologized or acknowledged this, despite having been confronted with how offensive it was.”

April 17, 2025 Michelle Casady

Another Case of Missing Cases? Fifth Court of Appeals Wants Clarification 

Just six days after telling parties in a separate appeal that the court could not locate a handful of cases cited by the appellant, the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas on Wednesday told a man representing himself in a child custody case that it couldn’t locate eight cases he cited. 

April 17, 2025 Michelle Casady

Houston Jury Awards $5.9M in Family Dispute

Jurors sat through a four-day trial in Harris County District Judge Michael Gomez’ court before siding with the plaintiffs and awarding them $5.9 million in damages. The case centered on the disputed transfer of 45 acres of property near Seabrook, Texas.

April 17, 2025 Michelle Casady

Shook, Hardy & Bacon Hires Retired Magistrate Judge

Kimberly Priest Johnson, who formerly served as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas, has joined the Houston office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon as a partner in its complex litigation and strategic counseling practice group.

April 16, 2025 Michelle Casady

Copart’s Former VP of HR Alleges Company Operates As ‘A Mad Men-Era Boys’ Club’

Dallas-based Fortune 500 company Copart has been sued by its former global vice president of human resources, who alleges she was fired after complaining about discrimination and harassment toward female employees. The online car auction company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

April 15, 2025 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Texas Says ‘Roadmap to Violate Consumer Protection Laws’ is Being Followed Post-Google Ruling

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a man who kidnapped his attorney and demanded a $1 million ransom gets 24 years in prison, Texas warns the state’s high court of dire consequences in a bid to revive its suit against Google, and a jury in rural West Texas awards more than $1 million in an oil and gas contract dispute.

April 15, 2025 Michelle Casady

Bankruptcy Judge Isgur Rips GWG Holdings Trustee’s Lawyers on Lack of Due Process Notice to Investors 

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur ended a hearing Friday morning in the GWG Holdings case after finding lawyers for the trustee had failed to meet their due process obligations under the constitution to provide bondholders with notice of how a proposed settlement would impact them. “I find there is not due process notice and this is not a close call,” he said, adding the effort of the lawyers to inform bondholders, some of whom put their life savings in the company, that they could expect to get back only about 3 percent of what they invested was “completely deficient” and “an embarrassment.”

April 11, 2025 Michelle Casady

WDTX Chief Judge Removes Jackson Walker Bankruptcy Fee Cases from SDTX Chief Bankruptcy Judge

Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Alia Moses, has taken control of the 34 bankruptcy cases where the U.S. Trustee is seeking to clawback millions in fees awarded to Dallas-based
Jackson Walker. “This unique case nevertheless requires stiff measures. The need to reestablish public trust and
confidence in the court system alone impels withdrawal in this highly unusual case,” she wrote.

April 10, 2025 Michelle Casady

Judge Moses to Decide Standing Issue in Ex-Judge Jones Related RICO Case

Roughly one month after deciding a bankruptcy judge should determine whether a former CEO can proceed with his lawsuit alleging he was the victim of a conspiracy carried out in proceedings before former bankruptcy judge David Jones, a federal judge changed her mind this week. 

April 10, 2025 Michelle Casady

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