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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.

Fisher Phillips Hires Reed Smith Partner to be Regional Managing Partner in Houston

Fisher Phillips on Monday announced it has hired Reed Smith labor and employment partner Emily Harbison, who will serve as the firm’s regional managing partner in Houston.

June 2, 2025 Michelle Casady

Dykema DQ’d in PE Dentistry Suit

Dykema Gossett has been disqualified from representing a group of plaintiffs suing a dentist and his many practices after a judge in Dallas determined the law firm had previously represented the dentist in other legal matters that are “substantially related” to this case. 

May 29, 2025 Michelle Casady

Influencer Drops Copyright Suit Against Competitor

An influencer who alleged another influencer’s videos and photos posted to social media amounted to infringement of the “neutral, beige and cream aesthetic” that constitutes her “brand identity” has dropped her federal lawsuit. 

May 29, 2025 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Feds Wade into Texas-Led Suit Against BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the federal government wades into an antitrust lawsuit Texas launched against a trio of asset managers alleging coal market manipulation, and the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas hears oral arguments in a $19.7 million loan dispute between former partners in a real estate firm. 

May 27, 2025 Michelle Casady

SCOTX Sides with American Midstream, Reverses Rainbow Energy Marketing’s $6.1M Win

Justice James P. Sullivan wrote the court’s unanimous 8-0 ruling in favor of American Midstream, holding the $6.1 million win for Rainbow Energy Marketing cannot stand. Justice Sullivan explained that when a Harris County trial judge “impermissibly blue-penciled extra words” into the parties’ contract, it caused a “cascade of errors that we now correct.” Justice John P. Devine did not participate in the decision.

May 23, 2025 Michelle Casady

McDermott Legal Department is ‘More than the Sum of its Parts’

McDermott, a key contractor on the multibillion-dollar Freeport LNG facility, faced lawsuits seeking nearly $2 billion in damages. Freeport’s insurers sought over $1.3 billion in subrogation claims, while Freeport LNG itself alleged design defects. Both lawsuits were filed as adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy of McDermott’s joint venture partner, Zachry Construction. The cases involved complex engineering and contract issues among multiple partners. The cases involved complex engineering and contract issues among multiple partners. Ultimately, the insurers’ claims were dismissed as well as the consequential damages portion of the defect suit, though the insurers have appealed the dismissal. For navigating the complexities, McDermott’s in-house legal team is one of two finalists for the 2025 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year. The award will be presented by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook on Thursday at the Four Seasons in Houston. 

May 21, 2025 Michelle Casady

Judge Ho Expresses ‘Sincere Concerns’ About ‘Disrespect’ Shown to Pres. Trump, Judge Hendrix in Concurrence Slamming Supreme Court

In a seven-page concurrence, Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho accused the U.S. Supreme Court of affording “special treatment” to “favored litigants” in a case involving deportation under the Alien Enemies Act. And he stood up for U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, writing that he had “conducted himself in a reasonable and indeed admirable manner,” calling the U.S. Supreme Court’s criticism of his actions in the underlying case “unwarranted and unfortunate.”

May 21, 2025 Michelle Casady

Gibbs & Bruns Notches 2 Trial Wins in 2 Days

Recently, trial teams from Gibbs & Bruns convinced two Harris County juries to return complete defense wins for two of its clients, one that was facing as much as $13.7 million in liability and another that was fighting claims seeking more than $20 million in damages. 

May 20, 2025 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: En Banc Fifth Circuit Decides to ‘Unweave Weaver’

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, we detail two recent Texas Supreme Court rulings defining the contours of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, the whole Fifth Circuit unites to overturn a 45-year-old binding precedent in a lawsuit between a Houston plaintiffs firm and a former associate, and in another Fifth Circuit ruling, a panel upholds a $26.5 million award for a man injured in a collision with a letter carrier, writing that it wouldn’t “manufacture inequity, uncertainty, and arbitrariness” by adopting arguments presented by the Department of Justice in that case.  

May 20, 2025 Michelle Casady

Baker Hughes’ ‘Fearless’ VP of Litigation: Teresa Garcia-Reyes 

Baker Hughes shifted from defendant to plaintiff in a years-long legal battle with LiquidPower Specialty Products, overcoming patent infringement claims through inter partes review while building a strong antitrust case. This strategy, spanning U.S. and Canadian courts and the Patent Office, enabled Baker Hughes to settle in December 2024 and clear the way for a new product launch. Vice President of Litigation Teresa Garcia-Reyes, who oversees about 80 attorneys, emphasized the high stakes involved. “We are an energy technology company, so we take IP cases and the effect that they have on the ability to market our products very seriously,” she said. “There was real money at stake here, and it had been going on for so long, that it was nice to drive this one to closure.” The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook congratulate Garcia-Reyes for being selected as one of two finalists for the 2025 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year. The awards ceremony is set for May 22 at the Four Seasons downtown.

May 19, 2025 Michelle Casady

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