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.

3 of 4 Whistleblowers Suing AG Paxton Ask for Abatement

The Texas Supreme Court is considering an opposed motion to hit pause on a whistleblower lawsuit brought by three former top aides to Attorney General Ken Paxton against the Texas AG, accusing him of firing them in retaliation for reporting to the FBI and Texas Rangers that they believed he abused the power of his office to benefit a campaign donor. One of the four whistleblowers isn’t involved in settlement negotiations and wants the lawsuit to proceed now.

January 31, 2023 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: A $52M Insurance Settlement, FAA Rule Knocked Down at 5^th Circ., SCOTX Grants More Cases for Arguments

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a bankruptcy judge in Houston approves a $52 million insurance settlement for victims of factory explosion, the Texas Supreme Court adds several cases to its oral argument calendar and a Jackson Walker nets a win against the Federal Aviation Administration.

January 30, 2023 Michelle Casady

Lawmakers to Consider Ending Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age

Currently, judges and justices in Texas are required by the state’s constitution to retire at age 75 in most instances. A legislator from Angleton has authored a resolution that would give voters an opportunity to amend the constitution and do away with that requirement.

January 27, 2023 Michelle Casady

White & Case Hires Three Bracewell Litigators in Houston

Sean Gorman, Chris Dodson and Andrew Zeve are joining a team of about 90 attorneys in White & Case’s Houston office after tenures at Bracewell that included leading the firm’s $1.6 billion win for BMC against IBM.

January 24, 2023 Michelle Casady

Parties Nearing Settlement in $352M Injury Case

Allied Aviation and Ulysses Cruz filed a brief this week with the First Court of Appeals in Houston explaining they are close to finalizing a mediated settlement in the personal injury lawsuit and seeking an abatement of the appeal.

January 24, 2023 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Fluor Beats Class Action While Six Flags Sees Class Claims Revived

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Fluor beats back class action lawsuit brought by retirement plan participants, a jury in Houston finds there was no infringement of a patent covering a tool used in oil and gas drilling and the Fifth Circuit revives a proposed class action against Six Flags.

January 23, 2023 Michelle Casady

Trial Begins in $500M Wrongful Death Case Against Bobcat

Opening statements came Thursday morning in a trial that’s expected to last three weeks and seeks to hold Bobcat of Houston and its parent company responsible for the incident that killed Ricardo Garza in October 2017. Plaintiff’s lawyer Chrysta Castañeda told jurors the family’s patriarch had been “flayed alive” by a piece of forestry equipment.

January 19, 2023 Michelle Casady

Pilots, Lawyers, Problem Solvers: A Profile of Texas Aviation Attorneys Mike Slack and Ladd Sanger

Texas trial lawyers Mike Slack and Ladd Sanger are among an elite tier of attorneys who are experts in aviation law and whose work has made commercial and private aviation safer for the masses. They recently sat down with The Texas Lawbook to discuss their career paths and what keeps them going.

January 18, 2023 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: AT&T Hit With $166M Patent Infringement Verdict, Texas Med Schools Sued Over Affirmative Action Practices

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a team from Susman Godfrey secures a $166 million patent win against AT&T and Nokia, the Texas Supreme Court sides with insurance companies in a dispute brought by emergency room doctors over out-of-network reimbursement payments and the Fifth Circuit chides an attorney’s litigation tactic.

January 17, 2023 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Dallas Owes Developer $850K, Exxon Challenges ‘Windfall Tax’

In the first edition of Litigation Roundup in 2023, the City of Dallas has to pay up in a real estate dispute, Exxon Mobil sets its sights on undoing a “windfall tax” the European Union has imposed on energy companies and the Fifth Circuit revives an excessive force case against a cop who punched a man at Hobby Airport.

January 9, 2023 Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady

3 of 4 Whistleblowers Suing AG Paxton Ask for Abatement

Litigation Roundup: A $52M Insurance Settlement, FAA Rule Knocked Down at 5^th Circ., SCOTX Grants More Cases for Arguments

Lawmakers to Consider Ending Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age

White & Case Hires Three Bracewell Litigators in Houston

Parties Nearing Settlement in $352M Injury Case

Litigation Roundup: Fluor Beats Class Action While Six Flags Sees Class Claims Revived

Trial Begins in $500M Wrongful Death Case Against Bobcat

Pilots, Lawyers, Problem Solvers: A Profile of Texas Aviation Attorneys Mike Slack and Ladd Sanger

Litigation Roundup: AT&T Hit With $166M Patent Infringement Verdict, Texas Med Schools Sued Over Affirmative Action Practices

Litigation Roundup: Dallas Owes Developer $850K, Exxon Challenges ‘Windfall Tax’

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