Litigation

Mr. Connelly has handled cases including mass community suits, government cost recovery actions, contaminated property and sediment claims, and contribution suits arising out of federal and state environmental laws and regulations.

Litigation arising out of commercial transactions are varied and complex. Mr. Connelly’s experience has included disputes based on oil and gas contracts, tortious interference with contracts, international sales of goods, and acquisition and divestiture of assets.

Mr. Connelly’s extensive experience includes a wide variety of professional liability claims in the legal and medical professions. In the legal profession, the cases included defending law firms in claims involving breach of contract, tax shelter legal opinions, formation and dissolution of legal entities, and partnership disputes. In the medical profession, Mr. Connelly handled claims involving physicians, nurses, hospitals, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

In industrial accidents, Mr. Connelly has conducted accident response investigations, OSHA and MSHA investigations, environmental responses, cause and origin investigations, and regulatory interaction. He has been involved in litigation arising from workplace exposures, plant explosions, pipeline breaks, and other catastrophic accidents.

Michael Connelly has had experience handling a variety of insurance matters. Those matters include rendering coverage opinions for insurers, and defending claims for insurers and insureds. He has tried cases that included coverage issues involving manuscript, umbrella and commercial general liability policies.

Michael Connelly has extensive experience serving as counsel in a wide variety of mediations, arbitrations and jury focus groups. He has received a certificate in mediation training from the University of Houston Law Center and A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. He has received a certificate in commercial arbitration (domestic and international) from the University of Houston Law Center and A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. He has  been listed on the American Arbitration Association Commercial and Consumer Litigation Panels.

Mr. Connelly serves as a mediator in various cases, respecting the importance of his role as a neutral to facilitate the parties making their own decisions about settlement. When called to decide disputes as an arbitrator, he brings over five decades of experience and sound judgment as a neutral to the process.