Michael Connelly
As an active trial lawyer for over five decades, Michael Connelly has litigated scores of cases to juries and judges in various courts in Texas and other states. Mr. Connelly has extensive trial experience in a wide variety of areas and is well known for his work in commercial and environmental cases. The commercial cases include professional liability, tax shelters, breach of contract, notorious interference with contracts, international sales of goods, oil and gas disputes, and claims arising out of divestiture of corporate assets
Leadership Positions
State Bar of Texas, 1969–Present:
Director, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, 2004–2007
* Chairman, State Bar of Texas Finance Committee, 2006–2007
* Co-Chairman, State Bar of Texas Finance Committee, 2005–2006
* Co-Chairman, State Bar of Texas Disaster Response Committee, 1992–1993
* State Bar of Texas Administration Justice Committee, 1990–1991
* Member, State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
* Member, State Bar of Texas, ADR Section
* Speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Institute
* Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Houston Bar Association:
* Immediate Past President, Houston Bar Association, 2004–2005
* President, Houston Bar Association, 2003–2004
* President-Elect, Houston Bar Association 2002–2003
* Second Vice-President, Houston Bar Association 2001–2002
* Treasurer, Houston Bar Association, 1999–2000
* Director, Houston Bar Association Board of Directors, 1995–1999
* Houston Bar Foundation,Sustaining Life Fellow
American Bar Association
* American Bar Association of Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1969–1992, 1995–2009
* Chairman, American Bar Association Medicine and Law Committee, 1981–1983
* American Bar Association Litigation Section, 1975–1992, 1995–2009
International Association of Defense Counsel
* Secretary/Treasurer, 2008–2011
* Secretary/Treasurer Elect, 2007–2008
* Chairman, National Membership Committee, 2005–2007
* Chairman, Texas State Membership Committee
* Toxic and Hazardous Waste Substances Committee
* Drugs and Medical Device Committee
* Business Litigation Committee
* Faculty, Trial Academy, 1987
* Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel Board of Directors, 1993–2006
* Secretary/Treasurer, Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel, 1999–2003, 2005–2006
Insuralex
* Chairman, Insuralex, 2014–2016
* Vice-Chairman, Insuralex, 2012–2014
* Secretary, Insuralex, 2011–2012