Michael Yanochik

Michael Yanochik has practiced appellate and trial law for over 30 years, at some of Texas’ top firms and his own boutique litigation firm, including extensive work on commercial disputes, energy, insurance, complex contracts, and business torts.  His current practice is focused on appellate law, including preparing and presenting winning written and oral arguments in appeals and protecting his client’s legal positions and appellate arguments through the entirety of litigation.  He has handled appeals in the Texas Supreme Court, a majority of Texas’ intermediate appellate courts, and the federal courts.

MEMBERSHIPS

• State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, Member
• Houston Bar Association Appellate Section, Member

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

• Credited for research and editing assistance on Texas Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation, Mark L. Kinkaid and Christopher W. Martin (Thomson Reuters 2011)
• Credited for research and editing assistance on Texas Practice Guide: Torts, Knox D. Nunnally and Ronald G. Franklin (West 2002)
• Speaker, Emerging Appellate Issues in National Flood Insurance, Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters Fall Conference (San Antonio), October 2018
• Speaker, The Dark Side of Cyberspace, South Montgomery Chamber of Commerce (The Woodlands), May 2012
• Speaker, Current Legal Trends in Fracking, Forensic Expert Witness Association (Houston), March 2012
• Speaker, Energy/Environment/E-Discovery, Accumyn Expert Witness Conference (Houston), October 2011
• Author, PHRMA v. Walsh: The Supreme Court’s First Word in the Latest Conflict Between States and Drug Companies, PharmaVOICE, July 2004