Michael Marconi is a trial lawyer with nearly seventeen years of proven experience.   Michael specializes in the practice of complex commercial litigation.  He has  successfully represented clients in both state and federal courts as well as in arbitration  proceedings in connection with a wide variety of business disputes, including litigation  over contracts, trade secrets, franchise and distributor disputes, antitrust issues, patent  infringement, copyright matters, securities litigation, shareholder derivative actions and  oil and gas disputes.  Michael has also represented clients in connection with Foreign  Corrupt Practices Act compliance issues as well as Department of Justice investigations  into price fixing allegations.

Michael was born in Dallas, Texas on June 2, 1963.  He lived overseas for sixteen  years in Spain, Italy and Sweden and is fluent in both Spanish and Italian.  Michael has  traveled extensively throughout Europe and has also traveled to Latin America, North  Africa and the Far East.  In 1985, he received his A.B. summa cum laude from Boston  College.  Following the completion of his undergraduate studies, Michael was  commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army.  After completing the  Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and Airborne School, Michael was assigned to the  2nd Armored Division Artillery at Fort Hood, Texas where he served in various positions  including fire support team chief, battery executive officer and battalion adjutant.  In  1992, Michael received his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.   Michael began his trial practice in the antitrust and securities litigation section of  Gardere & Wynne in Dallas, Texas and later became a Partner with McKool Smith, P.C.   Michael is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth  Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern  Districts of Texas. 

Current Employment Position(s): 
Partner

Areas Of Practice: 
Commercial and Complex Business Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation

Bar Admissions: 
Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1992

Education: 
University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1992 
J.D. 
Board of Advocates
 
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1985 
A.B. 
Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Sigma Nu 
United States Army ROTC Scholarship Recipient

Representative Cases: 

• Coordinated the efforts of a large team of lawyers and other professionals  representing a creditors' committee in connection with litigation of claims  against former officers and professionals of a corporate debtor.  The  litigation emanated from one of the most publicized commercial  bankruptcies ever and the multidistrict litigation itself was one of the  largest cases in the history of American jurisprudence.
• Representation of one of the largest residential telecommunications  carriers in related arbitration proceedings filed in Texas, Ohio, Missouri  and Hawaii involving a series of disputes over franchise agreements. 
• Representation of a Fortune 500 information technology provider in an  expedited arbitration proceeding relating to the performance of a  multimillion dollar technical services agreement in the Far East.  
• Representation of land owners in state court against a national energy company in connection with a dispute over mineral rights.
• Significant role as part of a team of lawyers in connection with several significant patent infringement lawsuits.
• Representation of international direct sales company in federal court in connection with litigation relating to the termination of its master
  distributor.

Languages: 
Fluent in Spanish and Italian.  Studied Russian and Mandarin Chinese

Birth Information: 
June 2, 1963, Dallas, Texas