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Michael A. McConnell

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 1989.
201 Main Street, Suite 2500 Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817) 332-2500
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Firm: Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
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Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP


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Phone Number (817) 332-2500

Michael A. McConnell is chairman of Kelly Hart & Hallman's Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice. Since his graduation from the University of Texas School of Law in 1975, Mr. McConnell has gained a wide variety of experience in several practice areas of civil law, both as an attorney in private practice and as a member of the judiciary. A former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge from the Northern District of Texas, Mr. McConnell has represented secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, committees, and debtors in some of the most significant bankruptcy cases in this region. He has served as a Chapter 11 Operating Trustee and Chapter 11 Examiner in several complex Chapter 11 cases. He has also been involved in a variety of business, litigation, and commercial law engagements.

Mr. McConnell has mediated a number of controversies involving business and commercial law issues of all types. He is an experienced arbitrator and currently serves as a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the AAA's Large Complex Case Panel. Mr. McConnell has arbitrated a number of energy-related disputes and has been appointed to the prestigious National Energy Panel of the AAA. He is currently a member of Advisory Board of the University of Texas Law School Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law.

Mr. McConnell has served in a number of consulting/testifying expert witness engagements in both federal and state court in Texas and Louisiana. These issues have involved standards of professional conduct and professional liability, bankruptcy substantive law and procedural issues, Texas state law, and professional compensation. His expert reports have been filed in the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Superior Court of the Providence of Quebec, District of Montreal.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bankruptcy Chapter 12
Awards
  • Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 1989-2023

    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights

    Insolvency and Reorganization Law

  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Reorganization Lawyer, Lawdragon, 2020, 2022
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2022

    Bankruptcy:  Business

  • Top Attorney, 360 West magazine, 2017-2022

    Bankruptcy and Workout Law

  • Awarded "Restructuring of the Year (2021)" in ($10mm-$50mm category) by the M&A Advisor for leading a team of professionals in the sale of oil & gas leases owned by HVI Cat Canyon, Inc.
  • Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2015-2021

    Bankruptcy

  • Recipient of the National Foundation of the American Inns of Court A. Sherman Christensen Award in recognition of his efforts to improve the American legal profession, 2013
  • Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court, James B. Barlow Award for fostering ethics, civility, and professionalism in the practice of law, 2012
  • Robert B. Wilson Distinguished Service Award by the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2011
  • Top Rated Lawyer in Corp. Restructuring &  Bankruptcy, Martindale-Hubbel, 2013
Education
University of Texas - Austin, JD
Graduated 1975
Loyola University New Orleans, B.A.
Graduated 1969
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (817) 332-2500
201 Main Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
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