Mike McKool

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 1993.

300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 978-4000

Firm: McKool Smith PC

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Overview

Firm

McKool Smith PC

Years In Practice

Phone Number (214) 978-4000

Mike McKool has tried over 100 jury trials and earned a national reputation for rigorous case preparation and superlative trial skills. During his 38 year legal career, he has secured billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients. Since founding McKool Smith in 1991, Mr. McKool's leadership and courtroom achievements have helped the firm grow from an eleven attorney litigation boutique in Dallas to a national litigation powerhouse with 175 trial lawyers across eight offices coast to coast. He is consistently recognized as one of the top litigators in the country by leading legal publications, including Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, Lawdragon, and Chambers USA, where he is ranked as a leading national trial lawyer and “Band 1” in commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation. He is also ranked as a “Band 1” patent litigator in the United States by Chambers Global. Mr. McKool is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Advisory Council of the Federal Circuit, and serves on the Advisory Board for the “Patent Case Management Judicial Guide,” used by federal district judges..

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Civil Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Complex Litigation

Litigation - Banking and Finance

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions

Litigation - Patent

Litigation - Securities

Awards

Lawyer of the Year recognition for Mike McKool

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers^® for:

Bet-the-Company Litigation, Dallas (2015)

Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Dallas (2013)

Litigation - Banking and Finance, Dallas (2012)

Named the 2012 "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by the Dallas Bar Association
Ranked in Chambers USA as a leading national Trial Lawyer and a leading lawyer for Intellectual Property (Band 1) and Commercial Litigation (Band 1)
Named the Best Lawyers Dallas "Lawyer of the Year" for M&A Litigation (2013) and Banking/Finance Litigation (2012)
Ranked in Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in the United States for Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation (Band 1)
Recommended as a leading U.S. patent litigator by Legal 500
Named a "National IP Litigation Star" and "Texas Litigation Star" by Benchmark Plaintiff
Listed in Benchmark Litigation as a Texas Commercial Litigation Star

Education

Graduated

University of Notre Dame, BA

Graduated 1971

Contact Details and Office Locations

Office: (214) 978-4000

300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201

Dallas, Texas 75201

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