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Michael D. Williams

Brown Sims, PC
Texas (Southern)
Civil Defense LitigationConstruction LitigationMaritime Law
1177 West Loop South; Tenth Floor; Houston, Texas 77027

Michael D. Williams

Brown Sims, PC
Texas (Southern)
Civil Defense LitigationConstruction LitigationMaritime Law
1177 West Loop South; Tenth Floor; Houston, Texas 77027
713-629-1580
mwilliams@brownsims.com
www.brownsims.com
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Bio

Mr. Williams has successfully defended clients in high-stakes maritime, international, commercial and civil litigation matters for over 30 years. He has also represented companies and insurers in commercial disputes, achieving multi-million dollar recoveries in cases involving maritime liens, construction disputes, insurance coverage and wrongful death. He has obtained dismissal, verdicts or favorable settlements for clients in multi-million dollar claims arising from: product liability for multiple deaths; energy/oilfield property damage and revenue loss; construction disputes; wrongful death from pipeline explosions; and offshore and onshore personal injuries. He obtained dismissal of a drilling company’s $45 million property damage and lost profits claim against a shipyard client on the first day of trial and recovered almost $1 million in defense costs from the Plaintiff. He developed the legal argument for an international air carrier, affirmed by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case of first impression, precluding claims against the carrier asserted under Texas state law.
After receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Abilene Christian University 1981, Mr. Williams earned his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University and attended the Maritime Law Institute at the University of Southampton in England as a scholarship student. He later earned an L.L.M. from Tulane University.
He is licensed to practice in all courts in Texas and admitted to the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Court of International Trade, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Williams is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, The Propeller Club of the United States and is an arbitrator with the Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association. He is a frequent speaker at seminars presented by continuing legal education providers, corporations and insurance companies.

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