Michael Graves - Supervising Partner
Biography
Michael Graves represents clients located throughout New York and Texas in matters all around the country. In law school, he was awarded numerous distinctions including 14 CALI awards, the Legal Scholar Award (twice), and the Fredrick Douglas Moot Court Competition Best Petitioner’s Brief Award. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the UNT Dallas’ Law Review, the Editor – in – Chief of Accessible Law, and a Teaching Fellow. In the legal world, Michael is an experienced litigator and client advocate having completed a two-year clerkship with the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Texas and represented clients both as a solo practitioner and as part of larger firms, focusing on civil litigation, personal injury, commercial collections and insurance matters, including as SIU counsel for insurance carriers, reinsures and managing agents in New York.
Education
- J.D., University of North Texas College of Law – Summa Cum Laude, 2018
- M.A., University of Houston, 2013
- B.S., University of Houston, 2007
Bar Admissions
- State Courts of Texas
- State Courts of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Professional Affiliations
- New York State Trial Academy
- New York City Bar Association
- Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court
Michael Graves
Supervising Partner
This Attorney Offices At
New York, NY
Biography
Michael Graves represents clients located throughout New York and Texas in matters all around the country. In law school, he was awarded numerous distinctions including 14 CALI awards, the Legal Scholar Award (twice), and the Fredrick Douglas Moot Court Competition Best Petitioner’s Brief Award. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the UNT Dallas’ Law Review, the Editor – in – Chief of Accessible Law, and a Teaching Fellow. In the legal world, Michael is an experienced litigator and client advocate having completed a two-year clerkship with the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Texas and represented clients both as a solo practitioner and as part of larger firms, focusing on civil litigation, personal injury, commercial collections and insurance matters, including as SIU counsel for insurance carriers, reinsures and managing agents in New York.
Education
- J.D., University of North Texas College of Law – Summa Cum Laude, 2018
- M.A., University of Houston, 2013
- B.S., University of Houston, 2007
Bar Admissions
- State Courts of Texas
- State Courts of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Professional Affiliations
- New York State Trial Academy
- New York City Bar Association
- Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court
