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Michael C. Engelhart 
Houston, Texas
Partner, Engelhart & Greenwood, L.L.P.
phone (713) 333-3200
(800) 524-7558
fax (713) 621-1449
email mengelhart@houstoninjurylaw.com

Michael C. Engelhart, J.D. is an attorney licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Texas. He is a named partner in the Houston based law firm of Engelhart & Greenwood, L.L.P. together with his partner, Kelly A. Greenwood. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1995, where he was an associate editor of the Houston Law Review, and received the Lillian Kaiser Lewis Scholarship. He received a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Michigan in 1992 where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

Mr. Engelhart practices in the state and federal courts of Texas, and is a member of State Bar of Texas, the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. In addition to the state courts of Texas, Mr. Engelhart is licensed to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Western,  Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, as well as in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Engelhart is fluent in Spanish as well as English, and has helped hundreds of clients who speak only, or mostly, Spanish. During his seven years of trial practice, Mr. Engelhart has successfully resolved, through litigation or settlement, hundreds of cases involving automobile and trucking accidents, personal injury and products liability, negligence of land or business owners resulting in injury to tenants or store customers, deceptive and unfair trade practices, fraud, admiralty and maritime injuries, employment law, insurance coverage disputes and bad faith, commercial cases involving contracts and debts, and medical malpractice. While he continues to enjoy the variety of his clients' cases, Mr. Engelhart now specializes in serious personal injury cases. He has tried many cases to jury verdict as lead counsel, and another 12 as second chair, and has been lead counsel or co-counsel in numerous settlements of personal injury claims exceeding $500,000.00 each.

Mr. Engelhart also has worked extensively for his clients beyond the trial court, as lead counsel in more than twelve appeals to the state and federal court of appeals. His belief is that if a lawyer is not prepared to continue the fight for his client beyond a single trial court judge's ruling, he or she should not have accepted the case in the first place. Many of the cases Mr. Engelhart has handled on appeal are now a permanent part of Texas law, and have been reported in the Southwestern Reporter series, as well as the Restatement 2nd of Torts, and American Law Reports, 3d ed. Examples include: Ortmann v. Ortmann , 999 S.W.2d 85 (Tex. App.Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. denied) (spelling out elements of bill of review cause of action in Texas); Pifer v. Muse , 984 S.W.2d 739 (Tex. App.Texarkana 1998, no pet.) (creating new class of good samaritan "implied licensee", and discussed in Restatement 2nd of Torts, and American Law Reports, 3rd ed. (pamph.)); Rajan v. Shepard-Knapp , 965 S.W.2d 47 (Tex. App.Houston [1st Dist.] 1998, pet. denied) (first case in Texas discussing federal statute 28. U.S.C. 1448).

In addition to his extensive legal work, Mr. Engelhart participates in his community activities as an active member of the Beth Yeshurin synagogue, the Jewish Community Center and the Anti-Defamation League. His first love, of course is his family, including his wonderful wife, Eva, who is also an accomplished attorney, and his beautiful sons Joseph and Zachary.

Areas of Practice:
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Business & Commercial Law
Civil Rights
Construction Law
Employment Law -- Employee
Health & Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Labor Law
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Negligence Products Liability Law
Professional Malpractice Law
State, Local & Municipal Law
Toxic Torts
Fen-Phen
Redux
Pondimin
Hip Replacements
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Deceptive Trade Practices
Mold in Houses
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Education:
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1995
J.D.
Honors: Lillian Kaiser Lewis Scholarship
Law Review: Houston Law Review, Associate Editor


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 1992
B.A.
Major:  Political Science
Major:  Spanish


Representative Cases:
Ortmann v. Ortmann, 999 S.W.2d 85 (Tex. App. - Houston, (14th Dist.) pet. denied 1999)
Pifer v. Muse, 984 S.W.2d 739 (Tex. App. - Texarkana 1998)
Rajan v. Shepard-Knapp, 965 S.W.2d 47 (Tex. App. - Houston (1st Dist.) 1998)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Texas
Member


State Bar of Texas
Member, Consumer Law Section


Beth Yeshurin Synagogue
Active Member


Jewish Community Center
Active Member


Anti-Defamation League
Board of Directors


Languages:
Spanish
Fraternities/Sororities:
Tau Kappa Epsilon

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